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There are more medical marijuana dispensaries in San Francisco than Starbucks Coffee shops. Or at least, so claims the Office of National Drug Control Policy in a posting on its official blog, pushingback .com
The feds contend there are 98 marijuana dispensaries in San Francisco, compared with 71 Starbucks. They even provide a Google map of the supposed locations of both. This allegedly official map has some pot clubs in highly unlikely places, like the top of Nob Hill.
San Francisco's Department of Public Health, which issues permits for medical marijuana dispensaries, is befuddled by the federal data. "I don't know how they got that," Senior Health Inspector Larry Kessler said. The city agency lists 24 pot clubs in the city.
But the feds aren't backing down. Officials there say their information includes dispensaries that are unregulated yet easily findable through a Google search.
"This is information that is readily available to any teenager," said Rafael Lemaitre, a federal drug office spokesman, who called the state's medical marijuana law "essentially a fraud."
Yet when asked for their pot club list, Lemaitre provided only 74 entries for marijuana dispensaries - not 98. He said some alternative medicine-type spots were removed because the feds are actually unsure if they sell pot.
Not all of the 74 hold up, either. Six don't list addresses in San Francisco. Another is 12 Galaxies, the Mission District nightclub that closed in August. At least one dispensary is listed twice. Lemaitre said it's difficult to get precise data on "the illegal drug business."
Bottom line: The feds' data listed fewer than 71 actual marijuana dispensaries in San Francisco, meaning, yes, there are more Starbucks.
Venti cappuccinos for everyone!
Update: Monday night, the feds changed their blog entry to say there are 71 marijuana dispensaries in San Francisco and 66 Starbucks. But Starbucks spokeswoman Vivian Doan told The Chronicle that even though the company Web site lists 66 shops in San Francisco, there are actually 71. So the feds' contention still seems like a bit of a pipe dream.
sfgate.com
The feds contend there are 98 marijuana dispensaries in San Francisco, compared with 71 Starbucks. They even provide a Google map of the supposed locations of both. This allegedly official map has some pot clubs in highly unlikely places, like the top of Nob Hill.
San Francisco's Department of Public Health, which issues permits for medical marijuana dispensaries, is befuddled by the federal data. "I don't know how they got that," Senior Health Inspector Larry Kessler said. The city agency lists 24 pot clubs in the city.
But the feds aren't backing down. Officials there say their information includes dispensaries that are unregulated yet easily findable through a Google search.
"This is information that is readily available to any teenager," said Rafael Lemaitre, a federal drug office spokesman, who called the state's medical marijuana law "essentially a fraud."
Yet when asked for their pot club list, Lemaitre provided only 74 entries for marijuana dispensaries - not 98. He said some alternative medicine-type spots were removed because the feds are actually unsure if they sell pot.
Not all of the 74 hold up, either. Six don't list addresses in San Francisco. Another is 12 Galaxies, the Mission District nightclub that closed in August. At least one dispensary is listed twice. Lemaitre said it's difficult to get precise data on "the illegal drug business."
Bottom line: The feds' data listed fewer than 71 actual marijuana dispensaries in San Francisco, meaning, yes, there are more Starbucks.
Venti cappuccinos for everyone!
Update: Monday night, the feds changed their blog entry to say there are 71 marijuana dispensaries in San Francisco and 66 Starbucks. But Starbucks spokeswoman Vivian Doan told The Chronicle that even though the company Web site lists 66 shops in San Francisco, there are actually 71. So the feds' contention still seems like a bit of a pipe dream.
sfgate.com
