{"id":1062,"date":"2012-12-12T08:51:52","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T08:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=20490"},"modified":"2012-12-12T08:51:52","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T08:51:52","slug":"arizona-authorities-lose-another-challenge-to-state-medical-marijuana-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/arizona-authorities-lose-another-challenge-to-state-medical-marijuana-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Authorities Lose Another Challenge to State Medical Marijuana Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/arizona-authorities-lose-another-challenge-to-state-medical-marijuana-program\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/arizona1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"arizona\" title=\"arizona\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20492\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/arizona-authorities-lose-another-challenge-to-state-medical-marijuana-program\/attachment\/arizona-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20492\" title=\"arizona\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/arizona1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Arizona authorities such as Sheriff Joe and Governor Jan Brewer find themselves under the spotlight frequently, though not always in the way they would like.\u00a0 Arizona is developing quite the reputation for creating divisive law (banning ethnic study classes, requiring police officers to use profiling to seek out illegal immigrants).\u00a0 Fighting progress tends to be a losing battle<\/p>\n<p>They have also been challenging the will of the people regularly.\u00a0 In the case of the state\u2019s medical marijuana program, many high profile lawmakers, including Governor Brewer, have tried hard to reverse a law that was passed by a majority of Arizona residents.\u00a0 The most recent attempt made its way to the Arizona courts.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Judge Michael Gordon of Maricopa County Superior Court ruled in favor of Arizona\u2019s medical marijuana law.\u00a0 The case evolved from a dispensary zoning issue into a larger debate of whether or not Arizona\u2019s medical marijuana law is defeated by federal law.\u00a0 In his decision, Judge Gordon said \u201cThis court will not rule that Arizona, having sided with the ever-growing minority of states and having limited it to medical use, has violated public policy.&#8221;\u00a0 He also went on to say &#8220;No one can argue that the federal government&#8217;s ability to enforce the (Controlled Substances Act) is impaired to the slightest degree.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To no surprise Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery have vowed to appeal the ruling.\u00a0 It seems that certain Arizona lawmakers may not quick learners.\u00a0 Only days after the decision to uphold the Arizona medical marijuana law, the state\u2019s first dispensary opened in Glendale.\u00a0 It appears progress is winning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/arizona1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"arizona\" title=\"arizona\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20492\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/arizona-authorities-lose-another-challenge-to-state-medical-marijuana-program\/attachment\/arizona-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20492\" title=\"arizona\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/arizona1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Arizona authorities such as Sheriff Joe and Governor Jan Brewer find themselves under the spotlight frequently, though not always in the way they would like.\u00a0 Arizona is developing quite the reputation for creating divisive law (banning ethnic study classes, requiring police officers to use profiling to seek out illegal immigrants).\u00a0 Fighting progress tends to be a losing battle<\/p>\n<p>They have also been challenging the will of the people regularly.\u00a0 In the case of the state\u2019s medical marijuana program, many high profile lawmakers, including Governor Brewer, have tried hard to reverse a law that was passed by a majority of Arizona residents.\u00a0 The most recent attempt made its way to the Arizona courts.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Judge Michael Gordon of Maricopa County Superior Court ruled in favor of Arizona\u2019s medical marijuana law.\u00a0 The case evolved from a dispensary zoning issue into a larger debate of whether or not Arizona\u2019s medical marijuana law is defeated by federal law.\u00a0 In his decision, Judge Gordon said \u201cThis court will not rule that Arizona, having sided with the ever-growing minority of states and having limited it to medical use, has violated public policy.&#8221;\u00a0 He also went on to say &#8220;No one can argue that the federal government&#8217;s ability to enforce the (Controlled Substances Act) is impaired to the slightest degree.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To no surprise Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery have vowed to appeal the ruling.\u00a0 It seems that certain Arizona lawmakers may not quick learners.\u00a0 Only days after the decision to uphold the Arizona medical marijuana law, the state\u2019s first dispensary opened in Glendale.\u00a0 It appears progress is winning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[155,52,157,1021,56,9,51,70,1,3,61],"tags":[2733,2632,2735,3592,2636,2631,5,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}