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compassion club

compassion club n. a group that provides marijuana as a medicinal aid in defiance of anti-drug laws. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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  • “Compassion Club” came from the “Compassionate Use Act,” a proposition (known at Prop. 215)that was passed by the voters of California in 1996, allowing for the medical use of marijuana.

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