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An illegal pot operation was targeted near Saddleback Butte State Park in the Antelope Valley. (Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times) California authorities raided illegal cannabis grow sites near a ...
Historical laws. Cannabis in California has been legal for medical use since 1996, and for recreational use since late 2016. The state of California has been at the forefront of efforts to liberalize cannabis laws in the United States, beginning in 1972 with the nation's first ballot initiative attempting to legalize cannabis ( Proposition 19 ).
The Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) ( Proposition 64) was a 2016 voter initiative to legalize cannabis in California. The full name is the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act. [2] The initiative passed with 57% voter approval and became law on November 9, 2016, [3] [4] leading to recreational cannabis sales in California by ...
In the United States, cannabis is legal in 38 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [ 1]
Under current state law, consumers can consume cannabis at a dispensary, but dispensaries can't legally sell non-cannabis products like coffee and food, as is legal in Amsterdam.
January 2, 2024 at 11:59 PM. Jan. 2—New year, no license. Two cannabis cultivators had their licenses revoked by the state's Cannabis Control Division for exceeding the state's plant count ...
The Campaign Against Marijuana Planting ( CAMP) is a multi-agency law enforcement task force managed by the California Department of Justice and composed of local, state and federal agencies organized expressly to eradicate illegal cannabis cultivation and trafficking in California. [ 1 ] Since its establishment in 1983, more than 110 [ 2 ...
The findings — based on data gathered between 1979 and 2022— are consistent with the wave of decriminalization under state laws, notably with California’s Proposition 215 back in 1996.