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Monterey County Begins Distribution Of Medical Marijuana Cards
Holders Must Meet Compassionate Care Act Requirements

California medical marijuana guidelines

Medical Marijuana in Monterey County

The Monterey County Health Department quietly began taking applications for state-issued medical marijuana identification cards last week.

Monterey County
Monterey County Health Department
19065 Portola Drive, Suite I
Salinas, CA 93908
(831) 755-5013 Ext. 28
Business Hours:
Monday ?? Friday
9am ?? 12pm & 1pm ?? 4pm
By Appointment Only

Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency
Medical Marijuana Program
Santa Cruz, CA
831-454-3431
Call for appointment and directions
Hours Tuesday and Wednesday, 1 pm -4pm

California MMJ State ID card Listing

Medical Marijuana County Program Business Hours A to Z listing

Compassionate Use Act of 1996
California State Law prop 215

Federal Law for the Masses

Legalize Medical Cannabis H.R. 5842

Decriminalize Marijuana Now support bill H.R. 5843 * fulltext

??We??re doing this without fanfare,? said Len Foster, county director of health. ??It??s not something that, from the public health perspective, we want to promote but are required to do it by state law.?

The identification cards are actually issued by the state Department of Health under a 2003 law drafted to clarify voter-approved Proposition 215. The card identifies patients who have received a doctor??s recommendation to use pot to ease their ailments, but it does not protect them from federal prosecution.

I asked my doctor if he had received any requests to approve medical marijuana. He said that he had received a dozen or so requests, most of which obviously were of merit (e.g., a patient with a closed head injury). However, because of the possibility of the loss of his license (and thus his livelihood), he was not going to approve any requests. Understandable, especially since the DEA has lately begun to target doctors and patients, while claiming that they are not. So it goes.

In 1997, Conant v. McCaffrey, a class-action lawsuit, was filed on behalf of physicians and seriously ill patients against Drug Czar General Barry McCaffrey and other top federal officials who threatened to revoke prescription licenses or criminally prosecute physicians who recommend medical marijuana. In 2002, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously decided to uphold the right of doctors to recommend marijuana to their patients and of patients to receive that recommendation. Judge Mary Schroeder wrote the majority opinion, which noted that the federal government??s policy of revoking doctors' licenses ??leaves?no security for free discussion.? A concurring opinion by Judge Alex Kozinski stepped even further, noting the prevailing evidence on the medical usefulness of marijuana.

Medical Marijuana

All about Proposition 215

Santa Cruz Med Ex Delivery Service: (831)425-3444

Conant vs. Walters

Santa Cruz vs. Ashcroft Homepage

Dr. Arnold Leff: Declarations in Conant v. McCaffrey

Guidelines Adopted in Various Counties
Monterey: 6 mature plants OR 12 immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud.