U.S. - Death to the Medical Cannabis Club

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Calif. - In a more-perfect world, a patient with a serious condition treatable by marijuana would obtain a prescription -- not a doctor's note or nod -- and have it filled at Tuttle's or Longs.

As we await that evolutionary state we're stuck in a hazy intermediate stage that fosters cannabis clubs such as the one on Sonoma Avenue, a stone's throw from Santa Rosa City Hall, a park and a grammar school.

At these clubs, the needs of legitimate patients are overshadowed by the inevitable comings and goings of fakers, rip-offs, dealers and recreational pot-heads. Clearly the clubs are anachronisms simply filling a void until prescribed cannabis can be gotten the same way as antibiotics, Vicodin, Xanax or Zocor.

In the meantime, if you're running a club, do us all a favor and chase away the riff-raff and concentrate on the ailing people who truly need your product to get through the day.

And if you're a neighbor of a club who doesn't like what you see and smell and you hope the city or county will act, be vigilant and keep good notes.
By: Chris Smith, The Press Democrat


Source: Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA)
Copyright: 2005 The Press Democrat
Contact: letters@pressdemo.com
Website: Home, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Bay Area Newspaper, CA news

 

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Smith speaks common sense..

"In the meantime, if you're running a club, do us all a favor and chase away the riff-raff and concentrate on the ailing people who truly need your product to get through the day. " - Chris Smith, reporter Santa Ana Press Democrat.

Yes, we have to police ourselves, what other option do we have? The local constables..? We'd all rather not deal with them.

Chris Smith is making sense.. can we agree on that?

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P.S.: 24 hrs till Van flight and BC Cannabis Care Clubs, watch for report in Med MJ. Going up ed-ited, tasting the local fare, flying back ed-ited..