New-Times: Marijuana still illegal on reservations in Arizona

Monday, January 9, 2012  

"Under Arizona's Medical Marijuana Act, motorists with state-issued pot cards can legally transport a small amount of "medicine" in their vehicles -- but not on tribal lands.

And those Native American lands include a strip of the Loop 101 freeway that runs from south of McKellips Road to the Pima Road/90th Street exit.

A qualified patient told us he was recently stopped for "no reason" on the 101 by a cop working for the Salt River Maricopa-Pima Indian Community, and that his car was seized by the tribe after a few grams of pot was found.

Valarie Tom, a spokeswoman for the SRP-MIC, wouldn't comment on any specific bust. But she does confirm that medical-marijuana registration cards don't apply on that stretch of the 101, or anywhere else on tribal lands, for that matter."

Get the Story:
Medical-Marijuana Law Doesn't Apply on Loop 101 From About McKellips to 90th Street; Pot Patient Says Car Seized by Tribal Cops (The Phoenix New-Times 1/6)