Is growing marijuana legal in CA fro medical purposes?

Answer 1

Ask a lawyer.

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Answer 2

Answer number #1. I think Marijuana should be legalized. Why? Because the government spends too much money on trying to crack down on people who sell cannabis. I think it's a complete waste of time and money and I think this money could be better spent else where. People are going to smoke pot no matter what the laws say. Think about when alcohol used to be illegal... now look at it... it's totally legal. And how many people made a tons of money off of that?? The Kennedy's made their millions off of boot legging.... I think they should just legalize it. The government could make so much more money taxing the hell out of it as well. They could have Marlboro Greens... and sell different levels of "pot" already rolled up... just like how they sell cigarettes. They could have Marlboro Greens (which would be the strongest pot and therefore more expensive, i.e. think hydro) and they could have Marlboro green lights... which would be like regular weed or lighter weed. They could even combine pot and nicotine. There' more to gain from legalizing marijuana ... also they'd of course have to regulate it some how like... "No smoking and driving" while under the influence... which all that stuff could be sorted out over time. OK, bottom line... they SHOULD LEGALIZE MARIJUANA!! :-]

Answer 3

After 1969, a time categorized by widespread use of cannabis as a recreational drug, a wave of legislation in America sought to reduce the penalties for the simple possession of marijuana, making it punishable by confiscation and/or a fine rather than imprisonment. Decriminalization is a drug supply-side control strategy that discourages users, but largely removes them from the criminal justice system, while imposing stiff penalties on those who traffic and sell the drug on the black market. Some of the first examples of this adjustment in drug policy were found in Alabama, when state judges decided to no longer impose five year mandatory minimum sentences for small possession (one marijuana cigarette); Missouri, when their legislature reformed statutes that made second possession offences no longer punishable by life in prison; and in Georgia, when that state revised second sale offences to minors no longer punishable by death.

Soon after these developments, an official decriminalization movement was started in 1973 with Oregon prompting other states, like Colorado, Alaska, Ohio, and California, to follow suit in 1975. By 1978, Mississippi, North Carolina, New York, and Nebraska also had some form of marijuana decriminalization. In 2001, Nevada reduced marijuana possession from a felony offence to a misdemeanor. [2]

Regardless of these states' rights, decriminalization was never adopted as a national affair, principally because U.S. Congress disagrees with passing a version of legislation on the federal level. However, several petitions for cannabis rescheduling in the United States have been filed to remove marijuana from the "Schedule I" category of tightly-restricted drugs that have no medical use. The Controlled Substance Act allows the executive branch to decriminalize medical and recreational use of marijuana without any action by Congress; however, such an initiative would depend on the findings of the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services on certain scientific and medical issues specified by the Act. [3]

Issues regarding the unalienable Right to Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness expressed in the Declaration of Independence have at times been raised in the debate, arguing that those imprisoned for cannabis use are de facto political prisoners .[4]

In 2005, libertarian economist Milton Friedman and more than 500 other economists, called for the legalization of marijuana in an open letter to the President, Congress, Governors, and State Legislatures of the United States.

On November 1, 2005, the city of Denver, Colorado passed in a 54%-46% vote to legalize the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana for adults 21 years and over [5].

On February 16, 2006, the Herald News Online reported that the Joint Mental Health and Substance Abuse Committee of the Massachusetts General Court voted 6-1 in favor of a bill that would decriminalize the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana. Rather than face criminal charges, offenders would face a civil fine of $250. [citation needed]

Answer 4

Yes if you have the Medical marijuana card..

"A qualified patient or primary caregiver may possess
no more than eight ounces of dried marijuana per qualified patient.
In addition, a qualified patient or primary caregiver may also
maintain no more than six mature or 12 immature marijuana plants per
qualified patient."

Answer 5

At the State level it can be with the correct prescription. I should point out that all federal laws still apply and it will be perfectly legal for the DEA to bust down your doors and confiscate everything.

Answer 6

It is very illegal...The only legal thing you can do with marijuana is carry 1 oz. for medical purposes...Any more then that and you cn be arrested for possesion, if you are growing it then you can be arrested with intent to sell....Not good....

Answer 7

State laws, yes. Federal laws, no. The state won't bust you but the feds might. Fed laws trump state laws. They had this case in the news about a year ago.

Answer 8

I think it's legal to possess it, but not grow it.

Answer 9

Response to others' answers: It's about time!

Answer 10

you need a prescription and I think a medi licence is what it is called. i think that allows you 10 plants