AZ: New Medical Marijuana Ballot Measure Brewing

Phoenix – Less than a month after voters rejected allowing marijuana for recreational use, there’s a new – and scaled back – proposal emerging for the 2018 ballot. The initiative crafted by operators of a medical marijuana dispensary would expand the list of conditions for which a doctor could recommend a patient be allowed to […]

AZ: Supporters Of 2018 Proposition Hope To Expand Use Of Medical Pot

Less than a month after voters rejected allowing marijuana for recreational use, there’s a new – and scaled back – proposal emerging for the 2018 ballot. The initiative crafted by operators of a medical marijuana dispensary would expand the list of conditions for which a doctor could recommend a patient be allowed to use the […]

AZ: Planning Commission Approves Two Marijuana Dispensaries

Peoria Planning Commission unanimously approved a conditional use permit to allow two new marijuana dispensaries within the city. During its Sept. 29 meeting, the commission approved Bloom Medical Marijuana Dispensary, which will be on the corner of 91st and Olive avenues, and Saguaro Sky Medical Marijuana Dispensary at 9240 W. Northern Ave., in the Peoria […]

US AZ: Prop 205: Let’s Make a Deal

PROP 205: LET’S MAKE A DEAL Will Arizonans make a deal to sacrifice regulatory concerns to eliminate the majority of marijuana felony arrests? Prop 205 trudges towards the ballot amidst mounting concerns from critics. Much of the literature condemning the marijuana legalization initiatives takes issue with the new system the proposition would put in place. […]

AZ: Scottsdale Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opening Its Doors

Scottsdale, AZ – Just weeks away from putting the issue of recreational marijuana use in front of Arizona voters, Scottsdale is opening up its newest medical marijuana dispensary. Located near Hayden Road and Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard, Harvest of Scottsdale opened its doors Sunday evening, but not just to medical marijuana patients. “There are a […]

AZ: Scottsdale Getting $1 Million Medical Marijuana Store

One of the most deluxe medical-marijuana dispensaries in Arizona will open in Scottsdale later this month, only weeks before a proposition to legalize the recreational use of the drug goes to voters. The Harvest of Scottsdale facility will have 11 check-out stands in a 6,800-square-foot former bank building, near Hayden Road and Raintree Drive. That […]

AZ: At Giving Tree Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, The Focus Is On Health, Hope

As Dr. Gina Berman’s three children see it, their mom used to go to a hospital to treat patients and now she does it in a different setting. The emergency-room physician said she still deliberates over how she may explain her entrepreneurial path to the medical-marijuana industry as her kids, ages 9, 8 and 6, […]

Are Veterans Who Use Cannabis Really Our “Enemies”?

Medical Marijuana Research

Last year, Maricopa County (AZ) Attorney Bill Montgomery called Vietnam veteran Don Ream Sr. an “enemy” of our country because he had the nerve to admit using cannabis recreationally. Given that over half the country has legalized either medicinal or recreational cannabis, Mr. Montgomery’s comments demonstrate a frightening disconnect from reality. The laws he enforces are at their core, […]

Sen. John McCain’s Silence on Medical Cannabis Is Deafening

Medical Marijuana Research

In the fall of 2013 I began working with Dr. Sue Sisley raising awareness and support for her research studying the safety and efficacy of cannabis when used to treat treatment-resistant post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). When Dr. Sisley was fired from the University of Arizona we found ourselves abruptly going from a friendly, cooperative […]

Painting New Memories with Buds and Brushes

Medical Marijuana Research

Over the weekend patients in Tucson, Arizona gathered to make history in the state. They converged on the 420 Social Club from as far away as Phoenix to participate in the first cannabis friendly art therapy class, they came to celebrate being normal. Granted, the couple who drove down from Phoenix did so because they are personal friends […]