California law enforcement changes policies on medical marijuana posession

Baby steps:

In a turnaround, one of the state’s biggest law enforcement agencies says it is taking a hands-off approach to the possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes.

The new policy, by the California Highway Patrol, states that an “individual is to be released and the marijuana is not to be seized” if the person qualifies under state law to possess marijuana for medicinal purposes. It also says that officers “shall not conduct traffic enforcement stops for the primary purpose of drug interdiction” involving the authorized use of medical marijuana.New York Times