Pubdate: Sat, 21 Mar 2009
Source: Tribune, The (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Copyright: 2009 The Tribune
Contact:  http://www.sanluisobispo.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/391
Author: Sona Patel
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MEDICAL CANNABIS ISSUE HAS NOT DISPENSED WITH MORRO BAY

After more than a year of temporarily banning medical marijuana 
dispensaries in Morro Bay, city leaders will be faced with the issue 
of whether to allow so-called pot shops to operate in the coastal town.

A temporary local law that outlawed new medical marijuana 
dispensaries in Morro Bay expired in December.

Since then, several San Luis Obispo County patients have been filling 
medical marijuana prescriptions in dispensaries elsewhere, according 
to Heather Poet, whose Santa Barbara dispensary serves residents from 
San Luis Obispo to Ventura County.

I feel so bad for patients that have to drive so far to get their 
medicine," Poet said.

Morro Bay became the center of the debate over medical marijuana 
during the case of Charles Lynch, who was convicted in federal court 
for running the Morro Bay medical dispensary Central Coast 
Compassionate Caregivers last year.

City Attorney Rob Schultz said the City Council has been supportive 
of other dispensaries in the area. However, no new policies have been 
put forth on how it could handle future shops.

The city has not received any applications for dispensaries, Schultz 
said. A Templeton man had visited the city and was asking questions 
about the moratorium and the city's policies on dispensaries.

He was just asking some questions," Schultz said. "He is certainly 
looking around."
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