including downtown. (Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images)

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - APRIL 27: Hyacinths covered with snow photographed in suburban Chicago on April 27, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. A rare late winter storm dumped snow on the Chicago area including downtown. (Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images)

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - APRIL 27: Marta Sullaga visiting from Colombia, walks on Michigan Avenue on April 27, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. A rare late winter storm dumped snow on the Chicago area including downtown.(Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images)

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - APRIL 27: A woman walks on the Michigan Avenue bridge on April 27, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. A rare late winter storm dumped snow on the Chicago area including downtown. (Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images)

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - APRIL 27: A woman walks on Michigan Avenueleast one medical-marijuana patient with possession of the narcotic "cannabis."

As New Times wrote in an October 2013 cover article on the subject, extracted resin is used to make — among other things — syrups and tinctures with concentrated THC and another marijuana compound, cannabidiol, (CBD), which has reportedly helped people with seizures. The article also quoted a botanist who called Arizona's criminal definition of cannabis a "confusing mess," noting that "cannabis" is more commonly used as another term of Cannabis sativa, a.k.a. the marijuana plant.

The family of Zander Welton, a Mesa boy who suffered from a form of epilepsy, felt threatened by Montgomery's policy and sued over the issue with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona. Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper ruled in March