Arizona voters recently approved Proposition 203, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act, making Arizona the 15th state, plus the District of Columbia, to legalize medical marijuana.
Like other medical marijuana acts, the law permits patients who suffer from certain debilitating and life-threatening illnesses to possess and use medical marijuana as recommended by their physician and protects the treating physicians from arrest, prosecution and other penalties.
The key differentiator between Arizona’s Act and most other medical marijuana acts is the employment discrimination provisions.