Pubdate: Wed, 6 Jun 2007
Source: Lake County Record-Bee (Lakeport, CA)
Copyright: 2007 Record-Bee
Contact:  http://www.record-bee.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3384
Author: Donna Serna

CITY OF LAKEPORT NEEDS TO REPEAL BAN ON MARIJUANA

This week, supporters of medical cannabis gathered  outside the
Lakeport City Hall calling on safe and  legal access to medicine for
patients. I applaud their  efforts. The City of Lakeport needs to
repeal the ban  on medical cannabis cultivation to ensure the safety
and accessibility for patients.

California voters passed The Compassionate Use Act to  ensure that
seriously ill Californians have the right  to obtain and use marijuana
for medical purposes. To  advance the will of the California voters,
the  Legislature enacted SB 420, which established  cooperatives and
collectives as the recognized forms of  medical marijuana cultivation
and distribution to those  who are too sick or otherwise unable to
cultivate it  for themselves.

Banning cultivation of legal medicine limits safe and  legal access
for patients. A rigid policy that bans  cultivation of medical
cannabis deprives qualified  patients of the medicine promised them by
the  Compassionate Use Act. Banning cultivation places  unnecessary
hardship on patients with limited mobility  and financial security. It
is crucial that medical  cannabis be readily accessible to patients
throughout  and across our community.

Donna Serna

Lake County Chapter

Americans for Safe Access 
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