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<br />1 U.S. Const.. art. VI, cl. 2.
<br />2 U.S. Const., art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3.
<br />3 Gonzales v. Raich (2005) 125 S.Ct. 2195 at p. 2204.
<br />4 Gonzales v. Raich. See also United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative (2001) 121 S.Ct.
<br />1711, 1718.
<br />5 Gonzales v. Raich (2005) 125 S.Ct. 2195; see also United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers'
<br />Cooperative 121 S.Ct. 1711.
<br />6 Josh Meyer & Scott Glover, "U.S. won't prosecute medical pot sales," Los Angeles Times, 19 March
<br />2009, available at http: !www.latimes.cominews,1ocalila-me-medpotI9-2009mar19.0.498757 Lstory
<br />'See People v. Mower (2002) 28 CalAth 457, 463.
<br />8 Health and Safety Code section 11362.5(b) (1) (A). All references hereafter to the Health and Safety
<br />Code are by section number only.
<br />9 H&S Code sec. 11362.5(a).
<br />10 H&S Code sec. 11362.7 et. seq.
<br />11 H&S Code sec. 11362.7.
<br />12 H&S Code secs. 11362.71-11362.76.
<br />13 H&S Code sec. 11362.77.
<br />14 H&S Code secs. 11362.765 and 11362.775; People v. Urziceanu (2005) 132 Cal.App.4`h 747 at p. 786.
<br />15 H&S Code sec. 11362.77; whether or not this section violates the California Constitution is currently
<br />under review by the California Supreme Court. See People v. Kelly (2008) 82 Cal.Rptr.3d 167 and People
<br />v. Phomphakdy (2008) 85 Cal.Rptr. 3d 693.
<br />16 H&S Code secs. 11357, 11358, 11359, 11360, 11366, 11366.5, and 11570.
<br />17 H&S Code sec. 11362.7(h) gives a more comprehensive list -AIDS, anorexia, arthritis, cachexia,
<br />cancer, chronic pain, glaucoma, migraine, persistent muscle spasms, seizures, severe nausea, and any other
<br />chronic or persistent medical symptom that either substantially limits the ability of a person to conduct one
<br />or more life activities (as defined in the ADA) or may cause serious harm to the patient's safety or physical
<br />or mental health if not alleviated.
<br />18 People v. Mower (2002) 28 CalAth 457 at p. 476.
<br />19 Id. Emphasis added.
<br />20 Packel, Organization and Operation of Cooperatives, 5th ed. (Philadelphia: American Law Institute,
<br />1970),4-5.
<br />2t Sam Stanton, "Pot Clubs, Seized Plants, New President-Marijuana's Future Is Hazy," Sacramento
<br />Bee, 7 December 2008, 19A.
<br />22 For a statewide list, see http://canorml.org/prop/cbclist.html.
<br />23 Laura McClure, "Fuming Over the Pot Clubs," California Lawyer Magazine, June 2006.
<br />24 H&S Code sec. 11362.765(c); see, e.g., People v. Urziceanu, 132 Cal.App.4th 747 at p. 764.
<br />25 Gonzales v. Raich, supra, 125 S.Ct. at page 2195.
<br />26 People v. Urziceanu (2005) 132 Cal.AppAth 747; see also H&S Code sec. 11362.765.
<br />n Israel Packel, 4-5. Italics added.
<br />28 H&S Code sec. 11362.7(d)(1).
<br />29 See, e.g., McClure, "Fuming Over Pot Clubs," California Lawyer Magazine, June 2006.
<br />30 H&S Code secs. I I362.5(e) and I I362.7(d)(1), (2),(3), and (e); see also People ex rel. Lungren v. Peron
<br />(1997) 59 Cal.App.4th 1383, 1395.
<br />31 People v. Mower, 28 Cal.4th at 476. Emphasis added.
<br />32 Glenda Anderson, "Laytonville Marijuana Guru Shot to Death: 2 Others Beaten in Home; No Suspects but
<br />Officials Believe Killing Related to Pot Growing," Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 19 November 2005,
<br />available at http:;!wwwl pressdemocrat comiapps?pbcs.dlliarticle7A1D=i20051119iNEWS/5 11190303/1033/
<br />33 "Medical Marijuana Shop Robbed," Santa Barbara Independent, 10 August 2006, available at
<br />Imp: independent.con3/news%2006%au?-1'10/medical-marijuana-shop-robbed'
<br />34 Mark Scaramella, "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished," Anderson Valley Advertiser, 16 June 2004,
<br />available at http:w w.thewva.cotn/04!0616-cerelli.html
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