Diane Manchester's multiple sclerosis forced her to retire from the Phoenix Police Department, where she worked as a civilian administrator. Now she often breaks Arizona law by using marijuana to alleviate tremors and other symptoms of her illness.
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Arizona voters get another chance to legalize medical marijuana
Evan Wyloge
The Arizona Republic
6/01/2010
Arizonans will get the chance to legalize the use of medical marijuana yet again this November – the fourth such opportunity in the past 15 years.
The Medical Marijuana initiative became the first to qualify for the 2010 general election ballot after the Secretary of State’s Office verified on June 1 that supporters had turned in the required number of signatures from registered voters.
More than 252,000 signatures turned in for medical marijuana
KOLD News 13
3/23/2010
The Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project turned in the necessary signatures to get the issue on the ballot in November.
Staffers with the group delivered more than 100 boxes of petitions containing 252,000 signatures to the Secretary of State's office.
Once the signatures are verified, the measure, called the Medical Marijuana Act, will be on the ballot Nov. 2.
Medical marijuana measure headed for ballot
East Valley Tribune
4/14/2010
It looks like Arizonans are going to get to decide if they want to be able to use marijuana for medical reasons.
Backers of a plan to let doctors provide written recommendations for marijuana turned in petitions Wednesday with what they said are about 252,000 signatures in support of the plan. That is nearly 100,000 more than need to be found valid to put the question on the November ballot.
Lawmakers are debating tax on medical marijuana
Alia Beard Rau
The Arizona Republic
3/26/2010
Proposed legislation that would tax medical marijuana - if voters legalize it this fall - narrowly passed the state Senate on Thursday thanks to a split among Republicans.
Senate panel votes to tax medical pot if AZ voters let doctors 'certify' need
Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services
2/18/10
PHOENIX - Arizona doesn't tax prescriptions. But marijuana is marijuana, even if your doctor does say it's OK.
And if voters agree to let doctors do that, pot users should have to pay the state for the privilege, said the Senate Finance Committee, which agreed on a 4-3 vote to subject medical marijuana to the state's 5.6 percent sales tax.
Could Medical Marijuana Soon Be Legal in Arizona?
MyFOXphoenix.com
1/13/10
PHOENIX - A group in Arizona believes that legalizing medical marijuana is next for our state, as New Jersey becomes the 14th state in the nation to pass such a law.
Stricter regs needed for medical pot
Christian Palmer
Arizona Capitol Times
12/7/09
Supporters of an effort to legalize medical marijuana in Arizona have taken steps to avoid some of the problems that have riddled California since voters there passed Proposition 215 in 1996.
