California DMV Changes Medical Marijuana Policy
By micro99 at 4 March, 2009, 5:02 pm
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will not revoke the driver’s licenses of state drivers just because they are a medical marijuana patient.
A new training manual from the DMV tells staff to treat prescriptions for marijuana just as they would other prescription drugs when considering the renewal of a California driver’s license.
The changes come after Americans for Safe Access (ASA), a marijuana advocacy group, sued the California DMV following its revocation of the license of a 53-year-old marijuana patient with a clean driving record.
Joe Elford, the attorney in the case, said the new policy is a victory for medical marijuana patients in the state.
“The new DMV policy is a significant departure from how the agency approached medical marijuana in the past,” he said. “Drivers will no longer have their licenses suspended or revoked simply because of their status as medical marijuana patients.”
The ASA has also recently filed a lawsuit against Solano County in California after the county refused to issue a medical marijuana ID card to a county resident.
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