A Sacramento state appellate court just ruled that cannabis concentrates qualify as medical marijuana. The changes stem from a 2013 case involving a dude named Sean Patrick Mulcrevy from Cameron Park, CA—about fifty miles from South Lake Tahoe—who was charged with a misdemeanor for unlawful possession of concentrated cannabis, violating his probation.
According to the Sac Bee “a probation search of Mulcrevy by a sheriff’s deputy turned up 0.16 grams of “honey oil” – a form of concentrated cannabis, 0.05 grams of “dabs” – another form of concentrated cannabis, and 3.33 grams of marijuana.”
In an opinion issued Wednesday, the three-justice panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal disagreed with Judge Wagoner and reversed his decision concluding that Wagoner violated Mulcrevy’s right to defend himself when the judge prevented Mulcrevy from presenting a defense based on the Compassionate Use Act (CUA).
The CUA does not define marijuana or concentrated cannabis, the justices noted. But, they added, the terms had already been defined in other sections of the law when the CUA was approved by voters 18 years ago. Marijuana was defined as “all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L.,whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin.” Hemp was excluded from the definition.
Score one for stoners, eh?
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