Gov. Brown signs bills regulating medical marijuana industry

California Assemblyman Jim Wood, D-Healdsburg, held a support gathering Tuesday at Humboldt County Superior Court in Eureka to urge California Gov. Jerry Brown to sign the Medical Marijuana Safety and Regulation Act, with Sunday’s deadline looming.

The governor’s endorsement Friday of the legislative package hammered out by lawmakers was expected because his office crafted numerous details.

Voters are expected to decide next year whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use, but members of the medical cannabis industry said they still wanted these regulations, in part because marijuana remains federally prohibited.

In 1996, California became the first state to adopt a law that allows seriously ill patients to legally access medical marijuana if their doctors recommend it. The law did not include a regulatory structure, resulting in a patchwork system in which a few communities allowed medical marijuana providers to operate under local regulations while others opted to prohibit such operations entirely.

Since voters passed Proposition 215 20 years ago, all attempts to regulate the medicinal marijuana industry have failed, Runner said.

AB 243 requires marijuana farmers to obtain licenses through the state Department of Food and Agriculture, and gives the state the power to fine any grower that harms a river, stream or lake.

Before Manuel applied for a license to run Valley Springs Manor, she had a slew of fines owed to federal and state licensing agencies for deficiencies and citations when she owned four California nursing homes, including one in Modesto. “It flows”, Steven Lubell, a former Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner who represents medical marijuana dispensaries as a lawyer. “This new form will ensure individuals have entry to to medical marijuana, whereas creating a vigorous checking solution”.

The Canadian Medical Association and the federal government apply a far more rigid standard to prescribing marijuana, resulting in negative – or even deadly consequences, say experts from the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.

“We applaud Gov. Brown and the legislature for adopting a much-needed regulatory framework for the cultivation and distribution of medical marijuana in California”. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, which cracks down on clinics that specialize in issuing medical marijuana licenses for people without valid health needs.