Patients, doctors and dispensaries seeking legal help navigating the state’s new medical marijuana law could find themselves up the creek without a lawyer.

The ethics counsel for the State Bar of Arizona said it is a violation of the rules laid out by the Arizona Supreme Court for attorneys to help clients break the law.

Patricia Sallen acknowledged that the new medical marijuana law permits individuals with a doctor’s recommendation to obtain up to 2 1/2 ounces of marijuana every two weeks. And it also sets up procedures for the state to license nonprofit corporations to sell the drug.

But she pointed out it remains illegal under federal law to sell or possess marijuana.

Sallen said that could keep attorneys from helping Arizona corporations set up a dispensary. And it also could mean no help going to court for any company that believes it was unfairly or unlawfully denied a dispensary license — or even for an individual who claims to be entitled to a medical marijuana card.

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