California state legislature passed senate bill 420 in hopes of improving the “wild-west” like atmosphere that surrounded the medical marijuana movement. This law “fleshed out” a bit more about the way prop. 215 would work, requiring counties to issue identification cards to patients who sought them; the se would also come handy in police interactions. SB 420 also set minimum guidelines for how much cannabis patients could possess: eight ounces of dried cannabis plus either six mature plants or 12 immature plants. (counties could allow higher). Though silent on dispensaries, SB 420 did contain a provision that protected patients or caregivers who ” associate…in order collectively or cooperatively to cultivate cannabis for medical purposes.” Dispensaries are all announcing they are collectives or co-ops to grow and distribute within the laws of the state.