California Proposition 215

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California ballot proposition medical cannabis law voter initiative

California Proposition 215 is the 1996 voter-approved initiative that made California the first U.S. state to legalize medical marijuana use for patients with a doctor’s recommendation.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
California Proposition 215 canonical 2
California Proposition 215 (Compassionate Use Act of 1996) 1
California Senate Bill 420 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf California ballot proposition ⓘ
medical cannabis law ⓘ
voter initiative ⓘ
allows seriously ill patients to use cannabis for medical purposes ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Compassionate Use Act of 1996 ⓘ
appliesTo patients with a physician’s recommendation ⓘ
appliesToConditions HIV/AIDS ⓘ
surface form: AIDS

anorexia ⓘ
arthritis ⓘ
cancer ⓘ
chronic pain ⓘ
glaucoma ⓘ
migraine ⓘ
other illnesses for which marijuana provides relief ⓘ
spasticity ⓘ
approvedBy California voters ⓘ
campaignOpponents many law enforcement organizations ⓘ
some medical associations ⓘ
campaignSupporters medical marijuana advocates ⓘ
patient rights organizations ⓘ
codifiedAs California Health and Safety Code ⓘ
surface form: California Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5
conflictsWith United States federal prohibition of marijuana ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
doesNotChange federal law regarding cannabis ⓘ
electionDate 1996-11-05 ⓘ
goal encourage federal and state governments to implement a plan for safe and affordable distribution of medical marijuana ⓘ
ensure that seriously ill Californians have the right to obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes ⓘ
implementedBy California law enforcement agencies ⓘ
surface form: California state and local authorities
inspired subsequent state medical marijuana laws in other U.S. states ⓘ
jurisdiction California, United States ⓘ
surface form: State of California
languageEmphasizes compassionate use of marijuana for seriously ill Californians ⓘ
laterClarifiedBy California Proposition 215 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: California Senate Bill 420
legalizes medical use of cannabis ⓘ
madeCaliforniaFirstStateTo legalize medical marijuana use statewide ⓘ
policyArea criminal justice ⓘ
drug policy ⓘ
public health ⓘ
protects caregivers from state criminal penalties for assisting medical cannabis patients ⓘ
patients from state criminal penalties for medical cannabis use ⓘ
physicians who recommend cannabis to patients ⓘ
requires a physician’s recommendation for legal medical cannabis use ⓘ
subject medical marijuana ⓘ
patient access to cannabis ⓘ
physician recommendations for cannabis ⓘ
voteNoCount approximately 4,301,960 ⓘ
voteNoPercentage approximately 44.4% ⓘ
voteYesCount approximately 5,382,915 ⓘ
voteYesPercentage approximately 55.6% ⓘ
year 1996 ⓘ

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Instruction
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# Requirements
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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: California Proposition 215
Description of subject: California Proposition 215 is the 1996 voter-approved initiative that made California the first U.S. state to legalize medical marijuana use for patients with a doctor’s recommendation.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emerald Triangle → stateLegalContext → California Proposition 215 ⓘ
Diane Monson → stateLawContext → California Proposition 215 ⓘ
this entity surface form: California Proposition 215 (Compassionate Use Act of 1996)
California Proposition 215 → laterClarifiedBy → California Proposition 215 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: California Senate Bill 420
California Proposition 64 → relatedTo → California Proposition 215 ⓘ