For all of those advocates hoping Arizona may join other states like Colorado in legalizing marijuana, Safer Arizona had a disappointing announcement recently. The legalization efforts will be abandoned for 2014 after signature-gathering efforts fell far short.

“It was around a third of what we were after,” said Mikel Weisser, executive director of the organization. “It’s not going to be a number that we are rallying behind, it’s a benchmark to improve from.” [Read more…]