By Michelle Ye Hee Lee
The Arizona Republic
If you’d like to discuss medical marijuana, contact Ryan Hurley, director of the Rose Law Group Medical Marijuana Dept., rhurley@roselawgroup.com
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is alleging that an attorney who represents a proposed medical marijuana dispensary violated ethics rules by attempting to dissuade the board of supervisors, Montgomery’s client, from taking his advice.
Acting on that advice, the board declined to follow the state’s medical marijuana law and has disallowed medical marijuana dispensaries or cultivation sites within the county’s jurisdiction. Montgomery had warned the board that county employees who carry out the state law might be subject to federal prosecution because marijuana is not a federally approved drug.
But Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Michael Gordon rejected that claim earlier this month. He ruled that county officials must give the White Mountain Health Center paperwork showing whether it complies with dispensary zoning rules.
