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Proposal S could put S.F. in the marijuana business
Rachel Gordon, Chronicle Staff Writer Monday, October 28, 2002

In the latest show of defiance against the federal government's crackdown on medicinal marijuana, San Francisco could get into the business of growing and distributing pot for sick people under a first-in-the-nation proposal on next month's local ballot. San Francisco's Proposition S would direct city officials to explore cultivating and dispensing the plant in light of the federal government's crusade against medical-cannabis clubs. "If the federal government continues to assault, intimidate and close our community-based cannabis clubs, leaving many thousands of our citizens unable to access medicine, I believe that we must have an alternative distribution network prepared to serve their needs," said San Francisco Supervisor Mark Leno, the measure's chief sponsor. The proposal comes after legislators and voters in cities and states scattered across the nation have challenged federal authorities by passing both meaningful and symbolic laws favoring medical marijuana. Leno said it's only a matter of time before Congress and federal officials buckle to the pressure.

posted by A Curmudgeon 6:15 PM