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Directives from California Attorney General Bill Lockyer and a lawsuit led the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to announce this week that it would no longer confiscate marijuana from medical-marijuana patients, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Aug. 30.
The decision came amid a campaign to reaffirm the validity of California's medicial-marijuana law, despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that federal drug laws trumped state laws like California's.
"This is a huge victory for the medical-marijuana movement," said Kris Hermes, the legal campaign director of Americans for Safe Access, which had sued the CHP over confiscations during traffic stops.
The CHP said that medical-marijuana patients stopped for traffic violations would be allowed to keep up to eight ounces of marijuana as long as they have proper identification. "Those people will not have their marijuana seized,'' said CHP Lt. Joe Whiteford.
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The decision came amid a campaign to reaffirm the validity of California's medicial-marijuana law, despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that federal drug laws trumped state laws like California's.
"This is a huge victory for the medical-marijuana movement," said Kris Hermes, the legal campaign director of Americans for Safe Access, which had sued the CHP over confiscations during traffic stops.
The CHP said that medical-marijuana patients stopped for traffic violations would be allowed to keep up to eight ounces of marijuana as long as they have proper identification. "Those people will not have their marijuana seized,'' said CHP Lt. Joe Whiteford.
Newshawk: Freaktan - 420Times.com
Source: JoinTogether.org
Copyright: 2005 Trustees of Boston University
Contact: editor@jointogether.org
Website: https://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/summaries/reader/0,1854,578165,00.html
Author: Staff - JoinTogether.org
