Pubdate: Thu, 26 Jul 2001
Source: Los Angeles Times (CA)
Copyright: 2001 Los Angeles Times
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/248
Author: Times Wire Reports
Note: News from Santa Barbara
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal)

CITY SEEKS STATE BACKING FOR MEDICINAL USE OF POT

The City Council decided there won't be an ordinance allowing medicinal 
marijuana in the city.

Instead, the council voted Tuesday to send letters to state and federal 
officials urging them to support state Senate Bill 187, which would develop 
a plan to implement California's voter-approved Proposition 215 legalizing 
pot use with a doctor's recommendation.

The proposition conflicts with a federal ban on marijuana use. In May, the 
U.S. Supreme Court ruled that there is no medical necessity exception to 
the U.S. Controlled Substance Act.
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