WHY SHOULD I MAINTAIN A MEDICAL MARIJUANA RECOMMENDATION AFTER RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA BECOMES AVAILABLE IN JANUARY 2018?
- CHILD CUSTODY RIGHTS: The status and conduct of a qualified patient who acts in accordance with the Compassionate Use Act shall not, by itself, be itself, by itself, be used to restrict or abridge custodial or parental rights to minor children in any action or proceeding under the jurisdiction of family or juvenile court.
- HIGHER TAXES: A portion of the sales and use tax imposed by Proposition 64 shall not apply to retail sales of medical cannabis, medical cannabis, edible medical cannabis products or topical cannabis.
- LOWER LIMITS: The Compassionate Use Act (Proposition 215) allows a medicinal patient to possess whatever amount is necessary to adequately medicate. Recreational users are limited to 1 ounce of processed cannabis or 8 grams of concentrated cannabis.
- 21 AND OVER ONLY: The recreational law only applies to those over 21.
Prop 215 allows California residents to use cannabis as medicine with a doctor's recommendation.
Prop 215 states the following:
The people of the State of California hereby find and declare that the purposes of the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 are as follows: (A) To ensure that seriously ill Californians have the right to obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes where that medical use is deemed appropriate and has been recommended by a physician who has determined that the persons health would benefit from the use of marijuana in the treatment of cancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, spasticity, glaucoma, arthritis, migraine or any other illness for which marijuana provides relief. (For more information please go to www.safeaccessnow.net).
Patients should consult a lawyer for legal advice regarding the use of medicinal marijuana.
