California Owes Its Sickest MED Patients a Lifeline: Pass AB 1332

Tragically, California’s sickest patients – children with treatment-resistant epilepsy, people with advanced cancers, older adults struggling with dementia – are being left behind by a cannabis market now focused on profit over patients. In dispensaries across the state, shelves are dominated by recreational cannabis products, leaving vulnerable patients without access to the specialized medicines they desperately need. 

California once led the nation in patient and consumer access to cannabis, legalizing medical cannabis in 1996 and adult-use in 2016. While all Californians benefited from legalization, the system was built on the needs of patients with debilitating conditions . . .