Does the Compassionate Use Act provide a defense that allows a medical marijuana user to obtain medical marijuana without pain relief?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hudson, C070127 (Cal. App. 2014):
4. It is actually the Medical Marijuana Program Act that provides this defense, not the Compassionate Use Act. (People v. Urziceanu (2005) 132 Cal.App.4th 747, 785.)
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