Marijuana

Arizona’s only marijuana-legalization effort for 2018 saw its Facebook page, with 24,000 followers, go dark this week for unknown reasons.

A Phoenix New Times article about the Safer Arizona 2018 adult-use marijuana-legalization initiative sparked some serious debate online Wednesday and Thursday. Here are some choice posts to ponder.

One of the biggest challenges to Safer Arizona’s campaign to legalize marijuana in 2018 will be the division within the pro-cannabis community that its members helped to create.

Arizona is one of the few states with medical-marijuana programs that requires no testing of dispensary products for pesticides or active ingredients. Experts are divided on whether a testing mandate is needed.

The driver of a hearse filled with 68 pounds of marijuana told federal agents in Arizona on Saturday that he had taken up smuggling because his Tucson funeral-services business “had been slow.”

Blacks have been imprisoned at a high rate for using weed, but they don’t seem to be getting to share in the growing profits.

Phoenix New Times presents the top 20 videos about 420, the national holiday, not to mention time of day, for cannabis advocates worldwide. Watch Lil Wayne prepare for 4/20 with a giant joint, fly over Hippie Hill in San Francisco in a drone, and join 4/20 celebrations around the world.

Canada is preparing to pass historic legislation that would give it the most liberal marijuana laws of any country. Adults 18 and older would be allowed to possess up to 30 grams of cannabis, and grow up to four plants per household.

A spate of recent robberies and thefts at Phoenix-area dispensaries has medical-marijuana representatives talking about the need for improved security and better banking policies.

A 2012 Arizona law that erased legal protections for medical-marijuana holders on college campuses has been found unconstitutional by the state Court of Appeals.

The Transportation Security Administration warmed the hearts of medical-marijuana patients everywhere on Tuesday by stating officially on its website that it was okay to fly with medical marijuana in checked or carry-on bags. But on Wednesday, agency officials changed the site to say “no” on flying with pot.

A group of U.S. citizens stand accused of running a sophisticated resupply operation for some of the “vast network” of cartel scouts in the Arizona desert, recently unsealed court documents show.

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery launched a fresh appeal this week in a lawsuit that might overturn the state’s medical-marijuana law. But this time, the state Attorney General won’t be joining him.

President Trump’s Press Secretary had ominous words for the country’s budding recreational-marijuana industry on Thursday. That could be good news for Arizona’s medical-marijuana program.

Safer Arizona has refiled its marijuana-legalization initiative for 2018 with the state, adding protections for children and making other fixes.

Organizers of campaign to legalize marijuana in 2018 acknowledged on Friday that the initiative they filed with the state this week has key flaws that need changing.

Build a 50-foot fence — and drug smugglers will attach a catapult to it. On Friday, border agents dismantled a drug-launching machine that had been affixed to the border fence just east of Douglas.

The first-ever clinical study of smoked cannabis for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder took place in Phoenix this week, making medical-marijuana history.

Officials say she had $180,000 worth of marijuana inside.

A Canadian company announced the acquisition of “highly profitable” medical-marijuana companies in Arizona, including the rights to operate two Mesa dispensaries for 20 years.

The total includes about 29 tons of buds and another couple of tons of edibles and concentrates like wax, shatter and hash oil. That’s a 53-percent increase over last year’s 19 tons of cannabis products sold.

Ignorance of the laws — and election news — wasn’t a valid excuse for an aging Arizona toker arrested this week in Golden Valley. After allegedly resisting arrest, Victor Post, 54, told deputies early Wednesday morning that he thought the state had legalized marijuana, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office…