// Definition
California's Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Proposition 215), the first US state medical cannabis law. Discussion of how passing 215 created the medical cannabis model but also the patient-doctor recommendation system that shaped (and limited) cannabis access for two decades.
// From the Episode
Tom Alexander described how after passing 215, the cannabis club model required getting a doctor's recommendation, noting that 'nobody said patient' at the original High Times Cannabis Cup events. The 94 Cannabis Club was referenced. Todd McCormick was involved in the early 215 era. The panel discussed how the medical model turned everyone into a 'patient' and the hypocrisy of requiring illness to access cannabis.
// Source
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