The votes are counted and Arizona’s Prop 203 – the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act – has passed by a margin of 4,341 votes (841,346 YES, 837,005 NO). We’re receiving many calls and emails from people interested in the details of the new law. Here are the highlights of the measure:
- The allowable amount of marijuana for patients and caregivers is 2.5 ounces.
- IF a patient or caregiver is allowed to cultivate, the limit is 12 plants that must be grown in an “enclosed, locked facility”, defined as “closet, room, greenhouse, or other enclosed area”.
- Qualifying conditions: cancer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s), Crohn’s, Alzheimer’s, cachexia or wasting syndrome, severe and chronic pain, severe nausea, seizures (like epilespy), and severe and persistent spasms (like multiple sclerosis).
- Caregivers must be 21 years old and pass criminal background check for certain felonies.
- Caregivers can serve no more than five patients, must keep a card for each one
- Caregivers may receive reimbursement for actual expenses – not labor – from their own patients only.
- Patients’ and Caregivers’ medical marijuana cards last for one year and will contain their photo, name, address, birthdate, and indication whether medical marijuana is allowed to be cultivated at home.
- If the state has not issued a card within 45 days, a copy of the application shall have the same force as the card.
- Patients and caregivers may share marijuana with other patients for free, as long as they don’t knowingly cause the patient to exceed 2.5 ounces.
- Non-profit medical marijuana dispensaries are allowed.
- A patient who lives within 25 miles of a dispensary may not cultivate their own medical marijuana.
- Patients and caregivers may not possess medical marijuana on a school bus, school, or correctional facility.
- Patients may not smoke marijuana on public transportation or in any public place.
- Patients may not drive under the influence of marijuana; however, marijuana metabolites shall not be proof of impairment.
- Fees for non-profit dispensaries shall not be greater than $5,000 or $1,000 for a renewal license.
- Dispensaries must cultivate their own medical marijuana, which they can do onsite or at one separate physical address
- Patients and Caregivers may give marijuana to dispensaries, but not for any compensation.
- Neither the dispensary nor the cultivation address may be within 500 feet of a school.
- There can be no more than one dispensary for every ten pharmacies, except that there can be at least one dispensary in every county.
- The cards or recommendations for visiting patients from other medical marijuana states will be recognized in Arizona, but they may not shop at the dispensaries.
- Patients in assisted care facilities can be limited to non-smoking methods of use and only in certain areas; however, such facilities are not required to enact these limitations.
- Dispensaries must have a single secure entrance, a strong security system, and no medicating is allowed on the premises.
- Dispensaries must track patients’ acquisitions to ensure they receive no more than 2.5 ounces from any dispensaries within a fourteen day period.
- There shall be a secure, web-based confirmation system accessible by law enforcement and dispensaries, that reveals patients’ and caregivers’ names but not addresses and how much marijuana the patient received from all dispensaries in the past sixty days.
- Non-patients cannot be punished for being the vicinity of lawful medical marijuana use by patients or providing paraphernalia to patients.
- Schools and landlords cannot discriminate against medical marijuana patients and caregivers, unless they are subject to federal penalty.
- Employers cannot discriminate against patients and caregivers and a positive test for marijuana metabolites is not cause for disciplining or terminating a patient.
- Medical facilities and treatments, including organ transplants, cannot be denied to patients for their medical marijuana use.
- Parental rights of patients cannot be denied solely for their medical marijuana use.
The full text of the measure can be found at http://stash.norml.org/azmedmj
The really good: Employment protection.
The really bad: Fingerprints? 🙁
Well it’s progress at least.
thank-you for all your efforts to keep us updated,and informed i’ve applied for my card in Rhode Island and hope it goes through,i wish every state would adopt this and then maybe,thigs will change in government.thanks!!!!!!
Thank you NORML for the update! Friends in Wisconsin, remember to locate your local chapter and get active today.
Is there one of these for michigans?
[Russ responds: No, but you can find our summary of all state medical marijuana programs at http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3391#Michigan (just put your state name at the end)]
Thanks for clarification on the law
As I understand it, Arizona has a zero-tolerance “Drugged Driving” policy for drug metabolites found in someones system. Considering what Prop. 203 states, does this mean that the current DUID law will be altered/lifted all-together?
In case what I’m asking isn’t clear: Could a person charged with DUID for cannabis quote Prop. 203 (Point 15 on this list) as a defense, even if they are not prescribed medical cannabis?
[Russ responds: It is an interesting point. The new AZ law does have an affirmative defense, so that if you are a patient and you have less than the 2.5 oz limit, but you don’t have a card, you can argue in court that your marijuana use was medical. Whether that defense would help in a zero-tolerance DUID charge is another story, but I suppose you might argue that you’re a patient and the metabolites in your blood are not over 2.5 oz of actual marijuana and the AZ law does exempt patients from the zero tolerance. I would probably just get my card and not drive within two hours of medicating and not risk an unfriendly court.]
I just wanted to clarify something here. If you smoke it probably 2 hrs before drive. But if you consume it orally I think you may have more then 2 hrs to wait?
[Editor’s note: The smoking/vaping of cannabis will likely cause, in most users, about a two hour window where the prudent person will not operate an auto. When cannabis products are ingested, the window for ‘impairment’ is considerably longer, possibly up to 4-6 hours after consumption.]
i am interested in possibly cultivate for my own use. however, it does not look like i will be eligable for this, as i live in the phoenix city limits. the way i read it is anyone closer than 25 miles is not allowed to do so. why?
am i reading this right?
[Russ responds: You are. Why? Well, back in 2009 I asked the head of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project why they needed this ’25-mile halo’ rule, wondering if it was a political compromise needed to bring votes on board or quiet possible opponents.
Nope, the reason was to “to give a market to the dispensaries in the community so they’d be viable”. Listen for yourself: http://stash.norml.org/mpps-andrew-myers-discusses-medical-marijuana-in-arizona]
thanks for all your help up to now. i very much appreciate this!
where & how do i make application for the MM card? my dr. said & recommended that i smoke. it does relive pain & helps me a great deal of the time!
i am going back to see my dr. dec 1st & i would like him to sign any application forms then. will this be possible? HOW? thanks again for all of your help!
[Russ responds: It will still be 120 days before any rules are created for the program.]
not being able to grow your own if your within 25 miles of a dispensary is a lil harsh. 25 miles is a long way, no car, disabled… what then? better something than nothing i guess.
not being able to grow your own if your within 25 miles of a dispensary is a lil harsh. 25 miles is a long way, no car, disabled… what then? better something than nothing i guess.
[Russ responds: I guess you’ll have to hope Phoenix, Tempe, Tucson, etc. all have excellent bus service that caters to the handicapped. And that dispensaries pack their products in smell-proof containers, so the friendly fellows who congregate near transportation depots don’t decide to mug you for your medicine. I know in Portland that the severely disabled can get door-to-door public transit service.]
Congrats Arizona. Lets hope that after voting for it 3 times now you can finally implement it. Washington State legalized marijuana over 10 years ago for patients. During that time not one patient has died from an overdose. Can you say that about any other Narcotic on the scedule 1 list?
Thanks again to all who help this cause along, as someone who has witnessed family members suffer who may have been helped with laws like this I feel good for this one, more work ahead for the rest of the people who need it for medicine, and the recreation and Hemp folks as well!
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More evidence of shameless Pakistani Army tactics, they are worse than animals These american sponsored mercenaries are killing their own people!
Today’s liveleak http://www.liveleak.com/ in a clip posted today & verbally as above states Pakistan is
” killing its own people ” .
Well what do you think America and Mexico is doing over
its war on its own people because of Marijuana ?!!
We are worse than animals because of this Countries tactics on this drug war .
how severe and how chronic does pain need to be to be considered severe and chronic?
i live in az and turn 18 soon… “doctor i cant sleep i need reefer”
[Russ responds: That’s not going to work. Arizona will be much tougher to get a medical marijuana card than California.]
Number 4. What might those “certain felonies” be???
[Russ responds: Drug trafficking and violent felonies, with certain conditions. See the text of the law for details at http://stash.norml.org/azmedmj%5D
The dope dealers win again. They are crafty.
Here’s all you need to get your license to get stoned. If you are already suffering from the really serious stuff and like to get high, well now’s your chance to do it legal. You’ve been getting high regularly up to now, but now you can do it legally. But if you just like to get high and don’t want to suffer from a terminal illness, then you just go to a friendly doctor, plunk down your large bills and say, “Hey doc, I’m suffering from (ahem) ‘severe nausea’ and/or ‘chronic pain'” and the friendly doctor (There are so many of them, ask any prescription drug addict.) will say, “Wow, what you need is some of that medical grade pot to ease the burden of your affliction.” He gives you your license and you go back to your video games.
The illusion of strict accounting for the plants is pretty thin. There is absolutely no way to tell where the stuff coming from and most of it will be coming from people who are selling it on the street as well. Dope dealers and their distributors who have been monopolizing the game from the beginning.
11.Non-profit medical marijuana dispensaries are allowed.
They ought to be mandatory. It’s all about black market profits. What are they prices going to be? The stuff ought to be given away. For free. What? You wouldn’t give away some leaves and flowers of some plant to a cancer patient? Shame on you.
12.A patient who lives within 25 miles of a dispensary may not cultivate their own medical marijuana.
Sure, another clue to this dope dealer’s delight. You wouldn’t want a patient stepping on some gangster’s turf by growing it themselves. What would all the rest of the local pot smokers without the friendly doctor do? They might start growing it themselves too.
And what the heck is this?
20.There can be no more than one dispensary for every ten pharmacies, except that there can be at least one dispensary in every county.
What kind of pointless gibberish is that? What do pharmacies have to do with “medical marijuana” dispensaries?
Legalization is coming and when it does, all this will be an even bigger embarrasement then the “prescriptions” given out for alcohol during the prohibition of alcohol.
http://cocktails.about.com/od/history/a/prohibition_2.htm
“Because of this established belief that liquor could cure and prevent a variety of ailments, doctors were still able to prescribe liquor to patients on a specially designed government prescription form that could be filled at any pharmacy. When medicinal whiskey stocks were low the government would increase its production. A significant amount of the prescription alcohol supplies were diverted from their intended destinations by bootleggers and corrupt individuals during prohibition.
Churches and clergy had a provision as well, which allowed them to receive wine for sacrament. This also led to corruption, as there are many accounts of people certifying themselves as ministers and rabbis in order to obtain and distribute large quantities of sacramental wine.”
This is ridiculous .
Finger prints , criminal record checked , monitoring , one dispensary for every 10 Pharmacies, submit fingerprints and so on …………..
Although it’s at least some progress Arizona is still treating patients as if they’re criminals .
Glad i don’t live there …….
[Russ responds: I feel ya, but it is really more like they’re treating all of us as criminals, and these requirements are to make sure the patients aren’t dirty dope criminals like the rest of us.
The only way you cure restrictive medical marijuana laws is by legalization for all of us, even the healthy ones.]
If dispensaries have to be nonprofit, then how are the operators supposed to make a living?
[Russ responds: Officers and employees of nonprofits are allowed a reasonable salary.]
If you aer a caregiver, then is it ok to charge your 5 patients the going rates for medical marijuana?
[Russ responds: Nope. First of all, as a caregiver, you’re only allowed to grow for your patients that live more than 25 miles away from a dispensary. Say you had five patients and two lived >25m away. You could grow 24 plants – 12 for each of the two – and you could give 2.5 ounces FOR FREE to each of your five patients. Then, as I read it, only your two >25m patients could reimburse you, but then only for your actual expenses in soil, nutrients, lights, buckets, water… but not your labor or anything for the value of the marijuana.
I’m not certain, however, that you as the caregiver have to live >25m from the dispensary to grow for the patients who do live >25m.]
Must not be convicted of a felony involving drugs………………..well i can understand that .
” for certain felonies ” i think what they’re saying that certain felonies would be crimes associated with drug dealing . The law needs to be more defined & spelt out in better context so people can clearly understand it in its entirety . Otherwise patients not knowingly will be breaking the law & could be arrested .
moving forward, good job, Im happy for Arizona.
re; 9. Patients and caregivers must submit fingerprints to law enforcement and sign a statement that they will not divert marijuana to non-patients.
1. IS THIS REQUIRED FOR PRESCRIPTION PILLS ??
[Russ: Not that I am aware of.]
2. so if there is a REAL crime to investigate, (like murder) will the pigs be able to use this database ?? or is it just for pot ??
[Russ: To my knowledge, pigs, hogs, and other swine lack the dexterity and brain capacity to operate databases. However, the FBI does not… this is from the law:
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY MAY EXCHANGE THIS FINGERPRINT DATA WITH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WITHOUT DISCLOSING THAT THE RECORDS CHECK IS RELATED TO THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT AND ACTS PERMITTED BY IT. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DESTROY EACH SET OF FINGERPRINTS AFTER THE CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK IS COMPLETED.]
RE; 24. Dispensaries must track patients’ acquisitions to ensure they receive no more than 2.5 ounces from any dispensaries within a fourteen day period.
25. There shall be a secure, web-based confirmation system accessible by law enforcement and dispensaries, that reveals patients’ and caregivers’ names but not addresses and how much marijuana the patient received from all dispensaries in the past sixty days.
wow, that is SUPER RESTRICTIVE, and sounds very expensive and complicated to set up !!
(no wonder it almost did not pass, it is almost worse than the status quo)
so every dispensory must track the sales of EVERY OTHER DISPENSORY ??
SO IF ONE DISPENSORY does not share data, can ANOTHER DISPENSORY BE CHARGED WITH VIOLATING THE LIMIT ??
if i buy the maximum at ONE DISPENSORY, then buy more at ANOTHER DISPENSORY, with a fake i.d., is the DISPENSORY safe or liable ??
[Russ: it seems as if there will be a central database that every dispensary will have to be a part of, submitting patient purchases in real time, just to prevent the “dispensary hopping” idea you’ve proposed.]
how much will it cost for all this unnecessary, over regulation ??
what about computer error ??
re; There shall be a secure, web-based confirmation system.
even banks and gov’t. computers can be, and have been,
HACKED.
-this is a well known FACT.
so not one gram may be sold untill this MYTHICAL, HACK-PROOF, TOTALLY SECURE system is developed and installed.
re; 12.A patient who lives within 25 miles of a dispensary may not cultivate their own medical marijuana.
so you spend lots of $$ to set up your grow, and a new dispensary opens up, you must tear your garden down ??
[Russ: It seems that way to me. I could find no language that supported the notion of an existing grow being “grandfathered in” if a new dispensary opens up down the street.]
re; 19.Neither the dispensary nor the cultivation address may be within 500 feet of a school.
IS THIS REQUIRED FOR PRESCRIPTION PILLS ??
re; 17.Dispensaries must cultivate their own medical marijuana, which they can do onsite or at one separate physical address
so if demand cannot be met, or plants are not ready for harvest, dispensaries cannot buy extra.
-a perfect plan for sky-high prices.
re; 20.There can be no more than one dispensary for every ten pharmacies, except that there can be at least one dispensary in every county.
so we voted in a med-pot initiative that SPECIFICALLY insures med-pot will never be able to seriously impact the profitability of prescription drugs.
GREAT PLAN !! LET’S FUND THE PHARM. COMPANIES, WHO ARE 100% AGAINST US !!
WHO THE FU*K WRITES THESE STUPID INITIATIVES ??
[Russ: This initiative was written and vetted by the Marijuana Policy Project.]
NO WONDER THE PRO-POT PEOPLE VOTE AGAINST THEM.
P.S. CNN is again doing a ‘non-scientific’ med-pot poll, (text messaqge or go online) and again it is 73% in favor…
say what you will everyone has their opinions but in my case im thrilled this passed. I am already on prescription meds daily and have been for a couple years now. I am diagnosed with scoliosis and have had severe back pain since i was 11 (i am 34 now) the scripts i take are twice a day with a total of 5 pills. i have also out of the blue started throwing up all the time as a result of the pills, they just m,ake me sick and now and then i find blood. So now if i can purchase legal medical marijuana it will reduce the pills i take also relieving the nausea that comes along. I am a productive member of society i pay my taxes and i feel i have a right to health relief no matter how much and to whatever end. and now this will be realized without fear of prosecution, THANK YOU AZ this will make so many lives better
Sounds easier to go to a real doctor and take Oxycontin oxycodone
There’s no need for a non-toxic plant with zero deaths from use to be so severely restricted. The problem is that our officials and law enforcement personnel don’t believe these simple, easily demonstrated facts…or dismiss them as irrelevant. Still, I voted for this and am glad it passed. It’s a timid start that can be brought into line with reality as the paranoid fantasies of the prohibitionists fail to materialize.
I don’t get it….
Caregivers and patients need to submit fingerprints for there Marijuana but when they get much more dangerous prescription like pain killers drugs they don’t?
Thats not right…
Isuffer from hypertenson but bot ay of the other quaifying conditions. Why is it that MPP makes a sacrificialabmb out f me? Hypertension is serious condition. I’ll answer my uestion. MP makes a sacrifical lab outof me because it believes in appesement to get right wing votes. Please dont give out the onense that I am healthy butn just tak sme pills. I take that phamaeutical garbage because I am ill you moron. Who is it that determined that I must be sacrifced or the greaer good. What are thes appeasers ffascism going to say etthe rightdisee or wait for “receational ie. nonmedical marijuana. That is creuel becaus it makes it even more difficult to hope hat I can get my medicine. I ive in New York City and there is not eenan ilegal mrket where I can get my medicine; I can’t get my medicine no mater what I do. This Arizona vitory is suposed to give me hope. Its all a bunch of lies for me; nothing to clebrate here. How come in the first medical marjuana that was passed in Arizona Hyertension was included but now I am excluded. There ws no need to exclude me. It s lie the MPP folks are saying “wade is garbge, lets throw him as a sacrifice to the republican God” And what is this nnsensical convoluted nonsense about clivation? Why o people who are sick have tto be denied cultivation. Again ifArizona pased it before with nclusion for all and cultivtion why are we appeasing fascists with my exclusion and what ammounts to a ban on culivation. I wont be movingto Arizona to get y meicine. I just hope that the abolishment of prop 215 in California does not occur with a Cooley victory — I hope Haris wins — moving to califrnia my be my only possibility for getting my medcine; I will however also research Colordo and see whether that sacrfces me in the same way that PP did in Arizona. Oe other criticism of MPP — in 2008 they ran a funraiser for medical mrijuana in New York. Theyclaimed they had th support of Republicansenate leader Joe Bruno. I was not told hat the New York billn Mpp was pushing also dicriminated atgainst hypertension patients. I gave MPP 320 dollars in a fundraiser. Latter I fond outn I wa discriminated against. gave the money so I could get my medicine not because I belived in some abstract cause — indeed t was extremelydetrriment to me because I a notrich I am unemployed and dstitute. Well what do you know Joe didn’t even bring the bill to the Senae floor to be votedon. All who contributed were ripped off. Joe Bruno went up on coruption charges latter but evaded justice when he was not convicted. Nw w have no medical Marjuana fo anybod in New York and with Cuomo coming in we avea medica marijuana opponent as Govenor. With all the reprssion under Koch< Giuliani and Bloombrg the illegal market, which ws one thriving about 30 years ago is extinct. Mp's li abot how the drug was has "failed" ie you can et your medicine on the llegal market easily is a cruel lie. I hope heMPP people can sleep at night after what they did to me. While the medical marijuana law that passed is a step in the right direction there was no reason to mkesacrifcial lambs out of people like me. Thus I would celebrate this so calld "victory" if I could; trouble is with the tremendously successful drug war i New York — the drug war is not a "failed" war in New York — I cannot find a single bud in this maximum prison of a city to smoke. It is sad when during a war — suppoedly "failed" by MPP's standards — I a patient who needs medical marijuana can pass all the drug tests that test for marijuana with flying colors.
Good god , this reads like small print on a bankloan or on a comercial for these pharm drugs you see on tv.
Why even bother..just make it legal were going to smoke it anyway..
Oh ya…someone must make money off it, thats why…always its money….so sick of greed. Greed is this countries motto…greed in, greed out.
At least it passed and hopefully it can be ammended as they move forward with it. It’s not perfect but at least it’s a start. I can now visit AZ with my med card and be somewhat protected. At least the DUI thing is addressed which it is not in my state. Sure there’s a lot of BS in there for a non toxic herb but it’s still better than notta.
#1. THE NEW LAW SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THOSE OF US THAT ARE LICENSED WILL TREATED MORE LIKE A COMMON CRIMINAL THAN BY JUST GETTING IT HOW WE ALWAYS HAVE.
#2. I REALLY RELY ON MY M.J. TO HELP ME RID MYSELF OF EXCRUTIATING PAIN!
#3. BECAUSE SMOKING UP FOR PAIN IS SO HELPFUL I PLAN ON SMOKING WHETHER OR NOT THIS NEW LAW IS IN AFFECT.
The good, the bad, and the ugly.
The state’s interjecting itself between doctor and patient is ridiculous but a reflection of all the medical marijuana laws that are written predominately around prohibitionist fears that some might be getting mildly euphoric legally when they should be doing so only illegally.
Legalization will allowed unfettered access to those wishing to use marijuana as a medicinal herb.
Where can you find information about caregivers and/or dispensaries.
patience folks…no one ever said this would be easy.
Great for Arizona and everywhere else. Now Mass. Where are we headed. Is there anything we can all do to make this happen here. (Please no finger printing) Also would like some clarification. People are getting tickets for being in the presence of someone that has marijuana, meaning, I have a bag, you have none. I get a ticket, you get a ticket. Is that really how the law reads. Please let me know. That is happening alot in our town.
Yeah that’s right , Russ and thanks for your note . It’s easier to get oxycotin which is addictive & unlike the safe usage of Marijuana can kill you . You can also end up as an addict with this and other pharmaceutical drugs & kill someone because you need your fix as evidenced by what has happened in , Eureka , California in recent robberies for oxycotin at pharmacies .
THIS IS RIDICULOUSLY RETARDED .
Holy Smokes. A very informative commentary. Well Done. At least the movement for safe access has now a legal foothold in the state of AZ. Fingerprints so old fashion, Why didn’t they just ask for DNA? Monitoring sales via a website? Who will operate that expense? Do they have this for the Opiate pain killers? Not the best answer, but I would take it. Besides, AZ has a lot of open space. Moving into the desert 25 miles outside of town. Not bad. Blessings.
Rev.sLeezy
Ho yeah, Arizona! Let’s turn this country green!
From Russ:”To my knowledge, pigs, hogs, and other swine lack the dexterity and brain capacity to operate databases.”
This made me laugh out loud.
Please be advised that the legal limit of marijuana in Prop 203 is 2.5 ounces every 2 weeks, or 5 oz per month. We have won the battle, but the war continues
Well this is really pretty good for Az. After all it is like a police state right? So just be happy for what you have now. Hopefully things will change for all of us for the better meaning total legalization.
Another important fact is that local governments have been given discretion to enact any and all reasonable zoning regulations. This is where the battle is now. By being proactive with cities and counties, we hope to avoid some of the problems that they are having in Colorado with moratoriums.
Gosh at least you guys got SOMEthing! We’re still in the dark ages fighting the good fight here in Florida. I think those guidelines sound awesome.
To the handicapped gentlemen worried about getting to a dispensary – there will be delivery services at some dispensaries, but that would suck if you couldn’t grow your own because you are too close to a dispensary. All patients should be able to grow and make their own medicine.
I just received my first order from harvest-420@hotmail.com I receieved an oz of Bc Purp to my door for $260.They have an amazing strains and from what Iv heard it is 100% organically grown.
Arizonan here,
Just wanted to thank the guys at NORML for this extremely informative post, thank you Russ. You guys are great, and will surly go down in the history books. The laws on Cannabis are finally being updated and replaced by scientific backing, and hopefully so will a lot of the misinformation that still goes around.
You guys have been doing this for over 30 years (even back when weed was the “devils drug”, and many disagreed with your guys’ actions), and we can’t thank you guys enough, really, you guys are saviors.
Also, thank you Arizona!!
Sounds like good business as usual, hire a lawyer to guide you through the process..
http://cannabisnews.com/news/26/thread26142.shtml
“Patients who live more than 25 miles from a clinic will be allowed to grow their own cannabis. Patients will need to receive a “recommendation” from their doctor in order to receive no more than 2.5 ounces of cannabis every two weeks. Recommendations will be limited to those patients suffering from cancer, AIDS and other “life-threatening” diseases.
Furthermore, simply testing positive for cannabis on a urinalysis or other drug test will no longer, by itself, be enough to discipline or fire a medical marijuana patient in the workplace.
Additionally, medicinal use of cannabis won’t be cause for someone to be denied an organ transplant, to deny a good parent their child custody rights, or to evict a patient or deny them an education.
The passage of Proposition 203 is an important first step in the effort to completely legalize marijuana and to tax and regulate it in a fashion similar to how we handle alcohol and tobacco.
All sound fair except #12
I honestly just dont get it..all these rules for simple marijuana that does no harm..but its ok to get methamphetamine to treat ADD/ADHD and not get fingerprinted or even have a card. The government is so fucked up..see for yourself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine
“Methamphetamine is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and exogenous obesity, marketed in the USA and Canada under the trademark name Desoxyn.”
http://www.rxlist.com/desoxyn-drug.htm
Scary i’d say…
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Guys I have some tragic news. I just broken my hand carved wooded pipe I made back when I was 19 (Im 35). Ive checked the internet for some good headshops but all the sites are pretty shoty or have a horrible collection.
I mean I need a pipe with a little personality; kinda hobbitish……
Any Ideas fellow weedlings?
You need a BS in BS to understand that thang ! But i recon thems progyourass !
Sounds like the dispensaries could set up a delivery service within their 25 mile circle. Is that a possibility Russ?
allnurses.com is having a real, rational discussion of this on their forum boards. Never thought I would see the day folks in my profession would be talking about this openly.
A lot concerned about employment drug testing of caregivers and the board of nursing, though. A lot of conservative, bust-a-nurse-up conservative old ladies on the board of many of these states.
I know it says drug related Felonies, but what about a misdemeanor charge of possession of a controlled substance?
does this include misdemeanor drug charges?
Congrats to Arizona! Glad you guys got yours. The elections weren’t a total loss after all.
Wanting to feel healthy should not be a criminal offense anywhere! Let people be free to do what they choose in the privacy of their own homes!
Re ; # 16 ,
That’s right . This Country is hypocritical . We are a Country killing its own people . How many people we’ve killed or caused to be killed & prosecuted over Marijuana is huge .
Its not Pakistan killing its own people , its more like America killing its own people .
I signed the petition. I read the initiative in its entirety. I voted yes. This a historic movement in Arizona history and I’m proud to have been a part of it. As for the person who asked “who wrote these initiatives?” it was Andrew Meyers, an MPP activist whom I respect and admire, it would NOT have been passed if it hadn’t been so restrictive and I believe that the only reason it was so highly contested is because of the 2.5 ounces it allowed. If it can pass here in Arizona, it can pass in Florida, New York, Massachusetts, and Texas. This is only the beginning!!
It is time for change to a humane world.
no 1 cares about this just make it legal already damn
In some fragging moment I realized my place.
I will look the prosecutor in the ‘eye
The bad news….will probably have to pay a fee every year to get a card, and have to pay for fingerprint cards
the rules for this arizona mmj law renders it moot. there are so many requirements and restrictions it’s absolutely ridiculous to think it provides a positive framework for medical marijuana patients. Way too much big brother government stuff going on with this one. Time to make amendments!
Some thoughts from someone that now qualifies under the new prop 203 guidelines.
People overdose and die everyday from ibuprofen and Tylenol, even aspirin. Not MJ! It actually calms your stomach and nausea. It’s about as non-poisonous as anything gets. In all of recorded history, not one person has ever died as a result of marijuana. That’s a great record! During Prohibition people would argue that if alcohol were legal, EVERY PERSON IN AMERICA would be drunk every day and that the U.S. would literally collapse. Of course THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN. Wake up everyone! I don’t drink alcohol. That stuff is pure poison. People that drink alcohol always argue that they don’t drink for the effect, but for the flavor… yea, right! Why then put vodka in your vodka and grapefruit juice instead of straight grapefruit juice? Alcohol drinkers drink for the effect.Even ONE beer. Don’t let them kid you. This prop has passed TWO other times here but failed LATER because of wording. The people have clearly spoken many times on this issue. It’s about time our state government listened to its own people. Gosh, that norml article on all the rules is already making me kinda paranoid and I haven’t even smoked anything yet… (joke!)
Does the new prop 203 law allow legal possession in Arizona with a California recommendation without a California registry ID card?
Q. so if there is a REAL crime to investigate, (like murder) will the pigs be able to use this database ??
A. YES.
that is a HUGE INCREASE IN GOV’T. POWER AND CONTROL.
re; pigs, hogs, and other swine with no brain capacity.
would you prefer;
‘bullies hiding behind badges’,
or ‘soul-less minions of orthodoxy’,
or ‘paid enforcers of an illegal, unconstituional law that they themselves, or their family, or their friends, or their kids, have broken’,
or ‘puppets of the ptb’s’.
im 19 yrs old and what if i say i always having head aches everyday and it makes me get nausea and it makes me feel like crap everyday and im sick of taking 4-6 Advil a day or any or those to make me feel better. Would that be good enough to get me a MMJ card or does it have to be worse nausea then that?
re; WHO THE FU*K WRITES THESE STUPID INITIATIVES ??
NO WONDER THE PRO-POT PEOPLE VOTE AGAINST THEM.
[Russ: This initiative was written and vetted by the Marijuana Policy Project.]
-so the Marijuana Policy Project wants to give the pigs our fingerprints,
-and NORML wants to give the pigs our DNA.
(supposedly, SOMEHOW this will lead to less arrests ??)
that’s just TOO WONDERFULL for words !!
[Editor’s note: NORML does not support providing the government a citizen’s DNA.]
could one get a card for chronic and severe migraines or is that not intense enough?
[Paul Armentano responds: Here are the qualifying conditions under the law. Patients diagnosed with the following illnesses are afforded legal protection under this act: cancer; glaucoma; positive status for HIV or AIDS, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease), Crohn’s disease, agitation of Alzheimer’s disease or any chronic or debilitating medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following: cachexia or wasting syndrome, severe or chronic pain, severe nausea, seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy, severe or persistent muscle spasms, including those characteristic of multiple sclerosis, persistent muscle spasms or seizures, severe nausea or pain.]
#73, I’m not sure but I think you have to have at least one foot in the grave. Sucks I know but they want you to be too sick to enjoy it.
[Paul Armentano responds: Here are the qualifying conditions under the law. Patients diagnosed with the following illnesses are afforded legal protection under this act: cancer; glaucoma; positive status for HIV or AIDS, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease), Crohn’s disease, agitation of Alzheimer’s disease or any chronic or debilitating medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following: cachexia or wasting syndrome, severe or chronic pain, severe nausea, seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy, severe or persistent muscle spasms, including those characteristic of multiple sclerosis, persistent muscle spasms or seizures, severe nausea or pain.]
How would an Oregon cardholder get their medicine(2.5oz or less) to Arizona. Can a patient travel with their medicine to Arizona since out of state patients will not be allowed to use disspensaries? Or is it Just the states neighboring Arizona that get the luxury to be able to travel with their medicine.
re; [Editor’s note: NORML does not support providing the government a citizen’s DNA.]
un-named editor; see; 10 Lessons Learned from Marijuana Election Defeats; By: Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator;
-#8; The next initiative must work with the “treat it like alcohol” frame by providing a “breathalyzer” equivalent.
There are technologies available – blood testing, cheek-swab saliva testing, epocrine gland (armpit) sweat testing – that can show recent use of marijuana within four hours.
-blood, saliva, and sweat ALL contain DNA.
if NORML does not support providing the government a citizen’s DNA, please let Russ Belville know that, and delete the bogus info., or print a correction, before more people are misled by it.
The way to solve the ‘roadside testing problem’ is to move away from drug testing, and towards functionality testing. After all it is the ability to drive and not what you are taking that matters.
[Editor’s note: Supporting DUID restrictions and scientific-based testing hardly equates with providing the government one’s DNA.
There are no ‘functionality’ roadside tests for cannabis impairment. Currently, when the police take a breathalyzer for alcohol, do they capture and analyze DNA? No. The same goes for cannabis, the cops don’t capture, archive or analyze cannabis consumer’s DNA.
It is impossible to have cannabis legal like alcohol if there will be no roadside tests to measure for possible impairment.
Resisting and protesting commonsense restrictions for non-responsible cannabis use only hurts ending Cannabis Prohibition laws.]
Say I live in a state that has a ballot initiative(BI) is there a way I could just use another states proposal or do you have to have permission first. It would be great if someone with experience could write out specific wording to help it get passed and allow for our rights after it is approved. I live in Mississippi with some decriminalized penalties for possession but I am curious how medical marijuana would get voted on. Very simple procedure for BI just have to submit wording of the proposal and then start gatherin signatures.
Would be great if they had someway to have all the important parts and made out like it was some type of a national movement. Would probably need some help gettin like minded people together for all those signatures though.
Should probably include legalizing hemp for agricultural use.
first you say;
[Editor’s note: NORML does not support providing the government a citizen’s DNA.]
then you say it is a ‘commonsense restriction’.
re; you say; ‘There are no ‘functionality’ roadside tests for cannabis impairment.’
OF COURSE THERE ARE !!
Q. -what did the pigs do BEFORE breathalizers ??
A. -physical testing for impairment v/s functionality, like walking a strait line, or touch your nose with your eyes closed, are you slurring your words, are you staggering, were you swerving before they pulled you over, etc.
these tests have NOT BEEN UN-INVENTED, they STILL EXIST. therefore, they CAN STILL be used.
-but because pot DOES NOT cause motor function impairment, a pot smoker will be able to pass these tests easily, so pigs don’t even bother with them.
re; blood, saliva, and sweat testing can show recent use of marijuana within four hours.
if it is four hours or 30 days, DOES NOT MATTER, you are STILL TESTING for after-the-fact metabolites, NOT CURRENT IMPAIRMENT.
-and people drive ‘under the influence’ of prescription pills every day, without DNA testing, so get on the side of EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW.
re; the cops don’t capture, archive or analyze cannabis consumer’s DNA.
-that is because it is CURRENTLY ILLEGAL !!
it is against the 5th ammendment guarantees against self incrimination to collect blood, saliva, and sweat, (D.N.A.) without a court order.
however, IF WE VOTE TO GIVE THEM THAT POWER, THEY WILL USE IT.
ANY POWER YOU GIVE AWAY TO THE GOV’T., WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU, sooner or later.
-just like the ‘naked’ airport scanner images they PROMISED would be immediately deleted, and INSISTED, WOULD NOT, and, in fact, COULD NOT be saved or copied, yet hundreds of them WERE COPIED, and are now on the internet.
do not expect inteligent people to vote give up a valuable constitutional protection, now, in exchange for a ‘baby step’, with the hope of eventually ‘legalizing’ pot at some future time.
this is why prop 19, failed, arizona barely passed, and all the other medical mj initiatives failed, in spite of OVERWHELMING SUPPORT !!
-‘the devil’s in the details’,
the overly restrictive LEGAL LANGUAGE of the initiatives, gives away too many rights, and too much power, to the gov’t.
ANY POWER YOU GIVE AWAY TO THE GOV’T., WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU, sooner or later.
[Editor’s note: Other than a blood analysis there are no accurate roadside tests for possible cannabis impairment, including eye and toe-to-heel coordination testing.]
With all those “REEFER MADNESS” based restrictions and conditions, I think radioactive waste is easier to get and use!
Now that we have heard their rules perhaps patients should throw in a few of their own.It would seem important that the purity of the plant needs to remain intact with out being exposed to pesticides or herbicides or any other harsh chemicals,that might pose a risk to humans.This is important after what we saw about the real contents of tobacco.I would think organic principles should be applied,and no other chemicals and no genetic modifications,like terminator strains should be employed..no Monsando seeds etc …
There can be no more than one dispensary for every ten pharmacies, except that there can be at least one dispensary in every county.
This speaks volumes about who fears competition.as well as who made it illegal in the first place.
Dispensaries must have a single secure entrance, a strong security system, and no medicating is allowed on the premises.
Dose this mean only one door into AND OUT OF a place of business?
I would not think a fire marshal would go along with this,especially because people will be using high voltage equipment like heaters and grow LAMPS.This set up could cause entrapment in case of a fire.IF I were going to operate such a crow op Id want an emergency fire exit,and smoke alarms.authorities sound more like they are setting people up to bust them than they are helping them achieve their goals.
Are pharmacies aloud to have fire exits?
Well i think this measure is only the first step in giving it back to the public all together.I think the american public deserves to have it legal with out regulation from the DEA and the government.I do not like what i saw approved for use on and in tobacco.No one should be forced to use chemicals on or in it.
Patients may not smoke marijuana on public transportation or in any public place.
For the most part no one is aloud to smoke or drink in those places any way.
“dr. i can’t sleep” is a VALID complaint and insomnia (and other sleep disorders) is/are VALID illnesses…insomnia is epidemic and sleeping pills are among the top five pharmaceutical drugs prescribed…please, russ, don’t invalidate those of us with sleep disorders – they can be and are fatal. cannabis is a godsend for those of us who suffer sleep disorders…
ok I live in Rhode Island and am a Medicinal Marijuana caregiver. I had planned on moving out to AZ in a year, and especially with this all new law in place, now that I read through it and really break it down it SOUNDS very similar to RIs policies except with the entire 25 mile policy and fingerprinting and documenting everyone into a system. It’s great AZ finally jumped on the board adopting policies intended in helping sick people who are suffering. At the same time it sounds to me like the state is just sending all who do need it over to the fed. What is stopping FBI DEA or any government official from coming to your house with a warrant and busting you from helping others or yourself buy growing or medicating?
thank, god….
Russ, will the operators of the med. marijuana dispensaries be required to be AZ citizens? I hope so,
seeing that there are many folks from CA who are planning on coming to our state just to make a buck. I also agree that all dispensaries should be based on a
“not for profit” business plan. When the time comes to choose who will run these dispensaries, I hope the “not for profits” will be given first priority!
Brian
If a traveler from California is pulled over now in Arizona and has a Medical Marijuana card from Calif will they still be subject to the very severe penalties as before this Arizona law?
[Editor’s note: Unfortunately, AZ’s new medical cannabis law does not allow for reciprocity with the other fourteen medical cannabis states. States with medical cannabis laws that DO allow reciprocity are: MT, MI, RI and OR (a recent OR court ruling allows out-of-state patients to register with the state to be a lawful patient if they possess an in-state physician’s recommendation for medical cannabis.]
People of earth I truely appreciate your efforts in the political release of the honorable Mary Jane. I’m so tired of kissing her in the dark! I eagerly seek the light that one day will liberate us both! With this in mind I implore that in your hearts please keep the blessed memory of those that suffered and died for the survival of this vital plant. Be careful that Mary Jane doesn’t turn into the monster that attempted her ruin in the first place. Yes,it’s true,this is a money maker.It’s also so much more. Be aware of who’s cashing in! The choice I’ve made with Mary Jane is a Choice I wear as a Medal! After this prolonged persecution we cannot delay any longer,Proper and Respectable Freedom !!! P.S.: I don’t enjoy Mary Jane because I’m sick 🙂
Let me offer to help out Russ…
1st, please read the full text of the Law. The link is listed immediately after item 30.
Beyond what the law indicates, further rules will be developed by AZ DHS. The rules and application processes for all will not be finalized UNTIL April 1, 2011.
Now for specific items or concerns posted in this thread.
A) fingerprints
Arizona already has what is known as a ‘Class 2 fingerprint clearance’ which is required in order to work in a day care, school, school bus, or with the ‘at risk population’ of disabled individuals. Fingerprints are submitted to Department of Public Safety (az version of State Police), who then queries the FBI database. The opportunity exists to utilize this existing process, but will be up to AZ DHS as to the specific implementation. FWIW, if you have ever had your prints rolled (military or jail booking, they already have your prints in the FBI database. Also remember, fingerprint identification is subjective, and opinion based, counting ‘number of points.’
DNA identification is cost and time prohibitive.
B)Felonies
[A VIOLENT CRIME AS DEFINED IN SECTION 13-901.03, SUBSECTION B, THAT WAS CLASSIFIED AS A FELONY IN THE JURISDICTION WHERE THE PERSON WAS CONVICTED.]
and
[ A VIOLATION OF A STATE OR FEDERAL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE LAW THAT WAS CLASSIFIED AS A FELONY IN THE JURISDICTION WHERE THE PERSON WAS CONVICTED BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE:
1. AN OFFENSE FOR WHICH THE SENTENCE, INCLUDING ANY TERM OF PROBATION, INCARCERATION OR SUPERVISED RELEASE, WAS COMPLETED TEN OR MORE YEARS EARLIER.
2. AN OFFENSE INVOLVING CONDUCT THAT WOULD BE IMMUNE FROM ARREST, PROSECUTION OR PENALTY UNDER SECTION 36-2811 EXCEPT THAT THE CONDUCT OCCURRED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CHAPTER OR WAS PROSECUTED BY AN AUTHORITY OTHER THAN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.]
The law does NOT indicate ANY misdemeanor offenses are disqualifying.
So the definition of disqualifying felonies (only) is clearly stated in the text of the LAW.
C)Law enforcement access to databases:
The text of the legislation limits the access of law enforcement to limited verification. PLEASE READ THE TEXT OF THE LEGISLATION. But, keep in mind, the government can and will violate the law. There will be legal challenges to law enforcement’s behavior, just like everywhere quite frequently.
D)Visiting Qualifying Patients:
Again, the law is pretty clear. The law prohibits AZ Dispensaries from selling to ‘Visiting Qualifying Patients.’ It does, however, extend protection from ARS insofar as criminal prosecution is concerned. For instance, if you are in visiting from California, the law indicates it would be acceptable to bring up to 2.5 ounces with you, provided you have a California Issued mm patient id card. A visiting qualifying patient will receive the same legal protection as
an AZ qualified patient.
So there you have my 2.5 ounces of interpretation. Consider it, use it, or discard it.
My next post will attempt to outline some concerns regarding the process as it moves forward.
Peace be with you.
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i was wondering if when they do the fingerprint if they run to see if u have warrents at the same time so if someone could help me out and answer that please
I understand that you will have to have at least a one year history with your Dr. before they can issue you a recommendation for the MM card. What would happen if the one person that could help you chose NOT to? Will there be any other remedy to that scenario?
Thank you,
Brian
I’m new to the site, and was reading through some of the posts. Referring to Post#80, where ‘Sandy’ asks about one secure door in and out and the fire danger involved.
As a retired firefighter and inspector, I can say that one door in and out is acceptable if there is at least one (based on occupancy and square footage) emergency exit other than the main entrance fitted with panic bars. You have all seen these panic bars in stores, theaters, etc. before. Often, it will be posted with a sign saying ‘Emergency Exit Only – Opening Door Will Sound Alarm’. That kind of fire exit will be sufficient.
I laud Sandy for her very thoughtful question. And I will continue to read the posts, as I am a potential patient. I’ve been on narcotics for pain for the past 11 years, and I want off of them! ASAP!
My family and I have been wanting to move to AZ to grow and I wanted to know if its possible to do so up in stedman AZ?
Has this site died off? Anyone out there?
A Rockwell: I don’t know about Stedman. But read the rules or contact AZ DHS.
These laws suck!
DO u think the law alows for someone with a SMI let’s say bi-polar to get a perscription on the basis that it helps them maintain healthy sleeping habbits vital to their sainity?
MY WIFE HAS CANCER AND HAS HAD HER ONE BREAST REMOVED.
EVEN AFTER SIX MONTHS SHE STILL HAS SEVERE PAIN AND HER DOCTOR HAS CUT HER OFF THE VERY DANGEROUS AND ADDICTIVE PAIN MEDICATION FEARING THAT SHE WILL BECOME TOO DEPENDENT ON THEM.I AM SO GLAD THAT THIS LAW HAS PASSED AND WILL HELP HER AND MANY OTHERS.IT MIGHT EVEN SLOW DOWN ANY CANCER CELLS SHE MAY STILL HAVE AND I HOPE IT PUTS THOSE EVIL DRUG CARTELS IN MEXICO OUT OF BUSINESS.THANK YOU THANK YOU
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I got a question about the AZ law. they say a patient cannot cultivate if they live within 25 miles of a despensary. well where are the despensaries going to be located? This state has set this whole prop up to wax and tax it all. So you can getr a card here, but after you spend all the time and money for your grow settup, the state is going to open a despensary up by you.. FUCK AZ and the whole MF government fo real
It seems very restrictive and self-incriminating but it’s better then what AZ had before. I think.
how will the dispensaries get meds if no one can grow? In Michigan the rules are tight but nowhere near this tight.. FINGER PRINTS? THATS A little far. In all congrats. maybe it will relax in acouple months
#9 on your 30 facts is not true.I have been a card holder since 4/28/11,and not at the time I got my card or since,have I ever been asked for my fingerprints.
I got my card on 4/28/11,and have never been asked for my fingerprins.That applies to cairgivers.
You mean that if I grow extra and go over my 2.5 oz.per 14 days, I can GIVE it to a dispensery but they in turn can SELL it. Whats up with that?
I live in Tucson Az and I have my MM Physician Certification and Iam aplying for my card with the health dept.On July 1st. Is there a store to get it within 25 miles of 85705?
whatis a caregiver is that the doctor that I got my certification from and because most doctors don’t want anything to do with M.M. I had a hard time finding a Doctor to get my certification. but I got it and now Iam having troble trying to grow the pot so Iam woundering if it is all worth it because Ive been smoking for years and never had any problems. I do qualfy but like It has cost me more than i think its not worth it. It should be legal just like alcoeall
i definatly like the way we are protected from job and other discrimination but why cant i smoke a joint outside? i dont agree with that at all.i think we should have same rights as tobaco smokers but at least its a start.also im reading about fingerprints being needed but i just recieved card and never did that.do i need to go back and get that done?i just dont wanna get into any trouble for not doing it.
i almost forgot.in response to any of you that are having trouble finding a good doctor.i really like mine was very understanding.3816 East 5th Street
Tucson, AZ 85716
and to those of you wondering were dispensories are we have none and will not for at least a year but i think we will get there and in mean time us all being able to trade is very cool!anyone not aware of this it means you are ablee to trade marijuanna with someone else who cultivates as long as both parties have a card an neither will be exceding 2 and a half ounce limit
I was stopped for a mechanical violation and the cop smelled marijuana coming from my medicine, I was not smoking it, and was arrested and charged with intent to distribute because I had 2 different strains in different containers. The cop said those papers and cards meant nothing to him. I think the state is trying to use me as an example. I had under an ounce. Any suggestions? Will NORML help me?
what area were you in swgreen?ive heard in gilbert the cops do that but no were else yet.i think some cops are just plain soar loosers and dont wanna have to bust crack heads and other dangerous criminals.they would rather mess with us because we arent crazy.i suggest you get better sealed jars or something and of course its good you dont smoke in car.or use a good spray like ozium.i know we should be able to do what we want but still have to be cautious of these “renegade cops” as they have been called.even though i would think the chief at their pd would have to give the ok so how is that a renagade?anyhow dont get too discuraged.oh by the way did they take your card?ive heard they do and dont know why as can just get another one.just another way to make us pay $.keep the faith all those out there that are frustrated.i understand but i truly believe that they cant ignore us forever.
Andrew Meyers is a flaming douche bag because:
1. Growing patients and caregivers can’t be reimbursed fort heir time or expenses at all for producing medicine.
2. the dispensaries 50 mile wide monopoly wipes out the opportunity for any middle class Arizonans to participate in this, the only thriving industry in this terrible economy!
3. The ONLY ones who will benefit from this law passing are the uber rich out of state ass jockies who invested in getting this passed and were intended all along to get every last dispensary license! The struggling middle class that live HERE that is just barely hanging on by a thread have been intentionally thrown under the bus by design!!!
Why else would the monopolies AKA dispensaries have a blacked out commercial zone, that’s unethical and very likely racketeering! Why else would the handful of growing caregivers and patients who are willing to move off the known map to escape these “rings of death” not be reasonably and ethically allowed to receive even FAIR compensation for their time and expenses of producing natural medicine??? This law was designed first and foremost to profit the ones who constructed it, providing safe access to a remarkable and beneficial plant to sick and dying was just a smoke screen!
203 was a sham, and not the sham the dogmatic prohibitionists fools thought, but the scam designed by greedy and corrupt dirt bags that couldn’t care less whether cancer patients get relief! Their goal is to get every pot head legal and cash in on ever last one of them!
I’m educated and intelligent so I realize that cannabis is a safer and more responsible recreational drug than alcohol, pharmaceuticals, or black market products, but until every last legit patient who is genuinely suffering has safe access to this truly remarkable natural medicine so it can improve the quality of their lives, I can’t even think about making time to get passionate about making it legal for people to “enjoy”.
I’ve witnessed medical cannabis improve the quality of life for people that are dying and truly suffering beyond what most of us has ever had to endure. Anyone that says that cannabis is not medicine or that their are alternatives that can replace it is a fool and a liar! Anyone who truly understands 203 does not want one dispensary to ever open here, but instead wants safe access through the co-ops and compassion clubs! We Arizonans have voted FOR medical Marijuana 3 times now, sit down and shut up and let us have the plant that God created to help us!
“truthbetold” you sound bitter.if you were really consearned with being a “caregiver” you would not care about money.money is way less important than this!i have a card of my own and actually am going to get more than im allowed or need for that matter so im going to give to patients that are in need.im not trying to say you dont care but its only money man.and if you are a designated caregiver to someone im assuming its someone you must know and care about their health and comfort.It will get better, at least they finnaly let it pass because as you said this is 3rd time.and the dispensories rules will change many times before we get any and by then hopefully will be more like california
Dose any one know about the law for n being pregnate and smoking I have spinal deterioration and take 7 pills a day and im pregnate with twins now I have nausia on top of everything else I would like to stop taking the pills and go for a more natural method but dont know th e law about smoking during pregnancy
Thank you all………greensmoke electronic cigarettes are the next best thing…….some nicotine yes…….not like a real cigarette.
to this TruthBeTold god did not create the budda,,he couldt have it is bad or human kind i love weed i smoke it every day but
again we are not suppose to consume the great budda it sucks i know get over it…..TruthBeTold….look to the stars my freind
its arizona people. what do u expect
Dear Friend: I have been waiting for Hemp to become legal for years. My question, what about 100 per cent Disabled Veterans who have spent years on Opiates waiting for M, to become legal. What do we have to do to qualify for legal m? I know it is better for me than what I am taking. I have suffered for many years and being 100 percent total&permanent for over 20 years. Is there anyone that can guide me through the process? I don’t want to loose my benefits but I know if I smoke I need very little of the Opiates which will get my Liver sooner or later. Please anyone that can advise! I have cornic pain,PTSD, many surgerys. I need help.
fuck all thoes who hate marijuana i got i and passed with a {GPA} of 3.27.. so ffffffffuuuuucccckkk yooouu!
WOW CHEESE FACE THINK YOU NEED TO TAKE A TOKE AN CHILL….
??? I am a CNA student and I should be getting my certificate soon but im worried I will not recieve becaus of me having my medical marijuana card for chronic pain myself. Does the state board have the right to refuse me my license? even though Ive put in my hours and have kept up on my grades no problem. I just no longer wanted to take narcotics especially working with patients.Im juat worried:/
I have chronic pains due to scoliosis which causes my vertebrae to often pinch nerves and send my body into a burning pain for about an hour and causes chest pains from the way my rib cage is bent and pinching on nerves and muscles constantly, muscle damage from a car accident, and poor joint lubrication meaning that when i move my joints in my hips and legs, it is a constant sandpaper like feeling, very painful. I know it’s nothing compared to what some people need this all natural and, when ingested, completely harmless medicine for (although smoking is easier cheaper and still relatively harmless compared to modern drugs and painkillers including ibuprofen and tylenol) but i was wondering, is it still possible for me to get my M.M. card? None of the painkillers i’ve taken have worked well enough to get me through the day. Also i have extremely severe ADHD which i know has been proven to be assisted with marijuana while the retilin that i take has very little affect. Would this be something under the requirements for recieving a card along with the other pains or am i still S.O.L. I don’t live in arizona but i plan on moving there rather soon since i have a job set up for me there. Please help me out. I know i can get my card in california and michigan, i just want to know if i can get it in Arizona which is where i will be moving. THANKS! =)
Does your name have to be on the lease if you decide to cultivate in your apartment?
Hey!!I??ll definitely have to check out Sean??s post. And I love the idea of blogging about a failure and how you learned from it. I??ll have to do that one soon
hey is it 12 matur eplants or just 12 plants total whether it be a seedling or flowering plant
Mmm. As you know your just finding an excuse to smoke pot clearly and its not a pain killer just makes u dumb for a few hours- ADHD is not cured from pot makes it worse. – think you should go to AZ get the card and help the gov with the tax. You’ll find its all about your money here.
can you be 18 and receive a medical Marijuana card?
My husband got his card for his scoliosis. His too is really bad and he can’t stand taking the pain medications that leave him feeling like crap and still in pain. You need to go to a Medical MJ clinic and have your doctor’s records faxed over to them. Pretty easy as long as you have documentation. I have witnessed the good it has done for him.
Seriously, stay out of this unless you are in pain and have been for years. No one wants your negative comments!
Hey I would like it if someone would answer my question please. And yes Ill elaborate a little more I guess. The question was this can I grow 12 mature plants with a bunch of little seedlings and clones or just 12 plants total whether it be a seedlings or flowering plants. I would really appreciate an answer on this one from a very reliable source please. So please don’t give me any I think this or that.
It is 12 plants total including any flowering plants or seedlings.
The law is very specific as it does not say including 6 mature and 12 immature plants.
It says 12 plants total.
Plan your grow cycle accordingly and happy toking.
i have psoriasis which in turn is causing me to develop psoriatic arthritis thus making my joints ache almost 24/7 especially in my hands. would this be grounds to receive a mmj card?
I smoke greens for any reason possible, people need to quit all the hating!!!!!!! its exponentially beneficial to every human alive!!!! makes everything better, makes anything hurting or aching feel better and the negative effects are minute compared to liver murdering pain killers or any other heart destroying medication. only reason is has taken this long is because of the difficulty to regulate its use. Not possible really. anybody can grow it, and anybody can learn how to grow it. #govermentcockblock
Well bill Montgomery can stop being an ignorant fool, this country has no problem selling alcohol by the gallon with NO LIMIT when it is top 3 leading causes of death in this country, this plant should be legal to buy over the counter in every single state, it will significantly help with the recession (jobs, taxing, etc.) And maybe if were lucky counter he urges of tobacco (cancer) and alcohol.
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Hey, honestly, I have no debilitating illness, no chronic what have you’s and, aside from the occasional Migraine, i’m actually fairly well off. I do have arthritis though (I don’t count this as debilitating, as it’s fairly mild). In any case, I was wondering if anybody knew as to exactly how heavily the guidelines are enforced. For example, will ADHD, or a spot of depression get you in? Or must you have something so drastic as cancer? I enjoy Marijuana, but not so much the side effects (as I am colored, and we have a pretty high rate of chronic “getyourasslockedup”ness….) so legal Marijuana would be excellent. Thanks 🙂
I have severe ADHD and Tourette’s (I have neck and eye twitch’s throughout the day) and marijuana is the only thing that helps stop it. I also have asthma and depression and I know that all have been treated successfully with medical marijuana. I would use a vaporizer but does anyone know if there’s a chance I would qualify for a medical card under those conditions?
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I have been debating for the last couple of months if i should take the time and go though with getting a medical card. I was in a really bad accent last year in Nov. The guys Hit my family and i going 75 mph. I ended up in the hospital lucky with only short term memory loss. finds out later after going to see multiple doctors and being poked and scanned that I have a herniated disc, mid spine that has been causing me back pain and problems for almost a year. I have recently in Aug went in for a steroid injection which indeed did not work as planned. If anything my back hurts worse. So here is where i stand.. I was smoking pot about 6 months ago before i started seeing my pain specialist ( which drug test me for my pain killers) and with smoking pot it felt like it was helping my back. but being stupid and doing the injection and taking pain killers has just left my back feeling worse. They haven’t ruled out if the pain is “Chronic” but i feel the other option i have is surgery. should i say no to the pain killers and say yes to smoking? i’m stuck in deciding :”( i just want my back to feel better, I want to be able to play with my son, to work without having to sit because it hurts so much
Can Arizona mmj card holders use they’re cards in California dispensaries because I know Arizona welcomes california card holders
California unfortunately does not have reciprocity with other state medical programs, so in short you can’t use your AZ card in CA.
Arizona does NOT have reciprocity (honor other states’ cards for purchase of cannabis). Only Michigan, I think, honors other state’s cards. Too much money to be made by all these greedy doctors and by the states for a card in each state, which cancels out all your other cards automatically. Need a new card every year or every time you move… lots of bucks there.
[Editor’s note: MI is not the only state that has reciprocity for qualified medical cannabis patients. The states that allow for such are: MI, AZ, RI, ME (and by court order in OR).]
Is depression a possible way of getting a MM card in AZ? I’ve personally been having chronic depression and it’s extremely hard to focus on anything i need to do when it hits, although i only feel it about 75% of the day, would this still be a probable reason of receiving a MM card ?
[Editor’s note: From NORML’s webpage: Patients diagnosed with the following illnesses are afforded legal protection under this act: cancer; glaucoma; positive status for HIV or AIDS, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease), Crohn’s disease, agitation of Alzheimer’s disease or any chronic or debilitating medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following: cachexia or wasting syndrome, severe or chronic pain, severe nausea, seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy, severe or persistent muscle spasms, including those characteristic of multiple sclerosis, persistent muscle spasms or seizures, severe nausea or pain. Other conditions will be subject to approval by the Arizona Department of Health Services.]
Can a person under the age of 18 receive a card with parental and doctors approval or must they be 18 or older to get a medical card in arizona.
It is not your primary doctor that decides. You go and see a physician that is qualified to “recommend” cannabis as a remedy to your symptoms, but you must bring paperwork that says you actually have a condition. You can get a card if your under 18 and you have a physician and a legal guardian that are supporting this decision, but if the health dept. doesn’t buy it then your out of luck. Keep an eye on Colorado this voting season.
Being a caregiver, is it at all possible to make any sort of profit? Or is it strictly not for profit? I want to move to AZ to help people, and myself with my knowledge of the medication. But I would be unable to get a job due to the inability to function normally from the chronic severe pain and nausea. I am wondering if it is possible to make aNy sort of living being a care giver. I suffer from traumatic arthritis, from a hit and run. I suffered a complete dislocation of my right foot, being forced to make a decision to amputate or try to save it. I chose to take a chance and save my foot, and take dilaudid and have been on it since 2010 for the chronic and severe pain. I also suffer from pretty severe IBS, and taking the dilaudid agitates it to an extreme. I am always in so much pain i can barely walk, and the nausea from treating it is becoming a debilitating factor. I would greatly greatly appreciate some advice here. I am also wondering if a caregiver could supply dispensaries at a profit of any kind. Or are you not compensated at all? I would greatly appreciate advice and a legitimate response to my questions from a moderator with knowledge on these stated subjects. Thank you so much.
I have chronic pancreatitis and multiple pain disorders ie spondilosis seven disk disease. Etc. What are my processes to do as a new resident to Az.
As stated have severe chronic pancreatic disorder ie; 7+ft exams also MRI for degenerative spinal cord, spondilosis bulge c-4 c-5 etc…
Michigan is NOT reciprocal–only if the other state is reciprocal; the only other state that *might* be is Arizona but, at this time, it does not appear to be.
Apparently, Michigan’s reciprocity is forward thinking for the day when other states *will be* reciprocal.
Michigan Reciprocity:
http://norml.org/legal/item/michigan-medical-marijuana
RECIPROCITY: Yes. Authorizes visiting qualifying patient with registry identification card (or its equivalent) from a State that also allows the medical use of marijuana by visiting qualifying patients, to engage in the medical use of marijuana. Also authorizes a person to assist with a visiting qualifying patient’s medical use of marijuana. Mich. Comp. Law § 333.26424(j) (2008).
(other state, district, territory, commonwealth, or insular possession of the U.S. must offer reciprocity to have reciprocity in Michigan)
[Editor’s note: The other states beyond MI with reciprocity are OR (by court decision), Rhode Island, Maine and Arizona.]
i have severe adhd i took adderal for years and detroyed my heart. i find pot is alot easyer on my body and i can eat again and sleep other than takeing ampehtimines.
I have bad stoic pain that happens every day and am 15 can i get weed
wear do u get ur medical crad in florence az
wear do u get ur card at in florence az
i have ADHD and some more pain it help me get bye the day with out pain
I have a damaged Sciatic Nerve, depression, anxiety, insomnia, arthritis, tendonitis…..and MMJ works better than any big pharma med. + its 100% natural and harmless.
How to get an Arizona medical marijuana card: http://azmarijuana.com/links/tips-arizona-medical-marijuana-card/
Do you qualify for medical marijuana in Arizona?
– 18 years or older (or have your legal guardian registered as your caregiver)
– Must have a valid Arizona Driver’s License or Arizona Identification Card
– Must have an Arizona residential address
– Must have a minimum of one qualifying condition listed below:
Cancer
Glaucoma
HIV
AIDS
Hepatitis C
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Crohn’s disease
Agitation of Alzheimer’s disease
-A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or the treatment for a chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition that causes:
Cachexia or wasting syndrome;
Severe and chronic pain;
Severe nausea;
Seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy;
Severe or persistent muscle spasms, including those characteristic of multiple sclerosis
– Must have your medical records for at least the previous 12 months. Furthermore, those medical records must include the diagnosis of your qualifying medical condition.
what do you have to do to recieve medical marijuana in Arizona if you’re under 18 ?
what do you have to do to recieve medical marijuana in Arizona if you’re under 18 ? – See more at: http://blog.norml.org/2010/11/15/30-facts-about-arizonas-new-medical-marijuana-law/comment-page-4/#comment-193079
In response to iloveweed:
Just follow this link to the AZ DHS website page that explains the requirements for patients under 18years of age.
http://www.azdhs.gov/medicalmarijuana/patients/under18.htm
In fact, the AZ DHS website explains everything. It’s very easy to navigate.
Medical marijuana is serious medicine, and not to be used just because you like to be stoned. The signature you provide makes you sound like a party animal, not a patient.
Please help me believe I am wrong.
Xgirl is dumb. No one said pot cures ADD. Lmfao
In fact, besides anti-biotics, no medicine is made to cure anything… It’s made to deal with symptoms, not cure. Open up a book before you open your mouth, because there are medical doctors who actually have read these books and studied these subjects who put their license on the line and say you are completely off base with your analysis. I listen to their opinions, not some random uneducated Rollie pollie. Stick to x, xgirl… Leave the pot for the smarter people.
Reading through all these comments and questions, it’s apparent that many of these people are looking for information that is readily available on the AZ DHS website:
http://www.azdhs.gov/?
If people just look for the information themselves, instead of asking someone else to provide the answers, they could avoid possible delays if they do qualify, or at least not clog this site with their idiocy. If you are on this site, you know how a computer works.
If you can’t correctly spell any word, except for marijuana, you are probably too stoned to understand any of the requirements.
If you think you have a qualifying condition, look online for a doctor, in your area, who will give you the necessary consideration in your case. People on this site can’t give you a definitive answer. Only a doctor can do that.
If you are under 18, your parents will have to sign off on your card. That is the law.
If you do qualify and get a card, don’t share your medicine. It is a felony for you, and the friend you helped to get stoned.
And, above all, please don’t abuse this state run program that helps real patients. We will be very upset if you blow it for the rest of us.
The rules are on the AZ DHS website. Look there first. Please!
Thank you for your time.
Xgrl, you are incorrect, it is a pain reliever, it was the first time I had ever used marijuana and when I did it was the first time I was able to be more active than I had been in the 4 years prior. But I suppose its ok to be on methadone and morphine everyday but god forbid if marijuana takes my pain away or stops a mineres attack. I was against med marijuana until I saw what it did for mineres and for my pain. When you actually have an issue that this helps with, your tune will change.
Can I get a card if I’m a cancer survivor due to the after effects of the kemo and radiation combo
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Can i get one at 15 id i have bipolar anx anger issues and i also have adhd
Heres a question… I was RECENTLY diagnosed with crohns disease. I have terrible cramping, many ulcers, cronic diarrhea, joint pain, etc etc. I see crohns is most definate qualifying in Arizona, and believe i could qualify. I also learn MMJ puts crohns into.complete remission succesdfully and would like to try over sterroid meds im on… HOWEVER… I fear the loss of my job. I work for the Hualapai Tribe Native Americans who claim they are souverign nation. They claim to NOT recognize AZ Medical ID…. But they also take AZ State tax from my Paycheck. Hmmmmm. How does this work? Also I have only been RECENTLY diagnosed as it was a tough condition to find. I dont have a 12 Month old diagnosis… Just a basic medical history not showing much of anything and a RECENT DIAGNOSIS after a specialist referal and a.colonoscopy endoscoly exam helped reveal. Does it still qualify? Im living a life of hell right now. I dont care about.getting high or.not. I just want to feel good again. I Want to keep my job and just live a notmal life. Im only 30…. Any advice?
For Jason:
Sorry to hear about your diagnosis.
As far as I know, the tribe IS a sovereign nation who makes their own laws. I don’t know about the AZ State tax.
My advice would be to contact a lawyer to give you the facts. Look online for free or low cost legal aid in your area, just so you can talk about this with an attorney. These legal aid clinics can refer you, and it’s usually free to get questions answered.
The statement about MMJ putting Crohn’s into complete remission is going a bit far. If it was a cure, it would be available everywhere. I have heard, however, that MMJ can help reduce some symptoms of Crohn’s. It certainly would be worth checking out with a free or low cost lawyer.
Any doctor authorizing you for a MM card probably won’t need a years worth of medical records. Take what you have, after you find out about the tribe’s laws, to a doctor who does authorizations. They advertise everywhere.
Remember, just Google legal aid in your part of the state, or at the other end of an 800 number. Good luck!
My 16 yr old granddaughter has Leukemia ALL and wants a Medical Marijuana Card Is this possible? She can NOT smoke it so what other ways are there to use it?
Grandma,
If you have custody of your granddaughter, then you could sign for her card. Those under 18 need a parent or guardian to authorize.
As far as using MM without smoking:
She can purchase edibles from a dispensary, or she could purchase the MM, then cook it into any number of tasty dishes, from soup to cakes, etc. There are thousands of recipes available online, or just buy a brownie mix and go from there. I baked 1/8 ounce into a standard brownie mix, and a 1 inch cube of brownie is plenty for me to get relief.
There are also devices called ‘vaporizers’ that heat the MM without combustion, so there’s no smoke. The user inhales vapor only. My home made vaporizer works fine, but I recently purchased a manufactured unit, and it is in the mail now. Please note that these ‘vaporizers’ are NOT the same as those used for stuffy noses.
Grandma,
I had to leave my computer for a bit, but I’m back now, so I will finish my comment.
Please be advised that adolescents and young adults who use marijuana risk doing damage to their brains. Recent studies have found that using marijuana while the brain is still growing can interfere with the development of synapses, which are the billions of electrical connections that make thought possible. I’m not trying to scare you or anyone else, it’s just that some research should be done ahead of time. Ask her doctors. Look online.
I use MM several times a week, when my symptoms are particularly bad. But, I’m also a senior citizen. My formal education was completed a long time ago.
I qualify for MMC but I cann’t aford the meds
Look into getting marijuana that is high in cbd and low in thc for a child, this will have all the benefits without the “high” effect.
i got a DUI, and i’m going on probation very soon. However, if i get a medical marajuana card can i still smoke? or will the government laws provent that from happening due to a regulation or rule? like state and city court laws? … i live in Tucson AZ!
I’m worried that if I get my AZ MM card, if I apply for a job, they will find I have a card and deny my employment…regardless of any MM is in my system. If applying for a job, I would stop for at least 30 days and pass any screening, but still concerned. any comments or suggestions? Is my concern valid?
Kevin (I’m a jazz bassist),
The law is very clear as to your question. You should look up the entire law at the Sates’ website. In short, it says that NO employer may discriminate against a patient who even tests positive for THC, seeing that it stays in the bloodstream & urine for up to 30 days. However, it is stipulated that no worker can be under the influence of MM while on duty at his/her job. The same goes for driving, but there are no tests being done in the field by police. I use my medicine mostly at night and stay at home.
I also juice fresh MM leaves, and drink 2-3 liquid oz. twice a day. Using it this way actually gives you about 600 mg of the cbd/cbn medicine that helps us. In comparison, when you smoke or cook it, you only receive about 10 mg of the medicine.
I hope this helps make you feel more comfortable about getting your card.
Footnote to above answer to Kevin:
I neglected to mention a very important part of the act of juicing/blending. When prepared this way from fresh MM, there is NO psycho active effects. You still get the medicine, but no high at all.
Best of luck Kevin, and keep jammin’ the jazz!
Thanks Brian for your input and advicd
If you have a medical marijuana card can you still be charged with paraphernalia if you have any type of paraphernalia in your car in Arizona?
hello i am a minor with chronic pain and iv been trying to convince my parents to take me to get evaluated for my card but they keep saying all thees bad things about marijuana most of witch arn’t true but they wont lisson to anything i say since as perants they get ultimat control over my life and medical decisions till im 18. Does anyone know a respectable site that they could look at that would answer there questions and concerns or a place were they could talk to someone about it. thank you very much for any help
4birds,
There may be some sites out there that state the benefits of marijuana use for the relief of chronic pain. I’m sure that there are just as many that say marijuana use by minors does permanent damage to developing brains. With some more information, perhaps there is a way to help you.
You say you’re a minor; how old are you?
Are you seeing a doctor, and have you been diagnosed with a medical condition that causes pain? Are you currently taking any prescribed medications for your pain? If so, perhaps your doctor can discuss with your parents the possible benefits of marijuana use for pain relief.
But, if you don’t have a current diagnosis of chronic pain, you wouldn’t qualify for a card anyway.
I have a question, I supplied and bought the equipment for my designated caregiver from sea of greens in flagstaff, a dated back 8/5/2013. I have receipt for the purchase amount and a handwriting note from the designated caregiver on place of business note for identification of this designated caregiver and resides last of in kachina village growing the plants for up to 12. Downside, it’s been since 8/5/2013 I yet haven’t received my medical marijuana I am entitled to according to legal medical laws listed above this comment on this page I’m posting this information on. Also, designated caregiver mention verbally he referring to being a male was suppose to take a picture of my medical marijuana card? Is there any legal action or remedy to this problem? For example, a refund or the plants I was originally intitled to? Anyone out there can help me resolve this problem of this person? I have further information to exposing this suppose designated caregiver? Including up to location of the growing op. Thank you. In honestly, a medically marijuana patient.
Are AZ MMJ Caregivers allowed to smoke marijuana?
Will a medical card count for arthritis ??
Hi, Brian Garfeild in a earlier reply noted: “I neglected to mention a very important part of the act of juicing/blending. When prepared this way from fresh MM, there is NO psycho active effects. You still get the medicine, but no high at all. – See more at: http://blog.norml.org/2010/11/15/30-facts-about-arizonas-new-medical-marijuana-law/#sthash.OKbsZhwm.dpuf” But is there any dispensary in norhtern Arizona that can supplie a patient with fresh green cuttings of leaves and other plant parts for a juicing regemine? I have been very ill and my physician is advising it. It looks very promising. But where can I find the fresh materials, as I am sick now and growing my own will take 90 days to be at the right stage for consumption on this manner? Help!?
I have been very ill and my physician is proposing putting me on a challenging, intensive program based on juicing raw cannabis daily, in addition to edibles and inhaled medicine for pain and other symptoms. But it is the juicing that has me totally stumped. I am looking for a dispensary or collective to join where I can visit almost daily to collect fresh leaves and other plant components or have cutting delivered… Is this even possible? I desperately hope so. I also of course am going to have to learn to cultivate my own medicine, but learning to grow is a more long term project and I am too compromised to take that on right away. I really need your advice. The Doctors are not allowed to name dispensaries or really give any advice on where to go. Help me solve this mystery and I will be forever grateful!!!
My 4 yr old Daugther has just been diagnosed with Rett syndrome which makes her have constant seizure activity going on in her brain. She just had a EEG done and they said they couldn’t believe she wasn’t having a full on seizure. They gave me a perscription for some seizure medication, after reading the side effects I realized I couldn’t give this to her. Then I got online and started researching. I ran across the Stanley Brothers in Colorado and read about Charlette. I would so love my Daugther to look at me and just say one word. The dr.s tell me the medication they prescribed won’t help and of her problems it will only control seizures. The way I feel is if the Rett syndrome doesn’t kill her the meds will, it runs a high risk for liver damage. Well since she can’t talk or communicate at all I would never know anything was wrong. Needless to say I want to get her on CBD, is there anyway to go about doing this here in tucson? Thank u
I live in Tolleson, Arizona. I am 19 years old. I’ve had surgery in my right eye due to a “Mass retina Detachment”. It was kind of fine at first… And, now it’s like everytime I turn too quickly.. I get a stinging sensation in my eye and preventing me from sleeping normally. I have medical records showing that I have had surgery and I have a retina specialist. Is this reason enough to apply for a MMC?
I have a mmj license from WASHINGTON do I still have to provide medical records for license in az or can I get my license based on already having a license from another state.
[Editor’s note: The state of Arizona has compiled an excellent webpage and FAQ section for medical cannabis.]
If I read the law correctly # 18 states that medical place can’t deny you care, is that correct ? If so I know of a place that will let you go and will not treat you if your on mmj
I have heard that getting your card imposes certain restrictions on the cardholder, such as the purchase of firearms, and names are put on a watch list. Is this true?
[Editor’s note: Unfortunately there are some civil liberties that are put into jeopardy when medical patients access state-sanctioned medical cannabis, including being in violation of federal laws such that medical cannabis patients can not possess or purchase firearms or ammunition.
There are no known ‘watch lists’ regarding medical patients, but a number of states have set up medical patient registries, which patients must be registered in so as to be legal cannabis consumers in their state.]
Can some help with info on gun rights after you get you mmj card in AZ?
I just applied for my mmj card and currently hold a job at state corrections UA’s will start soon.will I have problems with my employer?since I am considered law enforcement?I still have not used mmj and am affraid to loose my job.
Hi, i have a question, I have a D.U.I. and only have my license suspended for 90 days. I have to take a drug test to get it back. If I get my card before that, will I not be able to get my license back?
I see that this is an older thread, but I’m hoping someone can answer a question or two for me. I currently live in a state that does not have MMJ (and most likely will not for quite some time) I am thinking about moving to AZ as I have multiple qualifying issues. My question is: What counties have the least restrictions? For economic reasons I need to grow, I see that to do that you must live more than 25miles from a dispensary. Which areas would be best for this? Thanks for any insight you can offer.
Hi I have a few questions. I have a friend who is a caregiver and got randomly tested at her job. If the result were positive for thc, other than getting fired, will she have that on her record permanently? Will she have to pay fine for it? Is it more or less equivalent to DUI? How likely will she be able to get a job in medical field again?
Thanks!
Look, at the most you lose your job and find another. While drinking, the only way to get a dui is to get behind the wheel. Same goes with mj. Unless the medical field works differently, it is illegal for your company to tell a potential employer anything other than the great you used to work there. You are way too paranoid, and don’t know enough to be putting your livelihood at risk by smoking. Stay off the green lady, it’s not doing you any good.
Rafael, law enforcement has zero tolerance policy with anything on the federal drug schedule. I recommend honesty in this case. Ask them what the policy is, or get the policy info from them and read read read. Otherwise, dude, Your working with criminals at a detention facility. You need to stay of the stuff and be sharp as a tac, always. I have lots of family in law enforcement. 4 generations. They were undercover, a high ranking officer in la county, and my cousin is currently in doc. Just stay of it. If it’s really important to use the medication, find another career.
Now I’m told by the state of arizona that the 25 miles is radius not road miles I thought miles is recorded on the ground
I LIVE IN HUD FEDERALLY SUBSIDIZED HOUSING….And even though this article and AZ law says; “Schools and landlords cannot discriminate against medical marijuana patients and caregivers, unless they are subject to federal penalty.” — My lease says: “use of an illegal controlled substance (as defined by local, State or Federal law) is an illegal act…a material lease violation” — humm….although it does say there would have to be a conviction in a court.
ok so im from cali and i want to move to arizona. i have a card
here for ptsd and anger problems. i don’t take pills cuz as a teen i was on alot of meds. can i still get a card if i move there?
[Editor’s note: Your status in CA if proven to AZ authorities will exempt you from arrest and prosecution in AZ, but, to become a lawful patient (ie, have retail access to medical cannabis) one must become a resident and have an in-state recommendation from a physician/register with the state, pay fees, etc…]
I am 19 years old, i live on my own and i have a car payment, rent, phone bill ect ect and i can not 280 – 560 $$$ for one oz of cannabis!!! that is just insane! there are hundreds of these dispensaries popping up all over Arizona, and you cant cultivate if you live within 25 miles??? how am i suposed to get my medicine? is there any way to get a cultivation card if you live within the 25 mile mark?
My question is my PCP didn’t have a problem with MMJ. he actually recommended getting the card and gave me the diagnosis to bring to qualify, so I did and got my card about 9 months ago, I have several conditions that allow me to qualify, last month I saw my PCP and was told I had to stop or he would stop prescribing me my anxiety/seizure meds(which is a benzodiazapine-CIV), I’ve been on a high dose of those meds for over 12 years and the MMJ was literally controlling/relieving 90% of my symptoms and issues, he will only tell me that it’s not his choice but he would be forced to drop me, now I’m in agony and have nothing to replace it, it cost a small fortune to get the card but was well worth it, but I’m super scared to be dropped off the seizure med cold turkey, I’ve done it before and have ended up hospitalized about 6 times, sometimes for 2 weeks at a time, it is out of my system now but I wanna taper off the seizure med and that was the only thing that helped, it seems to be a catch 22, I don’t know what to do but with it I had a quality of life of about a 7+ on a scale of 1-10, 10 being feeling the best, now I feel like I have no quality of life at all, a 1.5 on a really good day, I stopped showering, shaving, and barely am able to leave my house but yet it states in prop 203 that I can’t be denied health care, even organ transplants, if I have a registered state legal MMJ card which I do, but I’m told I will be dropped from the practice if THC shows in my Urine, it was ok for 9 months, why now? I did have a drug screen only one time in that period and it was last month and THC showed up, obviously, and I got no explanation, my PCP said “The state didn’t come through, I don’t have a problem with it at all, you’re preaching to the choir”, What should I do, does anyone have advice? My life is hell now, it really helped me THAT much without any adverse side effects! Is it worth risking the withdrawl of the pills, which is compared to alcohol withdrawal but even worse and can cause brain damage, seizures and even death, or live day to day hoping that each day will be my last so the suffering will end when i could just take a few puffs off a pipe and be totally fine?
Sorry for your suffering (above). But nobody can tell you what to do. It’s your life, your health and you have to decide. — Offhand, have you tried looking for another PCP?
Yo, 19 yr old. You got an extra room to rent. I suffer from Fibromyalgia, 23 years old. Live in MO, need to move to a MMJ state.
Can a Medical Marijuana patient be denied entry into law school?
Does anybody know if I am allowed to get my medical marijuana card at age 17 with parent permission. I have really bad seizures and chronic pains in my ankle and want to know this?
Hello, I have some questions from this. I’m 16 and have scoliosis. The curvature according to my doctor is at a 36 degree angle and I have been suffering a lot from chronic upper back pain, I’ve been prescribed Fentanyl but all it does is just make me nauseous. It does stop the pain, however, the nausea just makes it almost not worth it. If I’m able to convince my parents, where do I get the forms from? Do they come from the doctor or does the state send them to you? Also, (Since I don’t want smoke in my lungs) would vaping be a better alternative than juicing or mixing it into a recipe?
Question; I renewed my card telling them I am pregnant. They issued my card. However when I mentioned it to my OBGYN he through a fit said it was child abuse and that if they test me and and the baby and it comes positive that CPS will become involved. So how is it that when renewing and being pregnant the state of arizona will issue me my card but when I mentioned it to my doctor he “says” cps will take my baby… I know my Dr is just saying that to scare me but its bs. Anyone know anything about this??? I can’t get a clear answer.
hi, our neighbor is a medial marijauna card holder and user. Are there any laws that protect a non user in the sense of not being able to sit outside with our kids becasue of the smell.
Can i grow at someone else’s house if im not on the lease but i do live there
Thankfully, there are no laws protecting the annoying neighbor for thumbing his nose where it doesn’t belong, because he’s trying to raise kids to believe a smell can be immoral in some way, instead of raising them to understand marijuana and make informed decisions about it.
People abuse shit because their parents hid it from them all their lives, and they eventually realize there was nothing wrong with it, and may use it destructively.
To anon:
You asked about where to find fresh cut mmj in No. AZ. I called a reference mm co. in Prescott Valley, & they told me you can get fresh cut leaves @ the dispensary in Dewey. I haven’t called them yet, but it’s worth a try!
I did not see psoriasis on the list of approved diseases/disorders to gain your cannabis card in AZ. I did see that if your condition causes arthritis it may go through. My psoriasis has not led to psoriatic arthritis but it could as some point. What are the benefits of using for plaque psoriasis, and will the card be approved in AZ?
Hey I plan on getting a job at the city of phoenic, and I hear they do random drug tests I have my medical card, will I be fired if I test positive?
Hey I have my mmj card and plan on getting a job in the city of Phoenix but I hear they do random drug tests, if I come positive can and will I be fired?
does anyone know where in phoenix i can get the plant or leaves for juicing, which i was told has high cbd for healing and almost no thc…thx in advance any info would be really helpful…my email is sking99790@aol.com
I need more information on how many i could transport when I donate them to other dispensaries, also how many is the state law allows to home grown per permit
I’ve been a chronic pain patient for many years! I moved here a year and a half ago from CA.. It took me this long to finally afford to get a card and my new pain specialist says Im not allowed to use medical marijuana? He says if I come up positive on a ‘monthly’ urine screen, he will not prescribe my already very low dose of opiates. I am only on 15mg of extended release of Morphine 2X per day and 5mg of plane oxy 4X per day for break-through pain. I’m totally willing to go off of this daily regimine if I could afford the MMJ? Unfortunately I’m low-income and I can’t afford to go all MMJ and I have a 5 year old child to raise. Sometimes I can’t sleep fully for days and it’s excruciating! MY ORIGINAL QUESTION IS: is there a primary or pain doc that is not against the legal use of MMJ near Winslow, Flagstaff, or Holbrook, AZ? You can email me back or call me at (928) 369-8522
Sincerely,
Nicole
I live in Calif & have a medical ma. card. I’m going to the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale next week (flying). I want to bring two buds with me. Is that legal?
Thanks,
Larry
If going thru a military background check for a job, will the military learn I have a mmj card?
In Washington State the Law pass in 2014 anybody can buy marijuana. Its not Just for Medical any more.
Lots of people can’t afford the mmj Card so they go the regular Marijuana stores for their medical weed.
My Husband does edible Marijuana. I think they should sell edible Marijuana and Marijuana the kind just for the regular pipe not the pipes that use water and sell the pipes. In the same place they sell cigarettes All Unites States should do this.
If you would like this to pass then email your Senator in your state you live in.
My apartment complex “doesn’t recognize Arizona’s MMJ law” so smoking here would get me evicted. Where can I safely smoke, since you cannot smoke in public areas?
My boyfriend has a medical marijuana card. We live in Arizona. He got pulled over by police, he wasn’t smoking it or under the influence. He had a suspended license and they searched his car. The police found marijuana paraphernalia in his trunk. What is the law for this and rights?
I currently live outside the 25mi for cultivation in az and is it possible for my wife to caregive along with myself? Or is only one person allowed to caregive at the given address? Thank you
What is a valid school in rhode island for distances in regards to growing
Excellent article thanks again for the 30 extremely helpful to me in my own quest to better understand the whole Marijuana issue as a whole as well learn more of my own rights in the process…thanks again
Melissa ur boyfriend wont be in trouble for the pipes or anything like that if he has his card but if he has a suspended license he will get in trouble for that
How old do you have to be to get your medical card?
I am moving up to flagstaff in a couple of months and I am in the process of getting my medical card. I will be living on campus and I was wondering where I can smoke, since my car and dorm room are not options. Suggestions?
I have the same question. does anyone know where in Mesa. i can get the plant or leaves for juicing, which i was told has high cbd for healing and almost no thc…thx in advance any info would be really helpful…my email is -Italia.coffee@gmail.com
would pain patients receiving narcotic prescriptions be protected under rule # 8. ? Presently I am suffering that situation here in Oregon.
Question: Is a patient use marijuana within his parked car, with no physical means to drive his car EQUAL the law’s prohibition against “public use?”
The bigger question is what constitutes “public us?”
Thank you, David
Question: for those caregivers that have the rights to grow the 12 plants for each 5 their qualifying patuents, what happens if the police searched their enclosed/locked area and found all those plants? If the caregiver has all their cards for each patient what can and can’t the police do to the caregivers? I see it on the news all the time with the homes getting busted.
This text iss invaluable. Where can I find out more?
I am considering becoming a caregiver in growing and dispensing marijuana to 5 patients. I understand the application and fee process. Since we cannot charge for labor related to the Marijuana, what is then reasonably charged for this caregiver service other than adding actual costs of growing the weed?
Y’all freedom fighters are so awesome thanks for sticking up for people
Can I get an AZ medical marijuana card if I am a “snowbird” who owns a home in AZ and lives there six months a year and more?
I live in a small trailer park, I do not use marijuana, but my increasingly annoying neighbor has her card. We live in camp verde, az. is the landlord able to tell her that she can NOT use marijuana outside because their are 13 trailers, and people are complaining that they can smell it when she smokes outside her trailer, either in her yard or my yard, since i do not want my house being smoked in. I tried looking up the laws, but wanted to clarify since we have 13 residents here, which is like a tiny apt complex, can she legally smoke her weed outside? in the trailer park or is that considered a “public” place if she smokes outside on trailer park property?