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Government,
Criminal

Jun. 6, 2014

Fresno pot growing ban goes too far

Can California cities stop patients from growing marijuana in their own homes?

Alex Kreit

Professor
Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Email: akreit@tjsl.edu

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In 1996, California voters decided to let medical marijuana patients possess and cultivate the plant with the passage of Proposition 215. Now, nearly two decades later, a handful of cities and counties like Fresno are trying to make it illegal once again for patients to grow their own medical marijuana.

Can California cities stop patients from growing marijuana in their own homes? We may soon find out. Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit challenging F...

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