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Montgomery Sued Over TASC Scheme That Hurts Impoverished Cannabis Users

On August 27, 2018 By

PHOENIX NEW TIMES | RAY STERN | AUGUST 27, 2018

A legal rights group is suing Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery over his lucrative program with a drug treatment firm that targets cannabis consumers and punishes impoverished people more than others.

Civil Rights Corps, based in Washington, D.C., filed a complaint this week in Arizona U.S. […]

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Maricopa County Attorney Bill MontgomeryEXPAND Maricopa County Attorney Bill MontgomeryGage Skidmore via Flickr ‘Medical Marijuana Is Safe in Arizona,’ ACLU Declares as Bill Montgomery’s Crusade Finally Ends

On December 15, 2017 By

from Phoenix New Times
RAY STERN | DECEMBER 15, 2017 Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery was one of the most vocal opponents of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act in 2010, and fought hard to kill it after voters made it the law of the land. This week, his years-long crusade to overturn the law […]

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Montgomery’s Office Drops Charge on MMJ Patient Busted with Infused Candy

On March 4, 2014 By

By Ray Stern Tue., Mar. 4 2014, Phoenix New Times

Bill Montgomery has been stymied in two separate cases of medical-marijuana patients who possessed small amounts of concentrated marijuana.

Records show that the Republican county attorney will continue to try to saddle one of the valid patients with a felony conviction.

But before we tell you […]

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