Word: arizona
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...graduate student, made a symbolic pilgrimage to Vermont to wed each other. Tears streaming down their faces, the women, who have known each other for 18 years, exchanged rings; the Rev. Peter Denny proclaimed their union "the equivalent of marriage." That may be true in Vermont, but Arizona, where Kunz and French live with their nine-year-old daughter, doesn't recognize same-sex unions. They made the trip, says French, "because we wanted people to know how much it means for gay couples to get this kind of support...
...Meanwhile, over the past ten years, voters in at least eight states have thumbed their noses at federal law, approving propositions to allow the distribution and use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. And the federal government has responded with unequivocal language: In 1997, when voters in both California and Arizona had approved the use of marijuana for medical purposes, Clinton drug czar Barry McCaffrey struck back, outlining various federal responses to "illegal drug activities...
Today the law excites little debate in Arizona as it funnels 6,000 new drug felons a year into treatment rather than jail. To be sure, Maricopa County district attorney Richard Romley complains about offenders who are "refusing treatment and thumbing their nose at the court." But a 1999 report by the Arizona supreme court--now being updated--found that 77% of offenders stayed off drugs during the year following their arrest and that the state had saved $2.5 million in prison costs. Probation officer Jim Frost, a 30-year veteran, didn't think treatment would work "without jail hanging...
...Arizona's Proposition 200, which passed four years ago, was a radical departure for a conservative Republican state. Before the vote, former Presidents Ford, Carter and Bush released a letter attacking it. Drug czar Barry McCaffrey flew to Phoenix and warned that it amounted to "the legalization of all drugs." But the politicians may have been out of touch with popular sentiment. Recalls political consultant Sam Vagenas, who steered the Arizona initiative: "When we asked focus groups if we were winning the war on drugs, people just laughed...
Connecticut $983 Georgia $912 Washington, D.C. $823 Arizona $714 Delaware $679 Michigan $609 Maryland $606 Nevada $596 Tennessee $560 Texas...