California high court rules against law setting limits on medical marijuana possession

January 22, 2010

California: On Thursday, January 21, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled against a law that sought to put in place limits on the amount of marijuana a prescribed medical patient can possess. The court ruled that Senate Bill 420, which set the possession limit at 8 dry ounces, was beyond the Senate's legal bounds.

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