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O.C. reacts to new medical marijuana rules
Officials explore what state directive means; pot advocates applaud.
By CINDY CARCAMO and EUGENE W. FIELDS
The Orange County Register
ORANGE – A couple of days after the state attorney general issued a new directive on guidelines governing medical marijuana, the county’s top law enforcement brass scrambled to figure out what it means to them.
After years of confusion, Attorney General Jerry Brown on Monday developed guidelines for the first time since the 1996 passing of Proposition 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act. The law allowed people to use medical marijuana in California.
The most notable guideline upholds the legality of medical marijuana dispensaries that operate as nonprofit cooperatives or collectives. Brown, however, was adamant that for-profit dispensaries are illegal operations.
In addition, the marijuana must be grown by the dispensary, collectives, caregivers or patients and not an outside middleman, Brown said.
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