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CA Attorney General's Guidelines on Medical Marijuana Law
Part 1 – AG Guidelines
Part 2 - Collectives and Cooperatives
Part 3 - Patients Associations
Part 4 – Associations Continued
Part 5 – Lawful Operations
Part 6 – Storefront Dispensaries
The Attorney General's Guidelines THE ATTORNEY GENERAL GUIDELINES As mentioned elsewhere on the site, anyone involved with Medical Marijuana in California should be familiar with the Attorney General's Guidelines on Medical Marijuana Law. Here is a link to the text of the guidelinesand you'll find some important excerpts below. If you have further questions, please contact our Brea medical marijuana lawyers as soon as you can. At Anthony Curiale and Associates, A Professional Corporation, we have represented hundreds of patients and dispensaries, so you can trust that we will competently represent your rights. Make an appointment to meet with us today.
CALIFORNIA PENAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO MARIJUANA The possession, sale, cultivation, or transportation of marijuana is ordinarily a crime under California law. (See, e.g., § 11357 [possession of marijuana is a misdemeanor]; § 11358 [cultivation of marijuana is a felony]; Veh. Code, § 23222 [possession of less than 1 oz. of marijuana while driving is a misdemeanor]; § 11359 [possession with intent to sell any amount of marijuana is a felony]; § 11360 [transporting, selling, or giving away marijuana in California is a felony; under 28.5 grams is a misdemeanor]; § 11361 [selling or distributing marijuana to minors, or using a minor to transport, sell, or give away marijuana, is a felony].) DEFINITIONS A. Physician’s Recommendation: Physicians may not prescribe marijuana because the federal Food and Drug Administration regulates prescription drugs and, under the CSA, marijuana is a Schedule I drug, meaning that it has no recognized medical use. Physicians may, however, lawfully issue a verbal or written recommendation under California law indicating that marijuana would be a beneficial treatment for a serious medical condition. (§ 11362.5(d); Conant v. Walters (9th Cir. 2002) 309 F.3d 629, 632.) B. Primary Caregiver: A primary caregiver is a person who is designated by a qualified patient and “has consistently assumed responsibility for the housing, health, or safety” of the patient. (§ 11362.5(e).) California courts have emphasized the consistency element of the patient-caregiver relationship. Although a “primary caregiver who consistently grows and supplies . . . medicinal marijuana for a section 11362.5 patient is serving a health need of the patient,” someone who merely maintains a source of marijuana does not automatically become the party “who has consistently assumed responsibility for the housing, health, or safety” of that purchaser. (People ex rel. Lungren v. Peron (1997) 59 Cal.App.4th 1383, 1390, 1400.) A person may serve as primary caregiver to “more than one” patient, provided that the patients and caregiver all reside in the same city or county. (§ 11362.7(d)(2).) Primary caregivers also may receive certain compensation for their services. (§ 11362.765(c) [“A primary caregiver who receives compensation for actual expenses, including reasonable compensation incurred for services provided . . . to enable [a patient] to use marijuana under this article, or for payment for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing those services, or both, . . . shall not, on the sole basis of that fact, be subject to prosecution” for possessing or transporting marijuana].) C. Qualified Patient: A qualified patient is a person whose physician has recommended the use of marijuana to treat a serious illness, including cancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, spasticity, glaucoma, arthritis, migraine, or any other illness for which marijuana provides relief. (§ 11362.5(b)(1)(A).) PART I
What are the Attorney General's Guidelines?
The Attorney Generals Guidelines are an important text for anyone involved in Medical Marijuana.
Collective and Cooperatives
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What is an Association? Why are these shops corporations or partnerships? What's the point?
Why Organize as an Association?
There are benefits to organizing your dispensary as an association.
To be a lawful operator in the state of California is more complex that it may seem at first glance.
Operators of so-called "storefront dispensaries" have got their jobs cut out for them.
ENFORCEMENT GUIDELINES 1. Location of Use: Medical marijuana may not be smoked (a) where smoking is prohibited by law, (b) at or within 1000 feet of a school, recreation center, or youth center (unless the medical use occurs within a residence), (c) on a school bus, or (d) in a moving motor vehicle or boat. (§ 11362.79.) 2. Use of Medical Marijuana in the Workplace or at Correctional Facilities: The medical use of marijuana need not be accommodated in the workplace, during work hours, or at any jail, correctional facility, or other penal institution. (§ 11362.785(a); Ross v. RagingWire Telecomms., Inc. (2008) 42 Cal.4th 920, 933 [under the Fair Employment and Housing Act, an employer may terminate an employee who tests positive for marijuana use].) 3. Criminal Defendants, Probationers, and Parolees: Criminal defendants and probationers may request court approval to use medical marijuana while they are released on bail or probation. The court’s decision and reasoning must be stated on the record and in the minutes of the court. Likewise, parolees who are eligible to use medical marijuana may request that they be allowed to continue such use during the period of parole. The written conditions of parole must reflect whether the request was granted or denied. (§ 11362.795.) Wondering how much marijuana you can have with a medical marijuana card? The Brea medical marijuana lawyers at Anthony Curiale and Associates, A Professional Corporation can advise you on your rights as a patient! Call now.