California Medical Marijuana

So how exactly is medical marijuana legal in California?

Well the answer is pretty simple, the citizens wanted it to be. In the 1996 elections California voted on and approved prop 215 otherwise known as the Compationate Use Act of 1996.

Proposition 215 has a few different parts so I’ll break the important ones down as much as I can although some parts leave the lines of legal/illegal very hazy. (more…)