BY MIKEL WEISSER There’s an old phrase popular in AZ’s rough and tumble cannabis industry: “Pioneers get slaughtered, Settlers Thrive.” It’s a way of saying those who break new ground, usually get chewed up in the process and the second wave of entrepreneurs succeed from the earlier group’s mistakes. Luckily for Desert Valley Testing and …
BY MIKEL WEISSER Despite the challenges AZ’s oddly written medical marijuana program created for Desert Valley Testing and Delta Verde Labs, the companies adapted to the ecosystem and thrived, even though, at any time, their facilities could have been raided and their employees charged with possession with intent to distribute. Before the passage of SB1494 …
BY MIKEL WEISSER Rounding out the valley’s assorted testing options are two companies that are family affairs: KB Labs and Pure Labs Labs. In both cases learning about cannabis proved a turning point. For Boaz Lerer of KB Labs, the research meant looking into the newest canna-research out of his own home country of Israel. …
Hard-Fought Comprehensive AMMA Reform Package Heading to Governor after Unanimous Vote BY MIKEL WEISSER In what can only be described as a marathon fight down to the final possible hour, Monday night, at ten till midnight, the Arizona Senate gave its final unanimous approval to SB1494, Sen David Gowan’s hard fought for testing bill. The …
BY MIKEL WEISSER Congratulations Arizona, you now have a medical marijuana program with testing requirements on all cannabis products. According to sources at the Capitol, late Friday afternoon, Governor Doug Ducey called Sen David Gowan to congratulate him on SB1494, as he signed the bill into law. The finished cannabis testing package was the work …
BY DR LLOYD COVENS May 31 Brings Step1 In Long FDA CBD Data-Gathering Exercise For all the anticipation over the May 31, full day FDA hearing on CBD, it is really just step one in a political dance which may help CBD clarity– or just further muddy the works. When 120-plus professionals spoke to the …
BY ACM STAFF In the wake of the totally predictable Jones Case Ruling from the AZ Supreme Court, overturning Rodney Jones’ conviction and ruling concentrates legal, Yavapai County patients are calling for Sheila Polk to resign immediately. Springing up within a few hours of the court decision, the social justice site, Change.Org, had a brand-new …
(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 JARED PAGE, ACM contributor PHOENIX – A bill that establishes sanitary standards and product testing at Arizona medical marijuana dispensaries, and another that prioritizes licensing for dispensaries in rural areas advanced Wednesday at the state Senate. The two medicinal cannabis-related bills (SB1286 & SB1494), along with SCR1021, a concurrent resolution calling for — among …
