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Medical-Marijuana “Vapor Lounge” in West Valley Allows Patients to Toke Up, Rent Bongs and Hang Out

Phoenix New Times: “A group of medical-marijuana dispensary owners at the State Capital yesterday afternoon urged authorities to shut down unregulated cannabis clubs. Meanwhile, up the road in a small, west Valley strip mall, medical-marijuana patients toked up openly in a ‘lounge’ that has the look, feel, and scent of a Dutch coffeeshop. [...]

4 Employees of Tucson’s Green Halo Caregiver Collective Busted

KVOA.com: “The Green Halo caregiver collective, or GHCC, was incorporated as Green Halo LLC on April 25, 2011 with the purpose of distributing medicinal marijuana to patients for free. On Tuesday, four people working at the facility, at 3359 N. Freeway, were arrested for unlawful possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of marijuana [...]

Medical-Marijuana Clubs Busted in Tempe, Phoenix

Phoenix New Times: “The Tempe and Phoenix locations of the Arizona Patient Education Center, which provided medical marijuana to state-registered patients, were raided on Thursday by Phoenix police. ‘These guys applied for a (dispensary) license but didn’t have one, but it doesn’t matter anyway because they’re not allowed to sell marijuana,’ says Sergeant [...]

Arizona Cannabis Society Raided by Phoenix Police

Phoenix New Times: ”Arizona Cannabis Society, a medical-marijuana caregiver collective featured prominently in a March New Times blog post, was raided today by Phoenix police. Founder Bill Hayes is still being detained, cops say. . . . After a month and a half of undercover work, police served search warrants on three locations related [...]

Northeast Phoenix Medical-pot Site Exercises Caution

Arizona Republic: “Patients with medical-marijuana cards can buy their medicines at one location in Phoenix. Elements Caregivers Collective is the only permitted location for a dispensary so far in northeast Phoenix, and the only one of several applications for the area to meet the city’s zoning standards and receive a permit. The nearest [...]

Medical-Marijuana Warehouse Brings Pot Growers Together to Serve Patients’ Needs

Phoenix New Times: “The freedom to grow marijuana granted by the state’s 2010 medical-pot law is blossoming along with the plants in an El Mirage warehouse. Bill Hayes, founder of the Arizona Cannabis Society, invited New Times inside last week for a peek at their operation. (See our slideshow of the tour here.) [...]

Hundreds of Medical Marijuana Plants Move to Cultivation Center

KSAZ 10 TV: “On Wednesday, over 50 registered caregivers moved the pot plants into grow tents at the Compassion First Caregiver Circle in preparation for its grand opening.”

The center is run by Gerald Gaines and his corporations called “Compassion First Caregiver Circle, Inc.” and the “Caregiver Circle North Phoenix COOP, [...]

Phoenix Marijuana-cultivation Center Soon to Open is 1st in Nation

Arizona Republic: “Inside a freshly-painted office building in north Phoenix, Lynette Shockley unpacked pieces of a black canvas tent to assemble so she can grow medical pot for patients and herself. Around her, dozens of other registered caregivers erected their own grow tents and hauled in boxes of high-pressure sodium lights and duct [...]

Flagstaff Pot Store Open for Business

AZDailySun: “It looks like any doctor’s office. There are no Bob Marley posters or blacklights on the walls, and the latest issues of Hightimes aren’t strewn across the coffee table. But if you have a medical marijuana prescription, this might be the only place in Flagstaff for you to obtain the substance legally. [...]

Yoki A Ma’ Medical Marijuana Club Busted by Tempe and Nevada Authorities; Six Arrested — Club Owner Craig Sherf Talks to New Times

Phoenix New Times: “Tempe police teamed up with Nevada authorities this week to bust the Yoki A Ma’ medical marijuana club, arresting six people. . . . In the three other club-busts that we’re aware of, though, either no charges were ever filed or the charges were dropped. Those cases, if you’ll recall [...]

State Drops Charges Against DEA-Busted Operators of a Tempe Medical Marijuana Clinic

Phoenix New Times: “All charges have been dropped from September’s high-profile bust by the Drug Enforcement Agency of a Tempe medical marijuana clinic. The DEA arrested James Chaney and Rachel Beeder of Arizona Go Green Co-Op on September 29 following a morning raid on the clinic and Chaney’s Phoenix home. . . . The [...]

Medical-marijuana Business Set to Open in Northeast Phoenix

Arizona Republic: “Northeast Phoenix’s first medical-marijuana operation is scheduled to open next week. Elements Caregiver Collective touts itself as Phoenix’s ‘first caregiver collective and a one-stop shop for medical marijuana and wellness services.’ The shop, which holds a Phoenix permit for a dispensary, plans to offer a range of services, as well as [...]

Phoenix Police Raid 2811 Club

Arizona Republic: “Phoenix police seized records, cash and high-grade marijuana after serving a search warrant at a Phoenix medical-marijuana club Wednesday. Detectives believe Club 2811, 17233 N. Holmes Blvd., Suite 1615, twisted Arizona’s medical-marijuana law for profit, according to police.”

The following is the text of an email message sent by [...]

James Chaney, Owner of Tempe Pot Club Raided by DEA, Also Suspected of Possessing Meth

Phoenix New Times: “The owner of a Tempe medical marijuana club raided by the DEA last week was already being sought by cops for possession of methamphetamine, records show. James Chaney, 37, was arrested along with co-worker Rachel Beeder, 25, on September 29 during the morning raid of the Arizona Go Green Compassion [...]

DEA Raids Medical Marijuana Club in Tempe, Accuses Owners of Running Illegal Dispensary

Phoenix New Times: “the DEA has gone after a . . . medical marijuana club in Tempe. Agents began showing up at the AZ Go Green Co-Op at 426 East Southern Avenue around 8 a.m., according to a news report by Channel 10 (KSAZ-TV). The owners’ of the club, says the report, are Rachael [...]

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 [...]

Legal Marijuana in Arizona, but Not for the Sellers

New York Times: “Marijuana is known to cause red eyes, gales of laughter and the munchies. In Arizona, add another side effect: utter confusion. Voters narrowly approved a ballot initiative last November allowing medical marijuana in the state, but the result has been just the opposite of an orderly system of dispensing cannabis [...]

Are Arizona Cannabis Clubs Legal Under Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Laws?

Alan Sobol and his 2811 Club are breaking unchartered ground by creating an organization where card-carrying Arizona medical marijuana patients can pay a fixed fee of $75 to enter the club’s facility and obtain “free” marijuana. Sobol claims his cannabis club is legal under Arizona’s medical marijuana laws, but he filed a lawsuit [...]

Alan Sobol & Cannabis Clubs are Arizona Medical Marijuana Pioneers

KTAR.com: “The founder of a Phoenix cannabis club is suing Gov. Jan Brewer and State Health Services Director Will Humble. Al Sobol, owner of the 2811 cannabis club, said Humble ‘threatened’ his club last week after being asked if he felt the clubs were legal.” See “Confusion abounds in Arizona’s tricky medical marijuana [...]

Medical-marijuana Clubs Pop Up as Arizona Law is Debated

Arizona Republic: “Medical-marijuana dispensaries can’t yet operate in Arizona pending a judge’s ruling on Proposition 203. But that doesn’t necessarily keep cardholders from finding pot. At least a handful of clubs that provide patients with medical marijuana have opened up in the Valley to fill that void.”

Humble: Marijuana Club Circumvents Law

Capital Media Services: “You could soon have a marijuana club down the block or around the corner. An entrepreneur in the state’s medical marijuana industry has found what he believes is a loophole in the law that restricts distribution of the drug to just 125 specially licensed dispensaries. Allan Sobol already has opened [...]

AZ Department of Health Services to Cannabis Clubs: You are Walking on Thin Ice

What follows below is the text of Arizona Department of Health Services Director Will Humble’s July 14, 2011, blog post:

“The Arizona Department of Health Services has serious concerns about the legality of so-called cannabis clubs. The information that we have regarding these ‘clubs’ suggests that they are distributing marijuana to customers in a way [...]

Arizona Compassion Club Helps Obtain Medical Marijuana for Qualified Patients

Phoenix New Times: “In a creative work-around to the state’s lack of marijuana dispensaries, a group of card-holding patients are offering various strains of buds, edibles and tinctures in exchange for donations from club members. The Arizona Compassion Club operates out of several Valley offices, and the people running the clubs believe they’re perfectly legal.”

Can a Person Who Holds an Arizona Medical Marijuana Patient Card Sell Marijuana to Another Arizona Licensed Patient or Caregiver?

The arrest of Gary Ferguson and others by the Gilbert Police Department raises the question of whether an Arizona medical marijuana patient cardholder can sell marijuana to another person who is licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services as a medical marijuana patient or caregiver. Several people have been or will be [...]

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