Smoke Screen
June, 1997
In November 1996 the people of California approved Proposition 215, an initiative that could make marijuana legally available as a medicine in the U.S. for the first time in 60 years. Under the initiative, the government will not prosecute patients or their caregivers who possess or cultivate marijuana for medical treatment. The medical recommendation may be either written or oral, and doctors cannot be penalized by the state for making it. A similar but more restrictive initiative was passed in...
