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Gov.Jan Brewer has allowed state Health Director Will Humble to continue to certify certain individuals as legally able under Arizona law to possess the drug. So far, more than 13,000 such cards have been issued.

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PHOENIX -- One of the major foes of the state's medical marijuana law wants Gov. Jan Brewer to order the state health department to stop issuing cards allowing patients to obtain and grow the drug.Carolyn Short noted that Brewer has blocked the agency from processing applications from those who want to run the dispensaries that the 2010 voter approved initiative requires to be set up to sell the drug. Brewer said she feared that state workers could be charged under federal law with being involved, even peripherally, with distributing marijuana.Yet the governor has allowed state Health Director Will Humble to continue to certify certain individuals as legally able under Arizona law to possess the drug. So far, more than 13,000 such cards have been issued.

By Howard Fischer October 27, 2011
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