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Proposition 215: Should Marijuana Be Legalized?

Medical Marijuana Initiative Section 1. Section 11362.5 is added to the Health
and Safety Code, to read: 11362.5. (a) This section shall be known and may be
cited as the Compassionate Use Act of 1996. (b) (l) 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 person's 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.
(B) To ensure that patients and their primary caregivers who obtain and use
marijuana for medical purposes upon the recommendation of a physician are not
subject to......

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