Commission Voted 3-2 Thursday to Support Allowing Pot Clinics in Office Zones Napa's plan to authorize only one medical marijuana dispensary struck three planning commissioners as perhaps not enough. For two commissioners, even one would be too many. The Planning Commission voted 3-2 Thursday night to support a zoning change that would allow pot clinics in office zones. The City Council will be the final word on this. A majority of commissioners supported the council's decision to allow medical marijuana dispensaries under highly regulated conditions. [continues 524 words]
2H0613694. That's the number on the card issued to St. Helenan Grant Carter by the Division of Health in Napa County authorizing his use of marijuana. The marijuana, he says, calms the rage within him that he says has been there since 1968, when, as a 9-year-old, he discovered his father dead on the floor from a heart attack. Carter likened his condition to post-traumatic stress for war veterans. "I was mad," he said. "I watched every boy have a father but me. I was a violent child. I was acting out and I didn't care. I was in foster homes and reform schools all over the United States and I got in a lot of legal trouble. Robbery, auto theft ... " At age 14, he said he ran away from home and hitchhiked across the U.S. At age 21, he became a convicted felon for holding up a liquor store and served time in Tuolumne County before his case was plea-bargained down to a five-year suspended sentence. [continues 625 words]
