Jan 1, 2018:
Today, it became legal to sell and purchase marijuana for recreational use in the state of California.
About 90 retailers have obtained the proper licenses to sell marijuana starting today (in San Diego, Santa Cruz, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Palm Springs), but other retailers in other parts of the state (Los Angeles and San Francisco) must wait until local regulations have been approved. The cities of Bakersfield, Fresno, Riverside, and other cities have passed laws prohibiting the use of marijuana.
Here's a list of provisions:
- it's now legal to use, possess and share marijuana/cannabis (up to one ounce of flowers or eight grams of concentrate)
- you can't smoke or ingest marijuana in public places or any areas where cigarette smoking is prohibited
- you can't smoke or ingest marijuana while driving a vehicle or as a passenger in a vehicle
- it's illegal to purchase a marijuana plant, but you can receive a plant or a bud if no money is exchanged
- you can grow as many as six marijuana plants in your home, as long as it's done in a "fully enclosed and secure" way
- edible marijuana must be low-dose and breakable into sections of 10 milligrams of THC each, it must be in childproof packaging, and the packaging must not appeal to children
- because of federal laws which still classify marijuana as a drug, you can't take marijuana across state lines
- retail marijuana stores must have state and local licenses to operate
Source:
Atagi, Colin. (November 9, 2016). "Pot sales now legal in California, but you can't find it everywhere yet". Time. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
Steinmetz, Katy. (January 1, 2017). "What to Know About Marijuana Legalization in California". Time. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
The use of marijuana for both medical and recreational use is currently legal in eight states: Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. View a detailed list of marijuana legality by state here.
Californians line up to legally buy recreational pot | CNN
A 'monumental moment' for fully legal marijuana in California | Los Angeles Times
Nov 8, 2016:
By a margin of approximately 56% to 44%, California voters passed Proposition 64 which legalizes recreational marijuana.
How the 2016 Election Became a Watershed for Weed | Time
What to Know About Marijuana Legalization in California | Time