New California Guidelines for Medical Marijuana Use Released

New guidelines the clarify many practical concerns and hurdles for users and distributors of medical marijuana in California have been released and distributed by California Attorney General Jerry Brown.

California’s medical marijuana laws have a controversial and confusing history, dating back to the landmark passing of Proposition 215 in 1996, and updated by California Senate Bill 420 in 2003.

The new guidelines affirm and clarify that:

• Marijuana patients should get state medical marijuana ID cards to prove their use is legitimate and to affirm their legal right to smoke.
• Users should follow guidelines about where and when to smoke. For example, smoking near schools, children’s centers, or in most workplaces is not allowed.
• Police should honor those IDs, and not confiscate any marijuana possessed by someone with a legal ID. They should also return marijuana to anyone of it is later determined that their possession was legitimate.
• Licensed medical marijuana distributors must be run as non-profit enterprises.
• Distributors/dispensaries can only sell legally grown marijuana, and should document the sources of their growers and suppliers.

Most law enforcement officials, as well as growers, distributors, and users of legal pot for medical uses are pleased with these clarifications by the Attorney General.

But no doubt there will always be gray areas of the law, or disputes about who, what and where these laws are applied. And possession of marijuana is still illegal for most people under California drug laws.

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