Pubdate: Mon, 30 Jul 2012
Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
Copyright: 2012 Hearst Communications Inc.
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/388
Author: Tom Ammiano
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n362/a04.html

A COHERENT MARIJUANA PLAN

Your editorial ("From chaos to prohibition," July 26) succeeds in
herding the cats: It makes sense of the chaos caused by current
medical marijuana policy, and by the absence of good policy. Without
clear rules and standards, as you wrote, it has been impossible for
dispensaries, cities and counties to thread the ever-moving needle of
federal enforcement messages. However, through the efforts of my
office, Sacramento has not been ignoring this issue.

The Assembly passed my AB2312 to regulate production and distribution
of medical marijuana. And, as you know, I asked for the bill to be
held in the Senate so we could work on it some more. Though it hasn't
been easy, things are not at a standstill. The Senate will hold a
hearing on the bill in the coming fall session. I'm hopeful that we
can get on the road that doesn't lead to prohibition, but goes from
chaos to coherent care.

Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco
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