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 …
Legislative inaction could jeopardize patient safety A GUEST COLUMN BY MATT ROBERTS Scottsdale, AZ – Thirty-three of thirty-four states who have approved the use of medical marijuana have also required mandatory testing to ensure patient safety. Guess which state doesn’t? As Arizona lawmakers close in on an agreement to require independent third parties analyze the …
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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 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 …
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 …
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 …
