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Auburn Proposes 'Pot Shop' Ordinance
Posted by CN Staff on June 13, 2004 at 09:02:22 PT
By Niesha Gates -- Bee Staff Writer
Source: Sacramento Bee 
Auburn officials Monday will consider regulating the location and operations of medical marijuana dispensaries, even though no such "pot shops" have applied for business permits in the city.A proposed ordinance modeled after laws adopted in Roseville and Citrus Heights would enable Auburn to have restrictions in place should a marijuana dispensary wish to open in the city.
The ordinance would require background checks of the business applicant and employees and would prohibit a shop from opening within 1,000 feet of schools, homes, churches or sole-source pharmacies, such as methadone clinics, Police Chief Nick Willick said. The ordinance also would limit business hours, prohibit the growing of marijuana on property adjacent to the business and outline the grounds to deny a permit or file an appeal."It's a precautionary step - there isn't a need for it now," Willick said. "But we feel that it's our responsibility to try and protect the public's health, safety and welfare."The need for such an ordinance stems from a state law that became effective in January, which outlined the dispensing of medicinal marijuana in the state's Health and Safety codes. However, the regulation of sales was left to local jurisdictions.Placer County Undersheriff Steve D'Arcy characterized Auburn's proposed law as vague, adding that cities drafting ordinances in an attempt to regulate pot shops are in uncharted territory."The law is sufficiently murky, certainly on the civil side," D'Arcy said.Roseville and Citrus Heights officials unanimously approved similar ordinances last month.  Snipped:Complete Article: http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/auburnpro.htmSource: Sacramento Bee (CA)Author: Niesha Gates -- Bee Staff WriterPublished: Sunday, June 13, 2004Copyright: 2004 The Sacramento BeeContact: opinion sacbee.comWebsite: http://www.sacbee.com/Related Articles & Web Site:Medicinal Cannabis Research Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/research.htmCity To Weigh Medical Pot Business Restrictionshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18963.shtmlCity Adds Medical Pot Restrictions http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18863.shtmlCouncil Restricts Medical Pot Salehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18665.shtml
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Comment #3 posted by observer on June 13, 2004 at 13:58:32 PT
Swiss smokers copped by pilotless plane 
Swiss smokers copped by pilotless plane
(South Africa) Geneva - Zealous Swiss soldiers called the police when the infra-red camera of a pilotless spy aircraft they were testing showed an image of two civilians smoking cannabis. (Sun Jun 13 13:53:25 2004 PDT)
http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/xarticle/iol.co.za6496.htm (this article only cached for a few days here)
Whoa ... I bet they never expected that.http://www.drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pot News Bot 
this cnews thread as rss
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Comment #2 posted by petard on June 13, 2004 at 10:59:33 PT
Useless Background Checks
There is nothing about what the ramifications of the background checks is about in any of these ordinances. It makes sense for alcohol/liquor liscenses as the regs and laws prevent certain transgressors from obtaining the liscense. It also makes some sense for public schools/day cares even, to truly "save the chil'run" from potential pedophiles. However, none of these background check regs for pot shops has any "teeth", it's merely a fishing expedition hoping to find some outstanding warrant or fugitive thing, nothing included in these regs about what to do with any other "findings". What a waste of time and tax $ (unless they're making the business owner pay for it, and then it's just an excuse to keep an employee busy filing results).Hey, how about a background check on everyone? Yeah yeah, that's the ticket. Let's background check the clerk at the Wally World, the hairstylist at the "salon", the stockboy at the clothing store, the pizza delivery kid, the, the, Hell, everyone. Between pee tasting and backside sniffing we'll have full employment yet!
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Comment #1 posted by Virgil on June 13, 2004 at 09:37:49 PT
You've got mail.
What prevents providers from supplying patients using the US mail or FedEx. Legal pot flowing within the states using delivery services has got to be one big nightmare for the prohibitionists. Of course they would have you believe that there is no such thing as legal pot, but until the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision is reversed by the Supreme Court, there is legal pot. Legal pot would just destroy the sniffing system that now tools this harmful and unjust prohibition.
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