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Calif.: Senate approves legislation to more clearly protect patient access
Message:
Yesterday, the California Senate approved legislation to explicitly protect patients’ access to medical marijuana. SB 439, authored by Senate President Steinberg and Sen. Mark Leno, clearly states that medical marijuana cooperatives and collectives that comply with the 2008 Attorney General guidelines to prevent diversion can legally sell marijuana to qualified patients. Urge your assembly member to support this proposal today!
Passage of SB 439 will help clarify California law. Clarity in the law will help align California’s medical marijuana program with programs that are currently operating in Colorado, New Mexico, and Maine. All three of these states have active programs that are regulated by the state; all three have – by and large – been left alone by the feds. Please ask your assembly member to help strengthen and clarify California’s medical marijuana program.
SB 439 is still subject to change, but that shouldn’t prevent you from asking your assembly member to support sensible medical marijuana reform. Once you have, make sure your friends and family reach out to their legislators, too.
