Arizona State Policy Alert

Sent: December 10, 2012
From: Matt Simon
Topic: Medical Marijuana

Title: 

Judge upholds Arizona’s law; first dispensary begins serving patients!

Message: 

A lawsuit challenging Arizona’s medical marijuana law was rejected last week, when Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Michael Gordon rejected arguments by Attorney General Tom Horne and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery and refused to declare the law invalid.

This is great news for patients, but wait, there’s more! Last Tuesday, we informed you that a dispensary in Tucson became the first to open its doors in Arizona. However, that dispensary does not yet have medical marijuana available for patients, so the honor of being the first state-licensed dispensary actually goes to Arizona Organix in Glendale, which began supplying patients on Thursday, December 6.

Prop. 203 has overcome several obstacles since it was approved by voters in 2010, but the law now appears to be well on its way to being fully implemented. This success would not have been possible without support from you and thousands of other MPP members in Arizona. Please support our ongoing efforts with a contribution today!