cannabisnews.com: Haggerty Calls Pot Plan 'Half Baked' Haggerty Calls Pot Plan 'Half Baked' Posted by CN Staff on February 12, 2003 at 08:03:49 PT By Donna Horowitz, Staff Writer Source: Tri-Valley Herald Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty has blasted a proposal by a colleague to issue medical marijuana identification cards, calling it a "half-baked ordinance." Haggerty strenuously opposed Supervisor Nate Miley's proposed ordinance because he said "this is setting people up for attorney's fees, nights in jail and false hopes." Haggerty said if people with medical marijuana cards are pulled over by Fremont police and found with the drug, there's no assurance they wouldn't be booked into jail. "I'm not going to create my own Mr. Ed Rosenthal," he said, referring to the case of the Oakland man who recently was convicted of three felonies and faces up to 85 years in prison, although he was growing marijuana as an officer for the city of Oakland for medical marijuana users. Haggerty made his comments Monday at a board Public Protection Committee, which he chairs. Haggerty initially vowed to let Miley's proposal die in committee, but later relented and agreed to send it to the full board without a committee recommendation. Joe DeVries, field director for Miley, said Tuesday police who seize a medical marijuana user's drug could face civil action for confiscating property, false arrest and denying a sick person his or her medicine. Angel McClary-Raich, an Oakland medical marijuana patient who uses nine pounds of pot a year to treat her health problems, said the identification cards would "help us feel safe," although she conceded they wouldn't help with the federal government. Voters in California approved Prop. 215, which allows the use of marijuana for medical purposes. However, federal law bans possession or use of marijuana, even for medical reasons. Although eight county police chiefs and the sheriff have said they wouldn't honor the identification cards, DeVries noted that the police would have to abide by whatever their city councils decided.DeVries bristled at Haggerty's characterization of the ordinance, saying the County Counsel's Office had drafted it by incorporating similar regulations from San Francisco and Marin County, as well as San Diego. He said the card also would help legitimize medical marijuana use with an employer, loved one or potential in-law. Board President Gail Steele, the other Public Protection Committee member, also said she didn't think Miley's ordinance was ready to go to the full board, although she didn't feel as strongly about the matter as Haggerty. The card debate has not been scheduled before the board. Steele has been bothered by potential abuses by caretakers who might grow and then supply pot to others besides the ill person. Under the proposal, the public health department would oversee the program, which would be run by an outside agency.Note: Proposal sets up people for legal trouble, supervisor says.Source: Tri-Valley Herald (CA)Author: Donna Horowitz, Staff WriterPublished: Wednesday, February 12, 2003Copyright: 2003 MediaNews Group, Inc.Website: http://www.trivalleyherald.com/Contact: apacciorini angnewspapers.comRelated Articles & Web Sites:Medical Marijuana Awareness Weekhttp://freedomtoexhale.com/aware.htmEd Rosenthal's Trial Pictures & Articleshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/trialpics.htmProcedure Stalls Medical Marijuana Week Votehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15386.shtmlMedical Marijuana Users Sue Federal Officialshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14398.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #7 posted by haquila on February 15, 2003 at 15:22:45 PT: Rainbow Farm Tragedy Gone but not forgotten at www.usdoj-gov.us/rainbow12.html rainbow_farm [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by FoM on February 12, 2003 at 12:28:08 PT Very Very Sad It is hard for me to read articles about topics like this ever since what happened at Rainbow Farm to Tom and Rollie. That terrible event showed me how it really is.Rainbow Farm Memorial Page: http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/rb.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by BigDawg on February 12, 2003 at 12:21:23 PT Ah yes the mighty DEA.Let's see how mighty they are in the welfare line when this madness is over. [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by p4me on February 12, 2003 at 11:42:32 PT Ashley Villarreal,14, Dead by DEAth bullet Here is the news story at marijuana.com telling of her death with 12 comments so far- http://www.marijuana.com/article.php?sid=5681&mode=thread&order=0It has been interesting reading DEAwatch on the subject-http://members.aol.com/deawatch/daily.htm The following words come from 11Feb2003 9:58 at DEAwatch-This skillfully placed head shot will render the perp a permanent veggie. As she is wheeled around her hood sucking food through a pipe in her throat for the rest of her life she will send a clear message to her fellow hoodsters that the almighty DEA is not to be messed with. We need to deliver more calling cards like this. If we plant 'em they are quickly forgotten. But if we veggie them they remain as constant reminders to the awesome power of DEA.Don't shoot to kill. Don't shoot to wound. Shoot to veggie. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by FoM on February 12, 2003 at 11:35:20 PT Special Report: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention StrategiesFormer Surgeon General leads roundtable discussion Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2003 Over the years, many approaches to prevention and treatment of substance abuse have been considered and attempted. Yet substance abuse remains the nation's top public health problem. In this Special Report, creative strategies to tackle this continuing concern are addressed in a roundtable discussion sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Innovators program, with an introduction by Foundation president and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D. Also featured is a video webcast of the event, together with excerpts from a speech by former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, M.D., Sc.D.IMPORTANT Viewing Notes: Viewing the webcast requires the free RealPlayer. Please note that after downloading the software you must install it - simply downloading the software is not the complete process. http://www.rwjf.org/news/special/drugAddictionWebcast.jhtml [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by 420toker on February 12, 2003 at 09:52:10 PT Wait wait wait hold on OK most studies I know of show that these substances produce little or no enhancement, Now they are making things that are effectivly inert , illegle. I thought there were some things the government had to show before it made stuff illegle. It gives me hope in a way simply because if congress is that all powerful we could change all bad pot legislation with 1 congressional vote. It makes me sad knowing vast health industries that were built on a once very legal substance crushed by what amounts to the pharmaceutical companys. Looks bad to have people preaching preventative care squashed by those who require you to be sick to make money. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by p4me on February 12, 2003 at 09:16:58 PT Pill People's Profits Push Political Prohibition The Pill People want some commonly used over the counter dietary substances added to the schedule of controlled substances. The following article tells the role of the Attorney General in classifying substances. DHEA is a popular anti-aging supplement and is one of the things that will become illegal if the bill H.R.297 is passed through Congress marketed as a bill to prohibit anndro, a muscle-building substance. One paragraph from the article titled "ANTI-AGING SUPPLEMENTS MAY SOON BE ILLEGAL!: DHEA AND PREGNENOLONE UNFORESEEN VICTIMS OF ANTI-ANDRO BILL"- http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2003/mar2003_dhea_01.html What crisis compels such a radical act? What evidence suggests that health-promoting substances like DHEA, 7-keto DHEA and pregnenolone have a potential for abuse or dependence of any kind? Absolutely none. Most life extensionists and anti-aging enthusiasts would agree that no such potential exists, and that to schedule these compounds as drugs of abuse is ludicrous. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment