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The Legalization of Medical Marijuana In California
Published: 06/30/2011 by Dank Nugs
In California, some of the reasons that it is allowable to use marijuana for medicinal purposes are: Cancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, arthritis, IBS, and many other serious conditions. It has been written that people who use marijuana for such reasons and those that take care of them will not be subject to sanction or criminal prosecution as long as they stay within the laws enacted by the state.
Patients and their primary caregivers can legally grow and cultivate marijuana to use and not have to worry about being prosecuted in a criminal court. However, they cannot grow and then sell what they produce. Senate Bill SB22 allowed for California dispensaries or California collectives to be able to grow, distribute, and sell marijuana used for medicinal purposes as long as it was not for profit. Collectives and dispensaries give those that use medicinal marijuana a way to get the medicine they need in an environment that is safe and non judgmental.
Nugs are cannabis buds that are in various sizes, and the quality is determined by this. You can find dank almost exclusively in this form, but mids aren’t nearly as common. You will never find nugs of schwag, they just don’t exist.
The Medical Marijuana Program of California was made to give voluntary medical marijuana card issuance and as a way to register caregivers and qualified patients. This is a system that is based on the Internet that is designed to make it easy for law enforcement and members of the public to be aware that a patient is qualified to have, grow, transport, or use medical marijuana in the state of California.
You are allowed to have 6 mature plants or 12 immature plants, an 8 ounces of bud to stay within the legal limits in most places that allow medical marijuana use. Anything over this amount could result in sanctions or criminal prosecution in some areas. Some areas have varying amounts, but these are the most widely used guidelines to keep you safe from legal intervention.
The battle to make marijuana 100% legal has been going on for many years, and shows no sign of slowing. More and more states are also beginning to follow suit in an attempt to make cannabis fully legal and allow for the government a way to tax and control its sell and distribution for medicinal purposes and more.
Great Article!
Stephanie from Westminster, Ca - 04/30/2012 - 03:52 pm
What a great article to read! I have kept up with this issue for as long as I have been a MMJ patient. I know that one day all our effort will pay off and finally it will be legal.
More state, less fed
Rich Finlay from West Lafayette, IN - 04/09/2012 - 03:21 pm
This is a system developed in response to an inability to legalize recreational marijuana. While a great template for future development, the DEA can still sweep in and shut down state-approved dispensaries. It's time our state governments stand up to the federal body and say NO MORE!
true compassion
ben w. from las vegas, nevada - 03/26/2012 - 03:32 pm
as a person who watched there grandmother suffer from cancer, i believe it would be amazing if theses so called "co-ops" would actually offer some compassion towards there paitents. in lieu of squeezing there pockets for every last dime they can get out of an ill person. i cannot say all of the MMJ dispensarys are out for gain, but what i have witnessed more often then not is low quality meds for outrageous prices. marijuana is a (miracle) plant that can help all if applied in the correct terms. it is not something that should be criminalized or profited from. in my eyes it is wrong for someone to profit off an ill person. the word compassion means "to suffer together" not to watch one suffer as you gain from it. legalization and actual regulation is much needed for the true paitents out there. hopefully one day it will come.
