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Roseville Plan Would Limit New Pot Shops
Posted by CN Staff on May 19, 2004 at 11:25:24 PT
By Jennifer K. Morita -- Bee Staff Writer
Source: Sacramento Bee 
Four months after Roseville's first medical marijuana store opened its doors, city officials are looking at regulations that would limit others from setting up shop. "If I can do something to remove this from our community, I'm going to do it," Mayor F.C. "Rocky" Rockholm said. "But if we have to have them, then we need to control them." The Roseville City Council today will consider enacting an emergency ordinance restricting where medical marijuana stores could open and how they could operate.
Based on proposed zoning rules, shops would be allowed in only two areas of the city - across from the Galleria mall or an industrial area in old Roseville. A state law enacted last year attempted to clarify a voter-approved initiative that allowed people to use and cultivate marijuana for medical purposes. However, local jurisdictions were left with the responsibility of coming up with their own guidelines for regulating sales.Elk Grove and Citrus Heights recently established restrictions.When Richard Marino opened Capitol Compassionate Care in Roseville's historic district last January, however, all he needed was a standard business license to set up shop.Caught off guard, the city had no choice but to issue Marino a license.Since then, Roseville police spokeswoman DeeDee Gunther said, several other groups have inquired about opening marijuana dispensaries in town."One reason that made Roseville especially attractive was that we didn't have any regulations, unlike Citrus Heights and Elk Grove," Gunther said. "So we decided it was time."Snipped: Complete Article: http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/limit.htmSource: Sacramento Bee (CA)Author: Jennifer K. Morita -- Bee Staff WriterPublished: Wednesday, May 19, 2004Copyright: 2004 The Sacramento BeeContact: opinion sacbee.comWebsite: http://www.sacbee.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:California NORMLhttp://www.canorml.org/Medicinal Cannabis Research Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/research.htmCity Adds Medical Pot Restrictions http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18863.shtmlCouncil Restricts Medical Pot Salehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18665.shtmlThe Pot Shop - Roseville Press-Tribune http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18294.shtml
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Comment #5 posted by FoM on May 21, 2004 at 09:47:07 PT
Update On Above Article
Roseville Council Sets Down Rules for Pot Shops: http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18884.shtml
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Comment #4 posted by FoM on May 19, 2004 at 18:03:10 PT
DPFCA: Oakland Cannabis Initiative Petition Drive
   
 Please post to your lists:Dear Friends and Activists, 
The Oakland Cannabis Initiative petition drive is in its final few weeks to collect enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot.We really need your help to meet our deadline. Can you come this Saturday, May 22, and bring a friend or two or three to Oakland and petition for this great cause? Together we can make a difference and make history!Please join us for:SIGNATURE SATURDAY FOR CANNABIS!When: Saturday, May 22, 2004, at 10 AM.Where: 1601 Telegraph Ave., Oakland (Corner of 16th and Telegraph, one and a half blocks from the 19th St. BART Station)Please come to hear our SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER, Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley, who supports this initiative! He will speak promptly at 10:30.New petitioner training to follow.Drivers needed!$100 bonus for the top signature gatherer! Paid petitioner positions available! For more info on Saturday's mobilization, please call our petitioner coordinator, Sunshine, at 510-967-3948.For initiative info, check out our web site: http://www.taxandregulate.org/Hope you can make it!Mikki Norris, Oakland Civil Liberties AllianceNote: Office volunteers are also needed. The campaign headquarters is open 7 days a week. Tel: 510-268-3227. Monday through Friday, petitioner trainings at 2:00 PM. Meet-ups at 3:00 PM. Saturday trainings at 10:00 AM and Sundays at 11:00 AM.About the Oakland Cannabis Initiative (OCI):1. The OCI will direct the City to license, tax and regulate the sale of cannabis for adult use as soon as possible, consistent with California law, to prevent access to minors, require good business practices and health and safety standards, prohibit sales near schools, regulate on-site consumption, and limit public advertising.2. Makes investigation, arrest, prosecution and imprisonment for private adult cannabis offenses the lowest law enforcement priority, effective immediately upon passage of the initiative. 
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Comment #3 posted by drfistusa on May 19, 2004 at 14:35:26 PT
copied after Hawaii's restrictive law?
which you have to register with the police and only have 3 mature plants and no more than 3 oz. making it just about impossible to have a consistent supply, a timid but unfair first step. In the 60's I was on farms in Vt. where they grew acres of pot. So I hope they will resume! caus 3 plants is not workable,
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Comment #2 posted by E_Johnson on May 19, 2004 at 13:30:33 PT
It's a start but
Three plants won't give them half of what they need.
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on May 19, 2004 at 12:06:41 PT
Press Release from The Marijuana Policy Project
 Senate Approves Medical Marijuana Bill        Vermont Legislature Becomes Second Ever to
           Protect Patients From ArrestMay 19, 2004MONTPELIER -- With a 20-7 vote in the state Senate today, Vermont became the second state whose legislature has approved legislation to protect medical marijuana patients from arrest. The measure now goes to Gov. James Douglas (R), who could sign, veto, or allow the measure to become law without his signature.The bill, which was amended by the House, allows patients suffering from AIDS, cancer, and multiple sclerosis to possess or grow a limited amount of medical marijuana. Patients growing their own marijuana are limited to a maximum of three plants. Eight states -- Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington -- have enacted similar laws allowing seriously ill patients to use medical marijuana with their doctor's recommendation. All but Hawaii's law were enacted via ballot initiative.Vermont is now in position to join Hawaii as the second state to protect medical marijuana patients from arrest via the legislative process. A Maryland law, passed by the legislature and signed by Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich in 2003, protects medical marijuana patients from jail by providing for greatly reduced penalties for medical users, but does not protect patients from the threat of arrest."MPP is proud to have played a role in the grassroots lobbying effort that made today's vote possible," said Neal Levine, director of state policies for the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) in Washington, D.C. "But the real credit goes to all of the patients who had the courage to speak out -- people like Kat Perera who literally risked jail to testify and speak publicly about their experiences as medical marijuana patients. We hope Governor Douglas will honor their bravery by promptly signing the medical marijuana bill into law."Douglas has expressed misgivings about the legislation, and may be pressured to veto it by the White House, which previously sent drug policy official Andrea Barthwell to Vermont to lobby against the bill. However, Douglas has avoided threatening a veto, and some press reports have indicated that he might allow the popular measure to become law in order to defuse it as a campaign issue.With more than 15,000 members and 79,000 e-mail subscribers nationwide, the Marijuana Policy Project is the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States. MPP works to minimize the harm associated with marijuana -- both the consumption of marijuana and the laws that are intended to prohibit such use. MPP believes that the greatest harm associated with marijuana is imprisonment. For more information, please visit: http://MarijuanaPolicy.org/ 
CONTACT: Bruce Mirken, MPP director of communications ... 202-543-7972 or 415-668-6403 Douglas Behind Effort To Pass Restrictive Bill: 
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18869.shtmlHouse: Very Sick Can Use Marijuana: 
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18856.shtmlGovernor Reiterates Opposition To Med Marijuana:
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18811.shtmlHouse May Tighten Rules on Medical Marijuana:
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18651.shtml 
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