One of the men involved in a 2021 drug-smuggling attempt that turned into a bloody gunfight at the Amtrak station in Downtown Tucson pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. Read more»
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La cantidad de niños que confunden la marihuana comestible con dulces va en aumento, y casi el 60 % de los 394 incidentes pediátricos con cannabis el año pasado requirieron una visita al hospital. Read more»
The number of children who mistake edible marijuana for candy is on the rise, with panicked parents calling Arizona poison control centers for help- and experts say nearly 60% of 394 pediatric cannabis incidents last year required a hospital visit. Read more»
Total Arizona marijuana sales in 2022 mirrored the total from 2021, the first year of the legal adult use market, but the paths that each year reached $1.4 billion in sales were strikingly different. Read more»
People with petty marijuana convictions and minor crimes on their record may have those expunged or documents sealed if the Tucson City Council moves ahead with a measure it will discuss Tuesday. Read more»
A report from a patient advocacy group found the future of medical cannabis in the states is hazy unless costs are decreased, product safety standards are improved, and civil rights are strengthened for patients and prescribers. Read more»
Pima County public defenders are offering free legal clinics to help people with certain criminal records seal those cases from public view. The first clinic will start Tuesday with two following in late February and March. Read more»
For the eighth straight month, and the eleventh time in the past year, Arizona medical marijuana sales dropped from the month prior - clocking in at about $31 million in October 2022 - while adult-use cannabis sales hit a new high in the same month, with more than $85.4 million. Read more»
The city manager is asking Tucson to fully subsidize public transit for another six months while searching for a permanent funding source. Plus more in local government meetings this week. Read more»
Sales of marijuana in Arizona soared to $1.6 billion in 2021, just one year after recreational pot was legalized in the state, making Arizona second only to California for retail sales that year. Read more»
Arizona cannabis sales continued to decline in September, but dispensary owners say it is not an unexpected phenomenon and the market will continue to mature as it withstands a worldwide recession on the heels of a global pandemic. Read more»
Arizona’s cannabis marketplace suffered a loss of nearly $7 million in August - both medical marijuana and recreational sales dropped about $3.5 million each from the previous month - yet despite the overall reduction, total sales passed $980 million the first eight months of 2022. Read more»
Students from across the country rallied outside the White House Monday to demand that President Joe Biden deliver on a campaign promise to release prisoners convicted of marijuana possession. Read more»
Arizona’s recreational marijuana marketplace has remained robust while the medical marijuana market continued its slide into irrelevance, according to the most recent reports by the Arizona Department of Revenue and Arizona Department of Health Services. Read more»
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced executive actions that would pardon thousands of people with prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession and said he plans to call on governors to follow suit with state offenses related to simple marijuana possession. Read more»
Arizona’s social equity ownership program is intended to right the wrongs caused by marijuana prohibition during the decades-long war on drugs, and one of the 26 winners of marijuana establishment licenses is intent on making "community-based changes" to the marijuana industry. Read more»