[1] Its mission is to unite into one association members of the various medical specialties and allied professionals with this common purpose.
After 2004, SCC progressively took over the CCRMG[9] as it started expanding beyond California, as other US States opened access to medical cannabis.
In 2015, SCC launched a Medical Cannabis Continuing Education program, worth 12 CME credits, which in sequential order, a series of 12 courses designed to take a practicing clinician from the basics of the plant, its history and the underlying physiologic (endocannabinoid) system to the pharmacology and clinical practice of medical cannabis.
[22] SCC members hold quarterly meetings of physicians and allied professionals featuring presentations by clinicians, researchers, and legal experts in the medical cannabis field.
The society runs five thematic committees[23] (Editorial, Education, International, Outreach, and Research) for members to share their areas of expertise in the fields that relate to the medical uses of cannabis and cannabinoids.