SIERRA VISTA - If examples from Washington and Colorado are any indication, should Arizona voters pass Prop 205 this November and legalize recreational marijuana use for adults, there should be little to no federal interference with state law, even in areas with a high number of federal law enforcement agents, such as Cochise County.

Just don't try to drive through a U.S. Border Patrol Checkpoint with your state sanctioned weed, said Vic Brabble, U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman for Arizona.

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Huachuca City Council Was Opposed to Clinic's Location

HUACHUCA CITY - The hopes of a local business owner to open a medical clinic coupled with a marijuana dispensary were stifled Thursday after the Board of Adjustments unanimously voted to deny a variance that would have allowed him to build the facility near a children's center.

The 5-0 vote means that Dusk Till Dawn Cabaret owner Steve Bagdonas, along with his business partners, will not have the necessary permission to continue forward with an application to the state health department for a dispensary.

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Huachuca City stipulates where, when marijuana could be sold

HUACHUCA CITY - The town council took pre-emptive measures during Wednesday's regular meeting in the event that Arizona voters pass a proposal that would legalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.

Ordinance 10-06 was passed unanimously by members of the Huachuca City Town Council and dictates, among other things, where medical marijuana dispensaries can be located within the town, when they can operate and how large they can be.

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