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Arizona vs. The 2811 Club – the Lawsuit to Shut Down Arizona Cannabis Clubs

The text of Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne’s August 8, 2011, press release states:

“PHOENIX (Monday, August 8, 2011) — Attorney General Tom Horne today filed a civil action against four Phoenix-area cannabis clubs and one individual that falsely claim to be operating lawfully under the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (AMMA). The action [...]

2811 Club & Alan Sobol Respond to Arizona Attorney General’s Lawsuit

On August 9, 2011, Alan Sobol sent the following message to the public.

The 2811 Club Welcomes the Court Challenge

Phoenix August 8, 2011. Arizona Attorney General Tom Horn issued a news release yesterday announcing that he filed a complaint for Declaratory Judgement asking the Courts to rule on the legitimacy of Cannabis [...]

Arizona Attorney General Sues Cannabis Clubs to Stop Distribution of Marijuana

Attorney General Tom Horne agrees with me. Read my article called “Are Arizona Cannabis Clubs Legal Under Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Laws?“ The following is the text of an August 8, 2011, blog post by Arizona Department of Health Services Director Will Humble.

“A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post [...]

Medical Marijuana; No Imminent Risk for Colorado Licensing Employees

Examiner.com: “Despite Colorado’s precedent, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer wants to know if state employees may be exposed to prosecution for drug offenses by working to license medical marijuana. Until she finds out, Arizona’s medical marijuana program is on hold. Meanwhile untaxed, unregulated collectives are being formed. This has evoked a response from US [...]

Department of Justice tells AZ Gov. Brewer: “Dismiss your lawsuit, you have no case!

Marijuana Policy Project: “A funny thing happened on Monday. The Department of Justice filed a brief regarding state medical marijuana laws in Arizona . . . and it was a good thing, and was met with appreciation from the medical marijuana movement! Seriously. . . . Apparently, the DoJ also thinks Brewer’s claims [...]

Feds: Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Lawsuit has no Merit

East Valley Tribune: “Federal attorneys asked a judge on Monday to throw out a lawsuit filed by Gov. Jan Brewer seeking a ruling about the legality of the state’s medical marijuana law. Deputy U.S. Attorney Scott Risner said there is no legal basis for the lawsuit. Risner told U.S. District Court Judge Susan [...]

ACLU Says Arizona Is Blowing Smoke With Lawsuit on Medical Marijuana Law

Courthouse News: “The ACLU asked a federal judge to dismiss Gov. Jan Brewer’s lawsuit seeking declaratory judgment on whether the state’s voter-approved Medical Marijuana Act is pre-empted by federal law and should be struck down. The ACLU claims Arizona’s lawsuit should be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction or failure to state a claim [...]

ACLU Asks Federal Judge to Throw Out Arizona Governor’s Lawsuit Challenging State’s Medical Marijuana Law

ACLU: “The American Civil Liberties Union today asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit filed in May by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer that seeks to have her state’s medical marijuana law struck down. In a motion filed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, the ACLU charges [...]

Protect Arizona Patients is an Arizona Medical Marijuana Support Group

One of the plaintiffs in the O.F. & C., Inc. vs. Humble lawsuit filed in the Arizona Court of Appeals is an organization called Protect Arizona Patients, Inc. This nonprofit corporation is leading the fight to force Arizona to comply with and fully implement Proposition 203. If you agree with this position, you [...]

Lawsuit Filed in Court of Appeals to Force Arizona Department of Health to Implement Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

PRWeb: “Will Humble, the Executive Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) was served last Tuesday with a copy of a Special Action filed in the Arizona Court of Appeals (No. 1 CA-SA 11-016). The lawsuit was the first of two actions filed against ADHS seeking judicial relief. The second action [...]

Medical Marijuana Firms File Suit against Arizona

Inside Tucson Business: “A group of would-be medical marijuana dispensary operators have filed a lawsuit against the state of Arizona in an effort to force the state to issue dispensary licenses. Scottsdale-based Rose Law Group filed the complaint for special action in Maricopa County Superior Court on Tuesday (June 14) on behalf of [...]

Dispensaries Sue ADHS in Arizona Court of Appeals Seeking an Order that State Implement Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Laws

Yesterday attorney David Dow filed an Emergency Petition for Special Action re: Writ of Mandamus in the Arizona Court of Appeals. The lawsuit ask the Court to issue an Order:

“A. In the form of an emergency Writ of Mandamus commanding Respondent [Will Humble as ADHS Director] to fully implement the [...]

Tom Horne, Arizona Attorney General, Worked With Anti-Prop-203 Leader Carolyn Short on Federal Lawsuit Idea

Phoenix New Times: “Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne discussed a plan to launch legal action against the state’s medical marijuana law during a January sit-down meeting with the law’s biggest opponent. Carolyn Short, who led last year’s unsuccessful campaign to defeat Proposition 203, refers to the meeting in a February 16 letter to state Department of Health [...]

Health Director Denies Marijuana Dispensary Request

Verde Independent: “State Health Director Will Humble turned away a request by doctors Wednesday to operate a marijuana dispensary, paving the way for a lawsuit. Humble acknowledged that his refusal to even accept an application comes despite a voter-approved law requiring his agency to license about 125 dispensaries around the state. And it [...]

Legal Defense Fund Established to Protect the Rights of Arizonans and Suffering Patients Seeking Medical Marijuana

Sonoran News: “On the heels of a lawsuit filed by the State of Arizona to determine the legality of the recently enacted Medical Marijuana Law, a legal defense fund, Don’t Let Medical Marijuana Die, has been established to protect the will of the voters and guarantee ill patients access to medication that relieves [...]

Flagstaff Lawyer: Pot Suit Frivolous

Arizona Daily Sun: “Flagstaff attorney Lee Phillips has spent the last week talking to other lawyers from across the state on how to best respond to the state’s legal challenge to the voter-approved Arizona Medical Marijuana Act. The consensus? Another legal action from either the American Civil Liberties Union or from the Marijuana [...]

Ambiguity on Medical Marijuana Shameful

Arizona Republic: “From the political notebook: – I don’t know whether the legal action Gov. Jan Brewer and Attorney General Tom Horne took seeking declaratory judgment about the legality of Arizona’s medical marijuana law will result in any clarity. But I do know this: The ambiguity of the federal government regarding its enforcement [...]

A Day Late, Dollar Short on New Marijuana Law

Arizona Capitol Times: “Arizona’s medical marijuana law continues to pay out. The payoff isn’t so great for sickened would-be patients and convalescing recreational users, as it is for journalists and attorneys. Last week, Gov. Jan Brewer and Attorney General Tom Horne announced they would ask a federal judge to rule whether Arizona’s voter-approved [...]

Marijuana Law up for Interpretation or just Dramatic Reading?

The Bugle: “There has been a lot of interpretive work going on with Arizona’s medical marijuana law. Some of it is legal interpretation, and some is more theater-based. . . . The interpretations on both sides of the medical marijuana implement-don’t implement debate leave much to be desired. The voters would be better [...]

ACLU to Defend Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Law

ACLU: “The American Civil Liberties Union today [May 27, 2011] agreed to represent the Arizona Medical Marijuana Association (AzMMA) in order to defend the constitutionality of Arizona’s medical marijuana law. . . . Three appellate decisions in California have previously rejected claims that California’s medical marijuana law is preempted by federal law. And [...]

Marijuana Dispensary Application in Scottsdale Rejected by DHS

Arizona Republic: “Arizona’s top health official refused Wednesday to accept an application from prospective operators of a medical marijuana dispensary, setting the stage for a possible legal challenge to push for full implementation of a voter-approved law. Department of Health Services Director Will Humble met with members of a group that wants to [...]

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries’ Attorney Seeks to Force Dispensary Licensing

East Valley Tribune: “An attorney who represents some would-be marijuana dispensaries is taking the first steps he believes will convince a state judge to force Department of Health Services to issue the necessary permits. Ryan Hurley said Tuesday he is working with clients to get one of them to submit an application this [...]

ADHS Refuses to Accept an Application for an Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensary License

Arizona Department of Health Services Director Will Humble wrote the following on his blog on June 1, 2011:

“A prospective dispensary applicant came to our offices this morning in an effort to submit an application for a dispensary registration certificate. We declined to accept the application because, as I wrote on [...]

Arizona Faces Challenge on Medical Marijuana Stance

Arizona Republic: “State health Director Will Humble was putting the finishing touches Tuesday on the letter he will give to prospective medical marijuana dispensary owners when he declines their applications. Though Humble and his staff have spent months preparing for Wednesday’s start of the dispensary application process, the federal lawsuit filed Friday by [...]

Brewer vs. United States: Arizona Sues Asking Federal Court to Rule on Whether Arizona can Implement Proposition 203

On May 27, 2011, Arizona sued the United States and asks the federal court to “declare the respective rights and duties of the Plaintiffs and the Defendants regarding the validity, enforceability, and implementation of the AMMA [Arizona Medical Marijuana Act]” and to “determine whether strict compliance and participation in the AMMA provides a [...]

Arizona U.S. Attorney: Brewer, Horne Twisting Medical Marijuana Memo

East Valley Tribune: “The top federal prosecutor in Arizona said Gov. Jan Brewer and Attorney General Tom Horne are distorting the facts on the issue of medical marijuana and risks of federal prosecution.” This a must read article. The following text contains only a few of the zingers U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke fired [...]

Arizona to Sue over Medical-marijuana Law

Arizona Republic: “Arizona will ask a federal court today to clarify whether its voter-approved medical-marijuana law conflicts with federal drug statutes, launching what probably will be a lengthy legal battle that could cripple the state’s fledging industry and spark more legal action. Gov. Jan Brewer also will put a temporary halt to the [...]

Arizona Officials to File Suit over Medical-pot Program

Arizona Republic: “Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne will file a lawsuit by week’s end, asking a federal judge to weigh in on the legality of Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Act and whether those who manufacture or distribute pot under the law are subject to federal prosecution. . . . When asked whether she intended [...]

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer Puts Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Law on Hold While Arizona Sues for Guidance

What follows is the text of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s May 24, 2011, press release.

Governor Jan Brewer today announced that she has directed Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne to file suit by the end of the week seeking a declaratory judgment from a federal court regarding the legality of the Arizona Medical [...]

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