BY MONIQUE FRIGARD As I blazed my way through the American Royal Banquet Hall July 13, my only thought was getting my hands on a cold bottle of water. As usual in July in Phoenix, it was hot. My husband, Bobby, and I half heard the winners announced over the loudspeaker, so we made our …
BY MIKEL WEISSER No, before you ask, Jim Morrison is not dead. And, “Errl” isn’t misspelled either, thank you very much. What Morrison’s brainchild, The Errl Cup, is however, is Arizona’s most popular, more important medical marijuana event series. This July 13th in Northern Phoenix the festivities will kick off on Morrison’s eighth Errl Cup …
A JUDGE’S TALE OF WOE BY ALLISON STEIN It’s a cannabis enthusiast’s dream, an industry honor, to be an Errl Cup judge. The emails and calls have gone out, the boxes have been picked up and the cannabis comas have begun. Well, one would hope. Errl Cup is only a few days away. With 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 ACM STAFF Friday morning March 29, on the last possible day it could be heard in committee, Sen. David Gowan’s SB1494 decidedly passed out of the House Health and Human Services Committee, 8-0. A string of expert witnesses provided testimony on the importance of creating state-mandated testing for medical marijuana products sold in the …
(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 …
