Backers of medical marijuana charge that a federal lawsuit filed late Friday is designed let the governor and the attorney general do in court what they could not convince voters to do: keep the use of the drug illegal in Arizona.

The new medical marijuana law went into effect Thursday, while potential medical marijuana patients gathered at the Green Relief Expo at University of Phoenix stadium to receive recommendations from doctors.

Now that Arizona voters have approved the use of medical marijuana, employers need new ways to deal with employees who are impaired for any reason, a state lawmaker said Tuesday.

Arizona's new medical marijuana law is going to create new problems for employers trying to promote a safe workplace while respecting the new rights of those who will be able to legally inhale the drug.

Arizona's new medical marijuana law is going to create new problems for employers trying to promote a safe workplace while respecting the new rights of those who will be able to legally inhale the drug.

Arizona's new medical marijuana law is going to create new problems for employers trying to promote a safe workplace while respecting the new rights of those who will be able to legally inhale the drug.

Arizona's new medical marijuana law is going to create new problems for employers trying to promote a safe workplace while respecting the new rights of those who will be able to legally inhale the drug.

California's medical-marijuana law would seem a classic case of states' rights.

It is both tedious and infuriating to read that current laws are inept at dealing with the sale of so called designer drugs from the smoke shops that engage in this trade. How could it be possible that they are allowed to peddle these drugs under the guise of “herbal remedies” but not for human consumption, yet clearly the contents are used in ways not permitted for consumption?

Arizona's voter-approved law legalizing medical marijuana has left a number of decisions to be made.

Arizona's voter-approved law legalizing medical marijuana has left a number of decisions to be made.

Arizona's voter-approved law legalizing medical marijuana has left a number of decisions to be made.

Arizona's voter-approved law legalizing medical marijuana has left a number of decisions to be made.

Arizonans appear to be ready to approve medical marijuana for the third time.

SEATTLE - This fall, sober public servants will convene meetings across Washington state to answer a pressing question: How much marijuana constitutes a two-month supply?

If Arizonans want to be able to inhale marijuana for medical purposes they're going to have to give something to the government.

It looks like Arizonans are going to get to decide if they want to be able to use marijuana for medical reasons.

Proposition 203 is not about the medical use of marijuana. That’s right. In fact, many people who support medical marijuana are against 203 because it’s downright deceptive.

State lawmakers voted Thursday to put new limits on the packaging of food and drinks containing medical marijuana.

Last time I checked, both Attorney General Tom Horne and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery were employees of the state of Arizona, not the federal government.

Gov. Jan Brewer decided Wednesday to ask a federal judge to overturn a key portion of the state's voter-approved medical marijuana law.