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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Business is growing for dispensaries, like the Prime Leaf in Tucson, and many believe it could get even better if the state ever fully legalized marijuana use. Photo by J.D. Molinary/Arizona Sonora News

Marijuana legalization enjoys new high among Americans

J.D. Molinary December 5, 2018

Arizona's voters in 2016 narrowly defeated a proposition to legalize marijuana, but advocates for the measure say they aren't done yet. Ten states and Washington, D.C., have legalized marijuana,...

U.S. Border Patrol searching cars for drugs and other illegal items.  Photo provided by U.S. Border Patrol Twitter Account

Drug trafficking in southeast Arizona declining but still national crisis

Garrett Green October 11, 2017

Drug trafficking across the U.S. and Mexico border continues to be an epidemic, not just for Southeast Arizona, but the nation as a whole. Cochise County is one of the primary points of entry. Since...

Christianna Silva / Arizona Sonora News Service

Legislative Roundup: Cell phones and tampon tax

Christianna Silva February 16, 2017

PHOENIX - On Tuesday, Valentine's Day, the capitol was full of gratuitous shows of love: singing on the House floor,  heart-shaped balloons on the rose garden. Nothing was too cheesy. But whether...

Person lights a marijuana filled pipe. (Photo by: Jordan Glenn/ El Independiente)

Support For Recreational Marijuana Hits All-Time High, Headed For Ballot

Sara Cline May 5, 2016

Pot. Weed. Mary Jane. Ganja. Dope. Grass. Reefer. Herb. Bud. No matter the street name, marijuana is rapidly becoming a huge business across the country, with $5.7 billion in sales over the last year. In...

A day of Bisbee justice

A day of Bisbee justice

Meryl Engle March 31, 2016

A jangle fills the room, overpowering the rattling air vent. Five men and one woman in striped inmate uniforms, “Cochise County Jail” on their backs and shackled limbs, enter Judge Wallace R....

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