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Proposition 215: De Facto Legalization Of Pot And The Shortcomings Of Direct Democracy, Michael Vitiello

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

In 1996, California voters passed Proposition 215, officially titled The Compassionate Use Act of 1996, and popularly known as the "medical marijuana" initiative. This initiative allows qualifying people and their caregivers immunity from criminal prosecution when the state attempts to charge them with possession or cultivation of marijuana. Professor Vitiello uses the medical marijuana initiative as a case study illustrating flaws in California's ballot initiative process He examines the history of the initiative process in California, misleading aspects of the campaign for Proposition 215, and ambiguities in the proposition's language. Concluding that the initiative process as it now stands fosters …

Proposition 215: De Facto Legalization Of Pot And The Shortcomings Of Direct Democracy, Michael Vitiello

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

In 1996, California voters passed Proposition 215, officially titled The Compassionate Use Act of 1996, and popularly known as the "medical marijuana" initiative. This initiative allows qualifying people and their caregivers immunity from criminal prosecution when the state attempts to charge them with possession or cultivation of marijuana. Professor Vitiello uses the medical marijuana initiative as a case study illustrating flaws in California's ballot initiative proces He examines the history of the initiative process in California, misleading aspects of the campaign for Proposition 215, and ambiguities in the proposition's language. Concluding that the initiative process as it now stands fosters …

International Encyclopaedia Of Medical Laws (Supplement 14 United States Of America), Robert Schwartz, Barry R. Furrow, Thomas L. Greaney, Sandra H. Johnson, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost

Faculty Book Display Case

Relating to the practice of medicine in the large sense, this subset of the IEL covers national and international medical law. Each national monograph contains, besides a general introduction, a description for the country in question of:

the law related to the medical profession, such as access to the medical profession, illegal practice of medicine and control over the practice of medicine;

the physician-patient relationship (the rights and duties of physicians and patients) and specific issues such as abortion and euthanasia; and,

the national law dealing with the physician in relation to his colleagues, to other health care providers and …