who created the medical marijuana law in california?
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The California State Legislature created the law and the governor signed it into law. That’s the way those things work.
Who wrote the law is probably what you want to know. I don’t know that.
Depends upon what you mean by “created.” This was a voter initiative (it was NOT passed by the Legislature), and the primary sponser was an organization called “Californians for Medical Rights.” The two primary contributors to that organization were George Soros and Peter Lewis. Many people were involved in drafting the initiative. The initiative (Proposition 215) was passed by a vote of over 55%.
NORML was the name of the organization that first got the ball rolling on this issue. It was INTENDED to assist people with medical needs to be able to possess, use & grow small amounts of marijuana for their own use at the advice of their physicians. Unfortunately, it has been abused by others who just want to stay high & make money by selling it. It passed by 56% when Californians voted it into law. Unfortunately, the Federal Government did not change their laws, so therein lies the conflict within our state. If the greedy potheads could be separated from the people who actually NEED this plant to have a better quality of life in their last days, there would be no controversy. The state needs to start treating the marijuana as a prescription drug & regulating it as such! This way, everyone who is abusing the system & loopholes in the law, will have to explain it to a judge & go to jail, just like the rest of the drug addicts & tax evaders! In KERN COUNTY, the feds just raided & shut down all the clinics. One guy took in 9 million dollars in 9 months, got out of jail 3 days ago, & has just re-opened his clinic doors because he says that “people NEED him”! The Kern County Sheriff has cancelled all liscenses for Mecical Marijuana due to this type of abuse of the system. These clinics are becoming a joke & a liability for any City & County that allows them to operate. The Clinics were originally intended to be NON-PROFIT operations that have turned into high profit drug havens for anyone who has a medical marijuana card (people make copies of them & give them out just to get away with smoking pot when the cops come!) It has become a joke & many of the people of California are fed up with these pot-heads & abusers of the system! They (card carriers) are no longer allowed to live in most government subsidized housing due to the problems that they seem to bring with them in the area of drugs & undesirable visitors!