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The Compassionate Use Act of 1996.

CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 11362.5
"Was inacted to ensure that patients and their primary caregivers who
obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes upon the recommendation
of a physician are not subject to criminal prosecution or sanction "

TEXT OF CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION
11379.5.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) and in
Article 7 (commencing with Section 4211) of Chapter 9 of Division 2
of the Business and Professions Code, every person who transports,
imports into this state, sells, furnishes, administers, or gives
away, or offers to transport, import into this state, sell, furnish,
administer, or give away, or attempts to import into this state or
transport phencyclidine or any of its analogs which is specified in
paragraph (21), (22), or (23) of subdivision (d) of Section 11054 or
in paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 11055, or its
precursors as specified in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2)
of subdivision (f) of Section 11055, unless upon the prescription of
a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or veterinarian licensed to
practice in this state, shall be punished by imprisonment in the
state prison for a period of three, four, or five years.
   (b) Notwithstanding the penalty provisions of subdivision (a), any
person who transports for sale any controlled substances specified
in subdivision (a) within this state from one county to another
noncontiguous county shall be punished by imprisonment in the state
prison for three, six, or nine years.