Attorney General Mark Brnovich says the legal door is open for the Legislature to use money from state’s medical marijuana program to pay for services to help people addicted to drugs. In 2010, voters approved a law creating the medical marijuana program. Brnovich says providing funding for drug addiction services from the medical marijuana program money is legal if the legislative action satisfies conditions required under the Arizona Constitution’s provision protecting voter-approved laws. In a statement on Monday, Brnovich said the legislative action, which will require approval by a three-quarter vote, will leave enough money in the marijuana program to cover its costs and “further the purposes” of the marijuana law. Brnovich’s statement was in response to questions from state Senator Sylvia Allen, a Republican from Snowflake.
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