Another day, another several-hundred pounds of weed discovered near the U.S./ Mexico border.Border agents near Tucson stopped a truck at a checkpoint on Arizona Highway 86 earlier this week and found nearly 300 pounds of weed hidden in a compartment.Arizona Highway 86 runs parallel with the U.S. Mexico border mostly…
One potential benefit of Proposition 203 could be a boost in local food banks, if Arizona pot dispensaries follow the lead of one California clinic. The Granny Purps marijuana dispensary in Soquel, California, has collected 11,000 pounds of food for a holiday charity drive in what the Santa Cruz Sentinel calls “a large…
Before the release of draft rules on Proposition 203, Will Humble, the director of the state Department of Health Services, estimated 100,000 people a year might qualify for medical marijuana.Now, under the proposed regulations, only 10,000 to 20,000 people a year would qualify, he said in a news conference today.The…
The Arizona Department of Health Services released a draft of rules today for the launch of a medical-marijuana program authorized by the voter-approved Proposition 203.Let the debate begin.The draft rules place additional restrictions on the law in terms of what defines a doctor-patient relationship, suggesting that a patient must have…
A Phoenix man found shot to death at his home the day before his 6-year-old son was found murdered in an alley was a drug dealer, court records show.The boy, Xavier Jaquez, was found shot to death Tuesday morning in an alley near his mother’s home, near 65th Avenue and…
Pinal County sheriff’s deputies say a “rip crew” used a car made to look like a police cruiser to make a traffic stop on another vehicle, in which there just happened to be about 320 pounds of weed.According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy patrolling Interstate 8 on…
For the next few months, Arizona lawyers can assist the needs of marijuana businesses without any repercussions from the State Bar. In a recent news release, the Bar noted that it hasn’t taken any official stance on legal work related to Proposition 203, despite public comments by its ethics attorney about…
We’re not sure what “turning into charcoal” would feel like (and we’re pretty sure it’s not even possible), but apparently it can cause a person to pull out his junk in public and attack a stranger.About 7:30 a.m. Saturday, police responded to a call about a fight in the area…
Village Voice Media, the parent company of New Times, is the only news outlet in the country with its very own pot critic. His pen name is William Breathes — he’s based out of Denver, Colorado, and works for our sister paper, Westword. He’s written an open letter to the…
The buzz in Tempe high schools has officially been killed.The Tempe Union High School district governing board voted last night to ban “Spice,” and other brands of synthetic marijuana in schools. Because of the decision, students found in possession of any faux-weed will face real-weed consequences laid out by the…
High school students in Tempe may want to prepare for a buzz kill.The Tempe Union High School district governing board will vote tonight on whether the consequences imposed on students found in possession of synthetic marijuana should be the same as those for students busted with real marijuana…
Qualified patients probably will be buying legal marijuana in dispensaries by summer or fall of 2011, a state health official said today. Those who grow their own under Arizona’s voter-approved Proposition 203, however, could be getting high much sooner. In a long news conference this afternoon featuring Will Humble, director of the state’s…
A Glendale man was taken into custody yesterday after running two red lights and crashing into three cars. When asked about the wreck, the man told police “Spice” is to blame.As you may know, “Spice” is a brand of synthetic marijuana, and after (ahem) extensive research, was determined by New…
Do yourself a favor: if you own a white conversion van, don’t drive it near Nogales — especially if you’re carting around more than a ton of marijuana.According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, last week, ICE agents saw a white conversion van sitting in a parking lot near a…
Eager entrepreneurs who want to get moving on their marijuana dispensary business have been denied corporate status by the Arizona Corporation Commission. Rebecca Wilder, spokeswoman for the commission, tells New Times that at least three would-be dispensary companies have recently been sent form letters informing them they’re just too early. Selling marijuana to qualified medical patients…
When it comes to cool stuff hidden in the woods, cops always seem to find it before people who would put it to good use — as is the case with about 1,200 weed plants Yavapai County sheriff’s deputies found about five miles outside of Crown King.Rather than smoke it…
Prescription pot has become a hot topic in Arizona lately because of Proposition 203.Prop 203 would allow people suffering from various ailments to be prescribed marijuana by a doctor. It will appear on the ballot in November.A lot of people don’t like it, but it’s not just conservative party-poopers who…
The Arizona Cardinals got political yesterday and gave $10,000 to an organization devoted to defeating Prop 203.Prop 203 will be on the November ballot and would allow chronically ill or severe-pain patients to buy marijuana from state-licensed clinics with a doctor’s approval.The group to which the Cards gave the money…
Score one for the good guys — Phoenix police, responding to a possible fight at a Phoenix home, stumbled upon 400 pounds of weed and enough guns to arm a small drug cartel. The Phoenix Police Department got a call on Wednesday morning about the fight that was going on…
The officer killed during an undercover drug investigation last night has been identified by the Chandler Police Department as 34-year-old Officer Carlos L. Ledesma.Ledesma, a father of two, was part of an operation in which undercover officers tried to buy bails of weed from suspects arrested at the scene, a…
If two pounds of weed were to just show up at your door, what would you do? Smoke it? Sell it? Dump it out on your bed and roll around in it?An elderly Michigan woman went a different route — she took what many would consider a gift from god…
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.A 17-year-old Mexican kid seems to be heeding that advice — he was caught trying to smuggle weed into the United States twice in just five days.On Sunday night, border agents spotted the kid riding his bike by the Colorado River near…
