Phoenix New Times:  “Allan Sobol, the brash medical-marijuana marketer who got himself busted last year for opening a compassion club, has pleaded guilty to selling pot along with three former club employees. . . . Hated by many in the industry for his cut-throat business tactics, he was an early adopter of the compassion/cannabis club movement, opening a storefront location in which qualified medical-marijuana patients could join a club for a stiff fee and receive ‘free’ marijuana in return.”

See also: Allan Sobol: Arizona’s Medical-Pot Martyr?