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Marijuana Rules Rile Pot-Friendly San Francisco
Posted by CN Staff on November 14, 2017 at 05:18:42 PT
By Janie Har, Associated Press 
Source: Associated Press
San Francisco -- Famously pro-cannabis San Francisco, where the 4/20 marijuana holiday is celebrated with a group smoke-out on Hippie Hill, is having a surprisingly difficult time establishing regulations for the broad legal pot market coming to California in January.Writing local rules in the weed-friendly city has taken a contentious turn as critics, many of them older Chinese immigrants who oppose marijuana use, try to restrict where pot can be sold.
Divided San Francisco supervisors are scheduled to take up the issue at a board meeting Tuesday, where they may vote on a stop-gap measure to allow the sale of recreational cannabis through existing medical marijuana outlets on Jan. 1 as they continue to figure out where to allow new stores.The possibility of overly strict regulations has businesses fretting over access and some San Franciscans wondering what happened to the counter-culture, anti-Prohibition city they know and love. The smell of cannabis being smoked is not uncommon in certain neighborhoods and parks."Let's be honest: Cannabis is effectively legal now and the sky hasn't fallen. A lot of the information people have been given is completely false," said Supervisor Jeff Sheehy, who uses medical marijuana to mitigate pain from older HIV medications.He and others are calling for keeping recreational retail pot stores 600 feet (183 meters) away from schools, comparable to the radius required of stores that sell liquor or tobacco. Medical marijuana dispensaries are required to be at least 1,000 feet (305 meters) away from schools and recreation centers that primarily serve minors.But some Chinese-American organizations have pushed back, calling for an outright prohibition on retail stores in San Francisco's Chinatown. They want future retail stores to be at least 1,500 feet (460 meters) away from schools, child-care centers and any other place minors gather. Supervisors are considering a 1,000-foot (305-meter) buffer that cannabis advocates say is too restrictive for a city as compact as San Francisco.Ellen Lee, family social worker at the nonprofit San Francisco Community Empowerment Center, which has helped lead the protests, said most of the people opposed to recreational cannabis are elderly and speak little to no English. She said children are impressionable and must be protected from a drug that remains illegal under federal law, and she is frustrated by elected officials."We have been meeting with them and talking to them," she said, "but they are not listening."Chinese-Americans are an integral part of San Francisco's history and they carry political clout in a city where one-third of its 850,000 residents are Asian and Chinese-Americans are the largest Asian sub-group. The mayor is Chinese-American, as are other elected officials in the city.Supervisor Aaron Peskin said Monday he has a holdover measure that will allow 46 existing medical marijuana facilities to sell to adults while the board takes more time to hash out zoning regulations. He said that would allow people plenty of places to buy cannabis come Jan. 1.Peskin, who represents the Chinatown district, said he expects the board will come up with a resolution that satisfies most people in the diverse city."We're not just legislators. We are group therapists for 850,000 people and understanding what their concerns are, whether we agree or disagree, and addressing them respectfully is very important in the legislative process," he said.Source: Associated Press (Wire) Author: Janie Har, Associated PressPublished: November 14, 2017Copyright: 2017 The Associated PressCannabisNews  -- Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml 
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Comment #2 posted by HempWorld on November 14, 2017 at 07:46:36 PT
One More Thing...
Or two. Sorry to post again but this article above is conceived to spread confusion and to instigate a 'delay' of the rules. In other words a delay in the vote and the will of WE THE PEOPLE!How much longer is the legalization of Cannabis/Marijuana/Hemp tied to special interest groups, such as in the above article?How much longer do we have to hear the argument that "it is illegal under federal law" so why should it be legal here? Because it was put up in a vote and the PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!Yes, delay it all, like we live forever. We do not and I am sick and tired of all same old bs arguments, what about the children?Yes what about the 40,000 individuals that die every year in the US alone from 2nd hand cigarette smoke, mostly CHILDREN?How about that?
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Comment #1 posted by HempWorld on November 14, 2017 at 07:31:06 PT
Marijuana Rules! (the world)
Be careful what you wish for...Panic all around about a PLANT, that was legal since time immemorial, until the greedy made it illegal 80 years ago!We created our own problems through corruption, greed and collusion, thank the politicians who are for sale!
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