New York Times: “To the rites of middle-age passage, some families are adding another: buying marijuana for aging parents. . . . “I think use of medical marijuana in older people is going to be much greater in the future,” said Dan G. Blazer, a professor of geriatric psychology at Duke University who has studied drug use and abuse among older people.”
If Proposition 203 is approved by the voters, “municipalities would have to get input from residents, then draft and vote on zoning changes within 120 days. . . . That puts cities and counties in a position where they’ve got to get on board right now to put zoning in place in case it passes . . . . (If they don’t) they can end up with a marijuana dispensary next to a church or something.”
Arizona Republic: “A federal judge has denied motions by Gov. Jan Brewer, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the tough Arizona immigration law referred to as Senate Bill 1070. “
Arizona Republic: “If voters approve the medical-marijuana ballot proposition Nov. 2, health officials say the cash-strapped state will have to spend up to $1 million and work under a tight deadline to implement the law. The Arizona Department of Health Services, which opposes the proposition but would be charged with regulating medical marijuana, says Proposition 203 would create huge obstacles for the department.”
“The department’s general-fund budget has decreased nearly 50 percent since fiscal 2008 and the number of staff numbers has dropped from 2,500 to 1,800,”
See “Entrepreneurs getting ready to sell marijuana.“
“With three weeks left until the election, a growing network of people is already preparing for a potential medical-marijuana industry. These entrepreneurs want to be the first in line to provide services to qualifying patients if the measure passes.”
To learn about forming and operating Arizona entities that could be used as a medical marijuana dispensary, see the Arizona LLC Law Library and the Arizona Corporation Law Library.
To hire Richard Keyt, an Arizona medical marijuana attorney (aka Arizona medical marijuana lawyer) to form an Arizona nonprofit corporation to apply for a permit to operate an Arizona medical marijuana dispensary, read my articles called “How to Form an Arizona Nonprofit Corporation” and “Arizona Nonprofit Corporation Formation Service” or just complete my online Nonprofit Corporation Incorporation Questionnaire.
Politico: “In a new twist in the fight over Arizona’s immigration law, Republican Gov. Jan Brewer on Tuesday asked a federal court to disallow foreign governments from joining the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit to overturn the law. The move comes in response to a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling . . . allowing nearly a dozen Latin American countries . . . to submit friend-of-the-court briefs in Justice’s challenge to SB 1070.”