What is Proposition 215 (Prop 215)?
In 1996, California voters passed Proposition 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act of 1996. Proposition 215 was passed to give seriously ill Californians the right to posses and use marijuana for medical purposes, when they have a recommendation from a physician. Proposition 215 also gives the patients primary caregiver the right to cultivate and possess medical marijuana for the patient. Proposition 215 defines a primary caregiver as the designated individual who has consistently assumed responsibility for the housing, health, or safety of the medical marijuana user.
