Out Of Their Minds: March
From March 2005
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Medical Marijuana:
Accept Or Reject Dispensaries:
A Community Decision
By Rich Ehisen
It’s been eight years since California voters approved Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act, which
legalized marijuana for medical purposes. But 215 was both vague and under the constant constraint of federal drug laws. Senate Bill 420, signed into law by Gov. Gray Davis in October 2003, was supposed to change that by establishing a statewide registry of caregivers and users who could legally obtain marijuana as medicine.
But medical marijuana has far from universal acceptance, as evidenced by the decision of some local jurisdictions to reject the presence of medical marijuana dispensaries within their borders.
The ins and outs of those dispensaries are discussed with Rocklin Mayor Tom Cosgrove, whose community recently just said no to a dispensary, and Hilary McQuie, spokesperson for Americans for Safe Access, a Berkeley-based national advocacy group that works to promote “safe, legal access to marijuana for all who are helped by it.”
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