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October 4, 2004 Santa Cruz Sentinel (The Senile...) Medical pot limit weighed By BRIAN SEALS SENTINEL STAFF WRITER http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/cgi-bin/p/psafe/psafe.cgi?http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2004/October/04/local/stories/01local.htm SANTA CRUZ - A proposed county ordinance outlining the amounts of pot that medical marijuana patients can possess could go further, but is a good law that deserves support, a leading area activist on the issue said Friday.
The Board of Supervisors will consider a proposed ordinance Tuesday that would allow patients to keep 3 pounds of pot on hand, and even more if a doctor recommends it.
The ordinance would need a second round of approval to become law.
The ordinance allows for possession of 3 pounds and, for growing purposes, a 100-square-foot garden canopy. The rules are based on suggestions from a team of physicians led by Dr. George Wolfe, who crafted the guidelines at the request of the Board of Supervisors.
Patients could possess greater amounts with a physician's signed recommendation.
Valerie Corral of the Santa Cruz-based Wo/men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana said she would have preferred rules that allowed for a larger garden.
"It's not exactly what we'd like to see happen," she said. "However, it's good work. I'm grateful to the county and to Dr. Wolfe for their efforts." ~~~~~~ snip ~~~~~~~ The proposed ordinance comes in the wake of a state law, AB 420, passed in 2003 that set statewide guides on amounts patients could possess - 8 ounces of dried pot in addition to six mature plants or 12 immature plants. The law also allowed local governments to decide their own standards.
Contact Brian Seals at bseals at santacruzsentinel.com.
Original Link: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2004/October/04/local/stories/01local.htm
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