California Health and Safety Code

§ 11362.5

HSC § 11362.5Div. 10 · Ch. 6 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)This section shall be known and may be cited as the Compassionate Use Act of 1996.

(b)(1) 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.

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Legislative history

Added November 5, 1996, by initiative Proposition 215, Sec. 1.