City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health & Wellness Center, Inc.

Supreme Court of California · Decided 2013-05-06

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Opinion BAXTER, J. The issue in this case is whether California’s medical marijuana statutes preempt a local ban on facilities that distribute medical marijuana. We conclude they do not. Both federal and California laws generally prohibit the use, possession, cultivation, transportation, and furnishing of marijuana. However, California statutes, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (CUA; Heal…

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