A clock is now ticking to end the legal right of medical marijuana cardholders in the Phoenix area to grow their own.
State Health Services Director Will Humble says the approval Thursday of a license for the first dispensary in the state means current cardholders with growing authorizations will lose the right to grow marijuana once their cards expire.
Humble says the earliest that current cards expire is next April. A lawyer for the Glendale dispensary says it will open within a week or two.
Humble says the Glendale facility is within the 25-mile radius set by the medical marijuana law's provision allowing people without nearby dispensaries to grow their own.
A Tucson dispensary is to be inspected Tuesday, and approval of a license would restrict growing rights in Tucson.
Arizona Willie posted at 10:25 am on Sat, Nov 17, 2012.
This seems strange.
It looks like DHS is violating the law because they are going to deny grow cards to people who live further than 25 miles from the ONLY dispensary in the Phoenix area ( only dispensary so far that is ).
If no other dispensary opens in other parts of town they will be denying people their right to grow under the law.
And the MMJ law is unconstitutional anyway because it grants a monopoly to the dispensary owners and monopolies are < supposed > to be illegal.