Information on the Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project

The issue of legalizing medical marijuana in Arizona has seen a long, slow burn in Arizona.

Voters have approved ballot intiatives several times over the past 13 years, but legal challenges have snuffed-out the practice.

Now, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project (AMMPP) is collecting signatures to get pot for pain and other purposes on the ballot in November 2010.

The group needs to get more than 150-thousand certified signatures by July of next year to qualify.

If passed, severely ill patients would be able to possess a small amount of marijuana with a doctor's recommendation. Growers and dispensaries would be heavily-regulated by the state, most-likely the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS). Patients living 25 miles or more from a dispensary would be able to cultivate up to 12 marijuana plants for personal use.