California has long been more progressive than the federal government on the issue of cannabis. Since 1996, medical use of cannabis has had no criminal penalty attached to it in California, by virtue of the Compassionate Use Act. Seehttps://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_215,_Medical_Marijuana_Initiative_(1996). The State removed all criminal penalties for adults, even for recreational use, in 2016. See www.courts.ca.gov/prop64.html. Now, a new state law will protec