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| Oakland May Tighten Up on Medical Pot |
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Posted by FoM on July 10, 2001 at 07:14:22 PT By Janine DeFao, Chronicle Staff Writer Source: San Francisco Chronicle 
Oakland, with one of California's most liberal medicinal marijuana laws, may drastically reduce the amount of the drug patients can grow and keep in their homes. Saying that the city allows more plants -- 144 -- under its 1998 medical marijuana ordinance than any city in the nation, City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente will ask a council committee today to cut the number to 10 plants. The amount of dried marijuana allowed per person would be reduced from six pounds a year to 2.5 pounds. Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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| Comment #9 posted by FoM on July 11, 2001 at 08:30:21 PT |
| Council To Break Tie on Limiting Medical Pot Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA) Compiled from Chronicle Staff Reports An Oakland City Council committee deadlocked yesterday on a proposal to reduce the amount of medical marijuana permitted under city law, one of the most liberal policies in the nation. Council President Ignacio De La Fuente has proposed cutting the number of pot plants patients can have in their homes from 144 to 10 and reducing the pounds of dried marijuana permitted from six to 2 1/2 pounds a year. De La Fuente contends that drug dealers are using the city ordinance as a cover to grow and sell large amounts of marijuana. But the council's public safety committee's vote tied 2 to 2 on the proposal, sending it without a recommendation to the full council for a vote in two weeks. Committee chairman Larry Reid and Councilman Henry Chang voted for the change, and Danny Wan and Moses Mayne opposed it. De La Fuente is not a member of the committee. [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #8 posted by kaptinemo on July 11, 2001 at 05:50:18 PT:
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| When an anti says 'we', invariably the implication is that every human body presently breathing - all 8 Billion of them - are in 110% accord with them. When in fact the numbers of those who completely and totally agree with them and their policies seem to be shrinking, and rapidly. The effects of the Draconian laws promulgated by 'dear' Frances and her fellow True Believers are becoming clearer every day. Every parent of a child caught with a joint and was swallowed whole and shat out of the (ha-ha) Justice system now faces the prospect of being unable to send that child to college because that previous conviction invalidated them to receive school loans. To say nothing of those parents whose children were murdered by police in their zeal in enforcing those laws that people like Frances and Joyce think are such a great idea. Parents are now recognizing what their purblind, chearleading support of DARE has bought for them. Many don't like realizing they've been suckered. And are behind the quiet changes we are starting to see with regards to legislation aimed at curbing such laws. More and more people are quietly defecting from the ranks of the antis, tacitly admitting that they've been had. I'd wager that the number of people showing up at your Two-Minute Hate meetings has begun to drop, Frances. Some beg off with excuses about family obligations (now that would be rich) and others simply want to bow out with nary a word. But the reasons are pretty much the same. 'We', Frances? Check your pockets; you might have company you're not aware of. [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #7 posted by lookinside on July 10, 2001 at 19:50:03 PT:
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| if your knowledge of horticulture is equal to your knowledge of marijuana use, you would need to get lucky to end up with enough usable herb to get a buzz once with 200 plants... what you don't understand is that the intoxicating effects a sick person using cannabis doesn't get high, but their as i've said before, with opposition like yourself, we'll [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #6 posted by frances on July 10, 2001 at 18:40:23 PT:
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| How would someone smoking 144 plants a year know if something is "broke" or not. We're talking into the "ozones." [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #5 posted by lookinside on July 10, 2001 at 17:33:15 PT:
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| if they think they are selling the excess, why not do actual police work and CATCH them? my wife uses 4 pounds a year of the best available...lesser under ideal outdoor growing conditions 10 plants will population density makes much of the east bay too exposed to that leaves indoor cultivation...depending on the skill of i don't think there should be ANY limit...people will grow [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #4 posted by sm247 on July 10, 2001 at 17:10:20 PT |
| 144 may be a lot to some but 10 plants is to few. Bottom line is it ain't broke don't fix it. [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #3 posted by dedbr on July 10, 2001 at 14:29:55 PT:
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| This is the reason medical marijuana is going to be a joke.They will make it so hard that you won't be able to keep enough to get well.My 5 plants is all I need,the forty foot kind... [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #2 posted by Heretic on July 10, 2001 at 08:04:38 PT:
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| "De La Fuente says that drug dealers are using the city's ordinance as a cover to grow and sell large amounts of marijuana and that pot's high value -- estimated by police to be $4,000 to $5,000 a pound -- can invite robberies and other crimes." So, what to do to protect the growers? Bust them! Yes, this is so logical. In fact, this might be the solution to all the worlds problems. Just put everyone in jail. Then there will be no more problems! De La Fuente says that the problem is due to the high price of pot. His solution is to restrict the supply! Brilliant. Did this guy take Economics 101? De La Fuente: buy a vowel. You don't have a clue. Heretic
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| Comment #1 posted by Geronimo on July 10, 2001 at 07:45:34 PT |
| AS usual, some one has their head up their butt. Wake up you cowardly buttheads. That amount will not last a season! The pigs don't care if people suffer! Still stupid after all these years.The God they say they belive in , will burn them in hell! Do not cause your brothers to stumble and fall! Did you ever think when we grew up we would still have people like Bush around? I was in the hope of a better America. Home of the brave! Land of the free! What the hell happened? [ Post Comment ] |
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