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City Manager's Marijuana Report Gains Support 
Posted by FoM on December 09, 1999 at 10:31:06 PT
From Staff Reports Daily Californian
Source: U-WIRE
A University of California-Berkeley student group that is working to diminish drug use on college campuses gave the Berkeley city manager resounding support this week for his report on medicinal marijuana use. 
The Berkeley Chapter of International Students in Action announced late Monday that it applauds City Manager James Keene for a report he wrote on the various problems associated with implementing the proposed "Kinder and Safer Streets Act of 1999." The measure, which was referred to Keene earlier this year, recommended ways law enforcement officials should handle marijuna-related offenses and outlined the steps that the city needed to take to implement Proposition 215, the state measure that legalized the medicinal use of marijuana. Kevin Sabet, the president of the anti-drug organization's Berkeley chapter, said in a statement that medicinal marijuana needs to be approached with caution because authentication of the drug for medicinal use may lead to full legalization for recreational purposes. "It cannot be emphasized enouh how gigantic a setback this is for drug legalization," Sabet said. "At the same time, it is a time of celebration for those who think medicine should be determined by science instead of anecdote, for those who know all drug use to be destructive, and for those who correctly saw this medicinal marijuana measure as a wolf in sheep's clothing." Supporters of medicinal marijuna use, meanwhile, have said that the city manager's report is not productive and does not address the appropriate issues. "I was very disappointed (in the city manager's report)," said Councilmember Dona Spring, who suffers from severe arthritis. "As a person who has a chronic pain problem, it is just unacceptable." Published: December 8, 1999(C) 1999 Daily Californian via U-WIRE Related Articles:Cannabinoids' Role In Retinal Function Described - 12/08/99http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread3925.shtmlMarijuana Plugs Into Eye Cells, U.S. Study Finds-12/06/99http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread3898.shtml
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