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EspañolCALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 215 (1996)
'Proposition 215' was a proposition in the state of California on the November 5, 1996 ballot. It passed with 5,382,915 (55.6%) votes in favor and 4,301,960 (44.4%) against.
Also known as the 'Compassionate Use Act of 1996', the proposition was a state-wide voter initiative authored by Dennis Peron, Anna Boyce [RN], Valerie Corral (http://wamm.org), Dale Gieringer, William Panzer, Steve Kubby [1], San Francisco oncologists Richard Cohen and Ivan Silverberg, and psychiatrist Tod H. Mikuriya, and approved by California voters. It allows those with a valid doctor's recommendation to possess and cultivate marijuana for personal medical use. The Act added Section 11362.5 to the California Health and Safety Code. This law has caused much conflict in the United States between states' rights advocates and those who support a stronger federal presence.
Todd McCormick was the first person to be arrested for medical marijuana related charges after the passage of California Proposition 215.
Although "Compassionate Use" is now protected in California law, the federal government continues to effect prosecutions under the Controlled Substances Act. The constitutionality of the act was recently challenged, but subsequently upheld by the Supreme Court (cf. Gonzales v. Raich). Upon announcement of the Supreme Court decision, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger briefly suspended the operation of programs related to compassionate use, but was compelled to resume after Attorney General Bill Lockyer issued a memo stating the Supreme Court ruling does not change any laws involving medical marijuana in California, it only confirmed that federal raids by the DEA were in fact legal and could continue to take place.
Arizona approved a relatively similar proposition on the same date.[2]
Proposition 215 has been reviewed twice by the Supreme Court, which, however reluctantly, left it intact. Nevertheless, government forces at all levels, in both their official capacities and through their private professional organizations, have continued to oppose it even as public pressure, in the form of new medical marijuana legislation in New York and Connecticuit, has been increasing.
★ WAMM at http://wamm.org
★ Medical Marijuana
★ Gonzales v. Raich
★ Controlled Substances Act
★ Cannabis Buyers Club
★ Colorado Amendment 44 (2006)
★ Campaign Against Marijuana Planting
★ Text of Proposition 215
★ Text of Senate Bill 420
Also known as the 'Compassionate Use Act of 1996', the proposition was a state-wide voter initiative authored by Dennis Peron, Anna Boyce [RN], Valerie Corral (http://wamm.org), Dale Gieringer, William Panzer, Steve Kubby [1], San Francisco oncologists Richard Cohen and Ivan Silverberg, and psychiatrist Tod H. Mikuriya, and approved by California voters. It allows those with a valid doctor's recommendation to possess and cultivate marijuana for personal medical use. The Act added Section 11362.5 to the California Health and Safety Code. This law has caused much conflict in the United States between states' rights advocates and those who support a stronger federal presence.
Todd McCormick was the first person to be arrested for medical marijuana related charges after the passage of California Proposition 215.
Although "Compassionate Use" is now protected in California law, the federal government continues to effect prosecutions under the Controlled Substances Act. The constitutionality of the act was recently challenged, but subsequently upheld by the Supreme Court (cf. Gonzales v. Raich). Upon announcement of the Supreme Court decision, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger briefly suspended the operation of programs related to compassionate use, but was compelled to resume after Attorney General Bill Lockyer issued a memo stating the Supreme Court ruling does not change any laws involving medical marijuana in California, it only confirmed that federal raids by the DEA were in fact legal and could continue to take place.
Arizona approved a relatively similar proposition on the same date.[2]
Proposition 215 has been reviewed twice by the Supreme Court, which, however reluctantly, left it intact. Nevertheless, government forces at all levels, in both their official capacities and through their private professional organizations, have continued to oppose it even as public pressure, in the form of new medical marijuana legislation in New York and Connecticuit, has been increasing.
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| See also |
| External links |
See also
★ WAMM at http://wamm.org
★ Medical Marijuana
★ Gonzales v. Raich
★ Controlled Substances Act
★ Cannabis Buyers Club
★ Colorado Amendment 44 (2006)
★ Campaign Against Marijuana Planting
External links
★ Text of Proposition 215
★ Text of Senate Bill 420
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