Dec 1/05 CA State SB420 ID CARDS available

[Pinch]

Subject: Re: Fw: Your Letter Concerning MMP. Review and question.
To: Pinch
CC: wbrunner@hsd.co.contra-costa.ca.us, FWise@hsd.co.contra-costa.ca.us, DGomez@hsd.co.contra-costa.ca.us
From: nwarren@hsd.co.contra-costa.ca.us Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 1341 -0800


The Medical Marijuana Program in Contra Costa will begin on December 1.
Beginning that day, any county residents who are interested in the
program may call David Gomez at 925-313-6740.

If you need other information, please call me at 925-313-6667.

Nancy

Nancy M. Warren
Contra Costa Public Health
IZ Registry & STD Program
925-313-6667

11/10/2005 12:26PM
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Nancy Warren/PH/HSD/US@HSD

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Fw: Your Letter Concerning MMP. Review and question. Forwarded by Wendel Brunner/PH/HSD/US on 11/10/2005 12:27 PM

11/10/2005 09:15AM

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"Dr. Brunner" <wbrunner@hsd.co.contra-costa.ca.us>

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Fwd: Re: Your Letter Concerning MMP. Review and question.

Dr. Brunner:

Good morning. Can you please update the County's implimentation of
this State mandated program. The following article speaks to the State's
position with regard to these MM Identification card program. Thank you. Pinch.


State To Issue ID Cards To Medicinal Pot Users
Program is designed to halt seizures and prosecutions


California health officials plan to issue identification cards to
medical marijuana users that would prohibit state and local authorities from
seizing their stashes or prosecuting them, officials said Tuesday.

The cards will be available this summer for patients in at least 10
counties, including Marin and Sonoma, and statewide by the end of the
year, said state Department of Health Services spokeswoman Norma Arceo...

Arceo said the state would begin a pilot program for the ID cards this
summer in Amador, Del Norte, Trinity, Mendocino, Marin, Shasta, Sacramento, Sonoma, Santa Cruz and Yuba counties. All 58 counties will be issuing cards by December, she said.

E-mail Patrick Hoge at phoge@sfchronicle.com.


San Francisco Chronicle
February 16th, 2005