1 California Department of Health Care Services â (DHCS) is the State agency that is ultimately responsible for funding and regulating the Medi-Cal program.
Medical marijuana has been legal in Washington D.C. for almost 20 years, and in November 2014, voters in D.C. legalized recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older by passing Initiative 71.
âThere is a massive sense of momentum in this regard.â. Recreational use had been approved in previous years in Alaska, Oregon, Washington and Colorado. Lynne Lyman, California state director for the group, noted that 40 million people now have access to legal recreational marijuana.