Pubdate: Fri, 25 Feb 2005
Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
Section: Page B - 4
Copyright: 2005 Hearst Communications Inc.
Contact:  http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/388
Author: Rachel Gordon
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal)

LOTS OF LOCAL INTEREST IN MARIJUANA ID CARDS

San Francisco -- As California officials are readying to start a pilot 
program to issue state identification cards to patients who use medical 
marijuana and to their caregivers, they had better brace for a lot of 
interest -- if San Francisco is any indication.

San Francisco's Department of Public Health started a model medical 
cannabis identification card program in 2000 and since then, 15,211 cards 
have been issued and 8,200 are valid, city officials reported this week.

The cards are intended to help law enforcement differentiate between 
medicinal and recreational users of marijuana. State law allows patients 
and their caregivers to cultivate pot for personal medical treatment with a 
doctor's OK.
- ---
MAP posted-by: Beth