The Jones Case

MCSO Responds to ACN Article on Cop-Made Concentrates

ACN STAFF Last week, Arizona Cannabis News (ACN) published a bombshell article that alleged the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) has a program where law enforcement officers were making concentrated marijuana products. This week ACN reporter Allison Stein received an email from Calbert Gillett, MCSO Public Information Officer, confirming our report. Yes, cop-made concentrates are …

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MCSO Officers Now Making Their Own Concentrates

BY ALLISON STEIN When cannabis attorney Tom Dean’s office hosted an Arizona NORML meeting discussing the Smart and Safe Arizona initiative on Wednesday, Aug 14, Dean announced yet another new issue arising from the notorious “Jones Case.” According to Dean, legal counsel to Arizona NORML, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MSCO) is now running their …

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ADA Pres. on Concentrate Allotments

BY ALLISON STEIN Arizona’s cannabis community remains poised on the edge of their seats regarding what’s going on with our concentrate allotments following the Supreme Court ruling in the Jones case. We’re waiting to hear from the state of course, but also looking to the Arizona Dispensary Association (ADA). Although we’ve contacted the ADA many …

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Supreme Court Rules Extracts Legal – Five experts weigh in

BY MIKEL WEISSER “AMMA defines “marijuana” as “all parts of [the] plant.” § 36-2801(8). The word “all,” one of the most comprehensive words in the English language, means exactly that.”—Arizona Supreme Court Kinda says it all, huh? Tuesday, May 28th at precisely 10am, the Arizona Supreme Court announced its decision on the Jones Case and …

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Crowd Cheers as Concentrates Bill Clears Committee, 5-2    

BY MIKEL WEISSER          In front of an audience packed with medical marijuana patients, HB2149, the cannabis definitions bill designed to solve the concentrates crisis has sailed through committee with a strong 5-2 vote. The bill sponsored by LD21’s Rep. Tony Rivero (R), clarifies that “cannabis concentrates” are simply products extracted from …

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MMJ Breaks Thru!

AZ House of Representatives

5 Cannabis Reform Bills to Heard at Capitol Next Wednesday, Hemp Bill Heading to Governor   BY MIKEL WEISSER After years of being “guaranteed non-starters,” this week the AZ State Legislature announced five MORE medical marijuana bills will be heard in committee next week. The concentrates crisis, patient card costs, rural dispensary struggles, fingerprint cards …

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The Jones Case: From The Perspective Of The Dispensary That Sold Mr. Jones His Medicine

By: Keith Grevenitz Stigma has always cast its long shadow over medical marijuana and in Arizona this is no exception. Many brave people worked unsuccessfully for years to bring patients legal medicine, until it barely passed with 50.13% of the vote in November, 2010. With half of Arizona voters against the measure, it was only …

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