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Apache Junction, AZ - Access to medical marijuana in Arizona would be eased under a proposed ballot initiative filed on Thursday. The ballot proposal would lower the yearly cost of a medical marijuana patient card from $150 to $10 and expand the conditions that would qualify a patient for a...

Phoenix - Backers of recreational use of marijuana finally conceded Tuesday what has been generally known for a week: Arizona voters didn't like their proposal. While some ballots are still being tabulated, the most recent figures from the secretary of state show Proposition 205 trailing by...

Arizona didn't wake up on Monday morning to a change in the vote-count - Prop 205's still failing miserably. Its chances of passing as officials count the remaining votes this week are about the same as Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk dabbing a hit of shatter on the evening news. Unless...

Marijuana legalization has apparently failed in Arizona, with uncounted votes unlikely to turn the defeat into victory as they did with the state's medical-marijuana measure in 2010. As evidence mounts that the gulf between the "no" and "yes" votes on Prop 205 is too vast for the measure to...

Phoenix, Ariz. — Voters in Arizona failed to approve a ballot measure legalizing marijuana for general use by adults. Arizona Proposition 205 lost by a 52.1 to 47.9 percent margin. Passage of Prop 205 would have made it legal for adults 21 years or older to possess and use one ounce or...

The chairman of the campaign to legalize marijuana in Arizona is acknowledging the issue could be decided by fewer than 4,000 votes. The acknowledgment by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol's J.P. Holyoak comes as the campaign received an infusion of $750,000 for Proposition 205...

Sierra Vista - Candidate opinions on legalized marijuana appear to have less to do with party affiliation and more to do with perceptions on whether Proposition 205 is a solution to a problem, or a serious threat to Arizona. The citizens initiative is on the Nov. 8 ballot asking voters...

Proposition 205 would make it legal to carry, use and grow marijuana in Arizona. Opponents say say voters risk putting more impaired drivers on the roads. Supporters say the ballot measure makes clear that driving under the influence of marijuana - including a car or boat - would remain...

This November, Arizonans will decide on a ballot measure that would legalize and regulate the sale of recreational marijuana. Local dispensaries predict massive industry growth if Proposition 205 is passed. Joel Williams is a supporter of the ballot measure. Williams controls five...

Phoenix - Those who grow medical-grade marijuana are thriving throughout Arizona. Instead of fields, you'll find rooms full of the plants. At the Giving Tree Wellness Center in Deer Valley, founder Lilack Powers is growing about 1,000 plants in 10,000 square feet of space. Should Prop...

A deep-pocketed coalition is spending big to keep marijuana illegal in Arizona. Drug companies, the Chamber of Commerce, and the alcohol industry, have together poured millions of dollars into the campaign to defeat Proposition 205, a ballot measure that would legalize marijuana for those over...

Arizona's marijuana-legalization ballot initiative, Proposition 205, has been endorsed by the Arizona Democratic Party and several other notable groups and politicians. Voters will decide the fate of the proposition on November 8. If it's approved, adults 21 and older could legally possess up...

Whether for or against, most people have an opinion on the legalization of recreational marijuana. This fall, Arizona residents have a chance to vote on it. Fifty percent of registered Arizona voters support legalization, 40 percent are opposed and 10 percent are undecided, according to an...

Phoenix - In November, Arizonans will decide on whether or not to legalize recreational marijuana. But the buck does not stop there. If Proposition 205 passes, a new state agency, the Arizona Department of Marijuana Licenses and Control, would decide on everything - from approving and...

Proposition 205, the Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act, could be a boon for the state's public education system, with the potential of bringing in $55 million a year should it win at the ballot box on Nov. 8 Sen. Martin Quezada said, on the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol website...

Hello all. New to the forum but not mj. First tried it 50 years ago. I am a med mj patient. Anxiously awaiting Arizona to vote in rec mj this Nov. Then I could "legally" grow my own. Looking forward to reading the info on this site. snrdscnt

The chairman of the campaign to legalize marijuana seems upset that a Chandler pharmaceutical company has kicked in $500,000 to defeat Proposition 205. J.P. Holyoak, chairman of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, seems to think that INSYS Therapeutics' donation was prompted by...

One of the most deluxe medical-marijuana dispensaries in Arizona will open in Scottsdale later this month, only weeks before a proposition to legalize the recreational use of the drug goes to voters. The Harvest of Scottsdale facility will have 11 check-out stands in a 6,800-square-foot...

One of the most deluxe medical-marijuana dispensaries in Arizona will open in Scottsdale later this month, only weeks before a proposition to legalize the recreational use of the drug goes to voters. The Harvest of Scottsdale facility will have 11 check-out stands in a 6,800-square-foot...

Opponents of legalizing marijuana in Arizona said Friday they would appeal to the state Supreme Court after a judge dismissed their bid to block a statewide vote. Earlier Friday, a Maricopa County judge rejected the legal challenge by Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy to an initiative that...