Pubdate: Fri, 25 Apr 2008
Source: Daily Triplicate, The (Crescent City, CA)
Copyright: 2008 Western Communications, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.triplicate.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2151
Author: Randy Hodson
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n428/a06.html?273626

THANKS TO SUPERVISORS WHO TABLED MEDICAL MARIJUANA ISSUE

In response to Jim Turner's April 24 letter ("Some supervisors aren't 
open to the facts of marijuana"), first I would like to commend Mr. 
Turner and agree with his statements and observations regarding the 
aforementioned county Board of Supervisors meeting.

I too was at this meeting, and allowed a two-minute session to speak 
as an opponent to a drastic reduction in the amount of medical 
marijuana that people can grow and possess that was haphazardly drawn 
without regard to facts and public comment and state law.

I felt that all opponents were allotted their two-minute time frame 
and were very quickly stopped by the chairman of the Board of 
Supervisors when this time frame was reached. But I observed that 
some of the attendees that spoke in favor of the haphazardly drawn 
proposal were not abruptly stopped and were, in fact, graciously 
extended all the time they needed to get their point across. Albeit 
there were very few of them.

I would like to extend thanks to the supervisors that were fair, 
considerate, compassionate and took the time to table this matter for 
further examination and consideration to the public comment and 
medical cannabis community.

Randy Hodson

Crescent City
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