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Arizona has the WORST marijuana laws in the nation and is the ONLY state in the Union where possession of ANY amount of marijuana is a felony.
"Arizona is the only state where possession of any amount of marijuana without a medical card is punishable as a felony"Yet the *ssholes at MPP or Marijuana Policy Project have the gall to tell us they are legalizing marijuana when they are NOT repealing these draconian marijuana laws, which will continue to make it a felony to possess any microscopic amount marijuana outside of the strict limitations of the phoney baloney MPP law?
Blog ranks Arizona in top 10 states for weed lovers Kaila White, The Republic | azcentral.com 1:17 p.m. MST April 5, 2016 Sometimes deciding where to live depends not only on cost of living and the job market but also on how easy it is to use your substance of choice. Hey, it works both ways — teetotalers pick Utah for a reason. Real-estate search website Estately set out to find the best states for marijuana enthusiasts to live and buy a home. Although no one should be surprised that Colorado, Washington and Oregon are the top three, one state stuck out. Arizona is one of the top 10 best states for marijuana enthusiasts to live and buy a home, according to an Estately blog. The methodology is unscientific, of course, but entertaining nonetheless. "The state has the 11th cheapest weed prices, the 10th most cannabis-related Google searches, the fifth most expressed interest in various marijuana publications on Facebook, and the 15th most pot smokers — 6.61 percent," Estately wrote. Arizona has legalized medical marijuana but not recreational marijuana — though there may be a vote in November to make recreational use of the drug legal. One important point Estately forgot: Arizona is the only state where possession of any amount of marijuana without a medical card is punishable as a felony, even on the first offense, and Arizona is the only state where medical-marijuana patients can face felony charges if they use or possess it on a college campus. Estately gave each state a score from 1 to 100 based on five criteria: The percentage of people reporting marijuana use in the previous month, which was an estimated 438,000 people 18 and older in Arizona, according to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The average cost of high-quality and low-quality marijuana, which in Arizona is $298.15 per ounce for high quality and $188.3 per ounce for low quality, according to PriceofWeed.com. The number of marijuana-related Google searches, which it got from Google Trends. The legal status of marijuana, which it pulled from Drug Policy Alliance. Publicly expressed interest in marijuana as measured by Facebook interest in marijuana-themed publications, including High Times, Cannabis Now Magazine, 420 Magazine, Cannabis Culture and SKUNK Magazine. |