Daiwa13
Daiwa13
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Finally! SD is getting the OK for ID cards! I thought it would never happen, looks like things are heading in the right direction.
"San Diego County will issue identification cards for medical marijuana patients, but also directed its top attorney on Tuesday to write a law banning dispensaries in unincorporated areas. Our concerns here have to do with not wanting to increase criminal activities in the unincorporated areas, Supervisor Pam Slater-Price said.
Supervisor Bill Horn agreed, saying, This is an important step toward protecting our community from illegal drugs. We need to put a stop to this and give law enforcement a way to investigate this.
Supervisor Ron Roberts voted against banning medical marijuana dispensaries.
We are adding immensely to the confusion surrounding this issue, said Roberts, who also opposed the county's unsuccessful lawsuit opposing state medical marijuana laws. At some point, some of the leaders of this community need to accept that (Proposition) 215 is the law.
The land-use decision immediately followed a unanimous vote to begin issuing identification cards to qualified patients.
The cards will be available starting July 6 for $166 too much for several speakers who testified at the public hearing. The cards will need to be renewed in person every year.
Public health officer Wilma Wooten said the fees were calculated to raise enough money to cover the county's cost of processing the applications, which she expects will average 100 or so a month. They also are in line with nearby counties, Wooten told supervisors.
The cards were required by a 2003 state law, but San Diego County resisted issuing them because of a conflict between state and federal drug laws. County officials sued and lost at every level before the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal last month.
Drug-abuse prevention experts thanked supervisors for trying to overturn the pot laws.
Your willingness to challenge these laws are an example of your leadership, John Redman of Californians for Drug-Free Youth told the board.
California voters passed Proposition 215 in 1996, allowing sick and dying people to use marijuana to ease symptoms even though the drug remains illegal under federal law.
State law allows cities and counties to adopt their own standards for marijuana distribution something elected officials here have not done. Other parts of the state permit dispensaries under specific conditions.
The lack of local guidelines has led to repeated raids of storefront dispensaries, which District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and others say are not permitted by the state law.
Yesterday, medical pot patients urged supervisors to work with them to develop standards governing how patients who are unable to grow marijuana can access the drug.
Nobody wants teenagers running around getting high, said Donna Lambert, a medical-pot collective organizer who was charged with illegal drug sales after she sold marijuana to an undercover officer. Right now marijuana is more accessible than alcohol because alcohol is regulated.
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/23/bn23pot-id-cards/?metro&zIndex=121508
"San Diego County will issue identification cards for medical marijuana patients, but also directed its top attorney on Tuesday to write a law banning dispensaries in unincorporated areas. Our concerns here have to do with not wanting to increase criminal activities in the unincorporated areas, Supervisor Pam Slater-Price said.
Supervisor Bill Horn agreed, saying, This is an important step toward protecting our community from illegal drugs. We need to put a stop to this and give law enforcement a way to investigate this.
Supervisor Ron Roberts voted against banning medical marijuana dispensaries.
We are adding immensely to the confusion surrounding this issue, said Roberts, who also opposed the county's unsuccessful lawsuit opposing state medical marijuana laws. At some point, some of the leaders of this community need to accept that (Proposition) 215 is the law.
The land-use decision immediately followed a unanimous vote to begin issuing identification cards to qualified patients.
The cards will be available starting July 6 for $166 too much for several speakers who testified at the public hearing. The cards will need to be renewed in person every year.
Public health officer Wilma Wooten said the fees were calculated to raise enough money to cover the county's cost of processing the applications, which she expects will average 100 or so a month. They also are in line with nearby counties, Wooten told supervisors.
The cards were required by a 2003 state law, but San Diego County resisted issuing them because of a conflict between state and federal drug laws. County officials sued and lost at every level before the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal last month.
Drug-abuse prevention experts thanked supervisors for trying to overturn the pot laws.
Your willingness to challenge these laws are an example of your leadership, John Redman of Californians for Drug-Free Youth told the board.
California voters passed Proposition 215 in 1996, allowing sick and dying people to use marijuana to ease symptoms even though the drug remains illegal under federal law.
State law allows cities and counties to adopt their own standards for marijuana distribution something elected officials here have not done. Other parts of the state permit dispensaries under specific conditions.
The lack of local guidelines has led to repeated raids of storefront dispensaries, which District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and others say are not permitted by the state law.
Yesterday, medical pot patients urged supervisors to work with them to develop standards governing how patients who are unable to grow marijuana can access the drug.
Nobody wants teenagers running around getting high, said Donna Lambert, a medical-pot collective organizer who was charged with illegal drug sales after she sold marijuana to an undercover officer. Right now marijuana is more accessible than alcohol because alcohol is regulated.
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/23/bn23pot-id-cards/?metro&zIndex=121508
