CBS5AZ.com:  “Arizona has one of the toughest laws protecting people who have medical marijuana cards.  Some of those people are saying they can’t get a job because of that card and that Arizona employers might be breaking the law.”

Washington Post:  “At a time when the legalized use of marijuana is gaining greater acceptance across the country, Rising is among a growing number of veterans who are coming out of the “cannabis closet” and pressing the government to recognize pot as a legitimate treatment for the wounds of war. They say it is effective for addressing various physical and psychological conditions related to military service — from chronic back pain and neuropathic issues to panic attacks and insomnia — and often preferable to widely prescribed opioid painkillers and other drugs.”

Ahwatukee Foothills:  “It’s been four years since Prop. 203 was passed in Arizona, the proposition that made medical marijuana legal in the state and tasked the Arizona Department of Health Services with creating a medical marijuana program.  The program took time to create and it has been slowly adjusted as time has gone on, but one thing was established in the beginning: Ahwatukee Foothills would have a dispensary.”

New Jersey Herald:  “Thousands of people carrying small amounts of marijuana may no longer be arrested or face criminal charges, [New York] city officials announced Monday, marking a significant shift in how the nation’s biggest city approaches policing pot.”

Los Angeles Times:  “Experimental mice have been telling us this for years, but pot-smoking humans didn’t want to believe it could happen to them: Compared with a person who never smoked marijuana, someone who uses marijuana regularly has, on average, less gray matter in his orbital frontal cortex, a region that is a key node in the brain’s reward, motivation, decision-making and addictive behaviors network.”

USA Today:  “Marijuana has been legalized in Washington D.C., Oregon and Alaska as a series of sidelined pro-cannabis referendums were ushered in during the midterm elections.  The legalization has provided a new high for the marijuana lobby, two years after Colorado and Washington led the way in approving cannabis for recreational use.”