Pubdate: Fri, 12 Mar 2004
Source: Times-Standard (Eureka, CA)
Copyright: 2004 MediaNews Group, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.times-standard.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1051
Author: Andrew Bird, The Times-Standard
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TRINIDAD CHIEF EXPLAINS MEDICAL POT DECISION

TRINIDAD -- Chief of Police Kenneth Thrailkill said a conversation with 
District Attorney Paul Gallegos led him to drop his effort to have the City 
Council adopt medical marijuana guidelines.

Thrailkill had put an item on the agenda for Wednesday night's meeting 
asking the City Council to adopt limits on how much cannabis a patient 
under the Compassionate Marijuana Act can cultivate and possess.

Thrailkill said last week he was concerned that the prosecution guidelines 
Gallegos was following were too liberal. He wanted the City Council to 
adopt limits for Trinidad -- which recent legislation allows cities to do 
- -- that meshed with state guidelines.

Gallegos has recently backed off from his more liberal limits and has said 
he will adhere to the state guidelines while a task force the county Board 
of Supervisors appointed completes its work.

The task force is expected to make a recommendation to the board for 
countywide guidelines by early June.

Thrailkill said Gallegos assured him on Tuesday that prosecutors will 
follow the state's guidelines until the county adopts its own.

"I sat down with Paul Tuesday morning to get clarification on his 
guidelines," Thrailkill said Thursday. "I want to give the task force time 
to complete its work."

Gallegos could not be reached for comment on Thursday.
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