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Medical marijuana regulation measure clears California Assembly

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 06/04/2015 - 15:44

California’s latest attempt to regulate medical marijuana advanced off the Assembly floor on a 50-5 vote Thursday.

The state’s cannabis industry has exploded since California legalized medical pot in 1996, but annual attempts to impose statewide controls on the the cannabis marketplace have collapsed, often with law enforcement groups working to defeat the measures. Lawmakers trying again this year are emboldened by the likelihood that voters will be asked in 2016 whether to legalize recreational pot.

“We passed a proposition in this state almost 20 years ago, and for almost 20 long years we have failed to step up as an institution to tackle this important problem,” said Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, adding that the inaction “has created problems throughout every single community in California.”

Two competing measures – one favored by the cannabis industry, the other endorsed by groups representing police chiefs and cities – recently merged into...

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