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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/27/EDHB12IKBA.DTL
Attorney general proposes sensible rules on medical pot
Thursday, August 28, 2008
The hazy legality of medical marijuana just got a little clearer.
Since 1996 when voters approved a measure allowing the humane use of
cannabis to ease sickness and pain, California has struggled to come
up with an orderly way to supply the weed.
Federal law hasn't help as Wa****ngton insisted that pot is illegal,
plain and simple. And local communities have deployed varying rules to
rein in the runaway profusion of loosely watched dispensaries. Neither
police nor medical marijuana sponsors are happy with the confusing
present-day picture.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown believes new guidelines can
solve the practical problems, minimize the legal worries and calm
patient fears.
