Arizona Counties Try but Fail to Restrict Home Medical-Marijuana Cultivation

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As cannabis advocates debate whether a proposed Arizona legalization law allows counties or towns to ban home growing, attempts to regulate home cultivation of medical marijuana have failed.

The inability of counties to control home cultivation by qualified medical-marijuana patients gives insight into how the planned legalization measure may work for those who want to grow their own.

The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol is expected to put a ballot measure before voters this November that would legalize small amounts of marijuana for adults 21 and older, establish a system of retail shops where cannabis products could be purchased, and allow adults to grow up to six plants each in their homes, with a maximum of 12 plants per household.

If the CRMLA measure fails, growing or possessing any amount of marijuana in Arizona will remain a felony. But supporters of Arizonans for Mindful Regulation, a group that...

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