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Marijuana
Legalizing recreational marijuana has helped cannabis move further into mainstream culture. Now, it's moving on as an ingredient to three- and five-star course meals.
Apr. 20, 2022
Tempe-based Mint Cannabis marijuana dispensary is now offering free rides to its stores from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport as well as Valley resorts, senior living facilities and other locations.
Apr. 19, 2022
Arizona’s marijuana program was set up in such a way that companies producing cannabis ultimately sold to the public are required to have the product tested. But a recent investigative story by the Arizona Republic found at least one of those companies had potentially dangerous pesticide levels in its cannabis.
Apr. 19, 2022
The state Department of Health Services late last week awarded 26 social equity licenses as part of Arizona’s voter-approved, adult-use marijuana program.
Apr. 12, 2022
In a symbolic action Friday, members of the Tetecala movement planted two marijuana plants in front of the Sonoran government palace.
Apr. 1, 2022
The Arizona Department of Child Safety put a medical marijuana patient on a list of child neglectors and abusers for exposing her baby to cannabis during pregnancy. Now a state appeals court has reversed the decision.
Mar. 31, 2022
Autism was among the conditions highlighted by state health officials in a recent callout to those interested in applying for competitive grants to fund marijuana clinical trials.
Mar. 31, 2022
State health officials plan to hold a drawing on April 8 for licenses to sell marijuana, which were set aside for people who bore an unequal weight of cannabis-prohibition laws.
Mar. 24, 2022
Arizona voters approved recreational adult-use marijuana in 2020. The law spells out that dispensaries are allowed to advertise, but they cannot package or label marijuana in a way that’d be appealing to kids.
Mar. 22, 2022
The state took in more than $215 million last year on combined taxes of both adult use and medical marijuana.
Feb. 16, 2022
The University of Arizona will soon begin to offer Cannabis Certification programs to educate those interested in working in the industry.
Jan. 22, 2022
Sales for recreational cannabis totaled more than $520 million last year, with the total tax collected nearing $45 million, to be dispersed among state programs like community colleges, transportation and fire and law enforcement.
→ University of Arizona to offer cannabis certificate programs
→ University of Arizona to offer cannabis certificate programs
Jan. 22, 2022
More than 1,500 applications have been submitted for 26 licenses in the Arizona Department of Health Service’s marijuana social equity ownership campaign.
Dec. 17, 2021
Arizona is one of 18 states that allows non-medical cannabis use, and is among 36 states to approve medical marijuana. But research on cannabis’s intoxicating molecule THC remains limited, and claims about the benefits of the plant’s many byproducts often sprout from stories, not science.
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→ More Arizona Science Desk news
Dec. 8, 2021
A new investigation from the Arizona Republic finds cannabis convictions in the state disproportionately impact people of color, and that their first conviction on a pot charge often led to other charges, once they were released from prison.
Nov. 17, 2021
State health officials have announced a recall of 11 marijuana products to protect Arizonans from possible salmonella and mold contamination.
Nov. 12, 2021
As part of last year’s ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana, the Department of Health Services is required to issue 26 retail licenses to people in communities affected by Arizona’s biased enforcement of previous marijuana laws.
Oct. 10, 2021
Arizonans with marks for possession of up to two and a half ounces of marijuana, six plants or less, and cannabis paraphernalia can have them deleted from their criminal record. Nearly two months after this part of Prop. 207 took effect, Maricopa County Superior Court is getting an average of 650 requests per week.
Sep. 3, 2021
Mexico’s Supreme Court made headlines around the world in late June when it ruled that prohibitions on recreational use of marijuana were unconstitutional. But the legal status of marijuana remains complicated for entrepreneurs in neighboring Sonora who look forward to the possibility of selling the drug legally.
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Aug. 25, 2021
The state health department has scheduled free, mandatory training for Arizonans hoping to get a license to sell marijuana through a social equity program.
Aug. 20, 2021
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