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  Fortuna City Council Sides With Police Chief 

Posted by CN Staff on January 20, 2004 at 16:07:51 PT
By Chris Durant, The Times-Standard 
Source: Times-Standard  

Fortuna -- The Fortuna City Council agreed with Police Chief Kent Bradshaw about the city's position on the medical marijuana guidelines the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will be discussing today.All four council members and the mayor said Bradshaw should tell the Board of Supervisors Fortuna's position: Do not enact an ordinance that would allow medical marijuana patients to possess up to 99 plants and up to 3 pounds of processed pot.
The council said the county should uphold state law, SB 420, and not enact the 99-plant ordinance put in place by Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos last year.SB 420 went into effect Jan.1 and allows medical marijuana patients to possess a maximum 8 ounces of processed pot and six mature plants or 12 immature plants.Seven people spoke during public comment, five advocating for the District Attorney's Office guidelines and two against them. One of the people in favor of the guidelines was Dr. Jay Cavanaugh of West Hills, Calif. He said police officers shouldn't be in a position to determine the needs of a patient."It's no longer a law enforcement issue," Cavanaugh said. "It's a health issue."The council members' comments ranged from Councilman Tom Cooke not taking a position to Councilman Dean Glaser taking a strong one.Glaser said he watched his generation "deteriorate" by people with drug agendas."They find liberal judges. They find easy, accessible, liberal, smoke-potty, pro-agenda, cannibalist doctors that will sign a 215 card," Glaser said.The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will be discussing the guidelines around 9:20 a.m. today.Complete Title: Fortuna City Council Sides With Police Chief on Medical MarijuanaSource: Times-Standard (CA)Author: Chris Durant, The Times-StandardPublished: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 Copyright: 2004 MediaNews Group, Inc.Contact: editor times-standard.comWebsite: http://www.times-standard.com/Related Articles & Web Site:Medicinal Cannabis Research Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/research.htmHumboldt Struggles with New MJ Lawhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18173.shtmlPot Bill Splits Pro-Smoking Groupshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17612.shtmlState Sets Marijuana Standardshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17583.shtml

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