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Article: Calif. Drivers Can Keep Medical Marijuana
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- August 30, 2005
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AP Online
08-30-2005
Dateline: SACRAMENTO, Calif.
The California Highway Patrol has stopped confiscating all medical marijuana during traffic stops, following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that left intact a state law allowing the drug to be used for medicinal purposes.
The policy change was a victory for medical marijuana advocates, namely the Oakland-based Americans for Safe Access, which sued the CHP and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger earlier this year to have the practice stopped.
The group's executive director, Steph Sherer, said it would send a "clear message" that patients' rights need to be protected.
"Our hope is this will ripple around the state," she said.
Since the state ...