When was medical marijuana legalized in california?

Medical cannabis identification cards are issued through the California Department of Public Health's Medical Marijuana Program (MMP). The program began in three counties in May 2005, and expanded statewide in August of the same year. 37,236 cards have been issued throughout 55 counties as of December 2009. read more

By a margin of about 56% to 44%, voters passed Proposition 64, making California the fifth state to legalize recreational pot, after Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska. Later in the evening, results came in showing that voters in Massachusetts and Nevada did the same. read more

UPDATE NOVEMBER 2016 - The passage of Prop. 64 (aka the Adult Use of Marijuana Act or AUMA) to legalize adult possession and cultivation of recreational marijuana in no way impinges on the rights of medical marijuana patients under Prop. 215. read more