BY MIKEL WEISSER Less than a month before AZ’s hemp program is set to start, AZDA’s industrial hemp program supposed last monthly meeting ended with multiple critical issues unresolved. Propagative materials such as clones and tissue culture techniques were threatened. Hemp strain certifications were challenged. AND, the final language is still not ready for the …
BY MIKEL WEISSER After languishing in the House Rules Committee for a grueling five weeks, SB1494, Sen David Gowan’s hard-fought-for testing bill is back in action. In a unanimous procedural vote Thursday April 25, the 8-member committee ruled that SB1494 is indeed consistent with the state Constitution. This was the embattled bill’s last hurdle before …
BY ACM STAFF Arizona’s new, closely watched hemp program got one step closer to launching on Wednesday April 24th, when AZDA Industrial Hemp Program Manager Brian McGrew sent out an email announcing the program’s new early application start date. “Industrial Hemp Program applications and forms are [now] available for download. Please submit early applications by …
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BY ACM STAFF In a surprise move, the House Democratic Caucus successfully blocked progress on SB1024, a revenue reporting bill sponsored by Lake Havasu Republican, Sen Sonny Borrelli. The bill would require DHS to share dispensary revenue data with the state Dept of Revenue. The bill was created in reaction to a 2018 expose that …
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BY MIKEL WEISSER The March meeting of AZDA’s Industrial Hemp Program public hearings most definitely came in like a lion. This month’s three-hour extravaganza featured bad news, great news, and even had a celebrity speaker, Dept of Agriculture Director, Mark Killian. The spacious ADOT auditorium where the group met last month was unavailable, so the …
[wpdevart_countdown text_for_day=”Days” text_for_hour=”Hours” text_for_minut=”Minutes” text_for_second=”Seconds” countdown_end_type=”date” end_date=”31-12-2020 23:59″ start_time=”1553787111″ end_time=”0,1,1″ action_end_time=”hide” content_position=”center” top_ditance=”10″ bottom_distance=”10″ countdown_type=”circle” font_color=”#000000″ button_bg_color=”#81d742″ circle_size=”130″ circle_border=”5″ border_radius=”8″ font_size=”30″ countdown_font_famaly=”monospace” animation_type=”none” ]AZ Legalization Success[/wpdevart_countdown] 4 Take Aways BY MIKEL WEISSER You can finally stop holding your breath, 2020 has “officially begun.” Last Wednesday, ADA president Steve White (Harvest Health & Recreational) set the …
(Notes from the Jones Case Supreme Court Hearing) BY MIKEL WEISSER The most-watched court case in all Arizona marijuana lived up to its name March 19th, as the Arizona State Supreme Court held the Jones Case oral arguments at the ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law to an absolutely packed house. When the dust …
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Three Big Developments in AZ MJ This Week. What You Need to Know BY MIKEL WEISSER Some weeks are just more interesting than others. On TV, they call it “Sweeps Week,” where all the top shows show off their most anticipated episodes. In AZ Marijuana, this week will hold more high-level landscape altering events than …
BY ACM STAFF The stakeholder meeting for Sen David Gowan’s SB1494, a “clean” testing bill went sideways late Monday afternoon and degenerated into what at times felt like a squabble-fest. Amid a room chalked full of lobbyists, DHS reps, testing company operators, industry insiders and even industry outsiders like AZ-NORML and Errl Cup founders, Jim …
(Testing Bill Clears the Senate, But Can It Cross the Finish Line?) BY MIKEL WEISSER Arizona’s 8yrs quest to add testing to the state’s medical marijuana program got one step closer to reality last week when SB1494, received a DPA, or “Do Pass as Amended” recommendation and sailed out of the Senate on a 30-0 …
