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V I C T O R Y !
(THEY ACTUALLY LISTENED TO US)
The most offensive and destructive amendment to AB 266 has been removed! This is the section that directly violated Prop. 215 and was thus unconstitutional. Fortunately. we were able to get it removed. Here is what has been stricken:
"(4)Repeated acts of clearly excessive recommending of cannabis to patients for medical purposes, or repeated acts of recommending cannabis to patients for medical purposes without a good faith prior examination of the patient and a medical reason for the recommendation."
Thanks so much to everyone who called or wrote on our behalf. You are awesome!!!
Special thanks to Assemblyman Rob Bonta for responding to my email, which pointed out that his initiative was in direct violation of Prop. 215 and is thus unconstitutional.
See details here: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fa…/billTextClient.xhtml…
Here is my original letter to Mr. Bonta:
Dear Assemblyman Rob Bonta,
I know you mean well,, but the law you just helped to pass directly violates the following section of Prop. 215: "2 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no physician in this state shall be punished, or denied any rights or privilege, for having recommended marijuana to a patient for medical purposes."
The very first section of your new bill authorizes the California Medical Board to make a priority of investigating and prosecuting physicians who write "excessive recommendations", regardless of whether they examined the patient and the patient was in serious need of medical marijuana.
Your new law illegally modifies a voter initiative, which is not permitted. Now doctors will be afraid to recommend this healing herb and sick people will die because of you and this ill conceived bill.
--Steve Kubby
Executive Director
The American Medical Marijuana Association
http://americanmarijuana.org