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Voters back city pot distribution
Patrick Hoge, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, November 6, 2002

San Francisco voters approved a measure Tuesday to have the city study growing and dispensing marijuana for medical purposes in response to federal crackdowns on medical-cannabis clubs. The measure directs city officials such as the mayor, supervisors, district attorney, city attorney and public health chief to look at everything from where pot could be grown, how to distribute it and the liability. The next step could be enacting legislation. The measure was placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors at the urging of Supervisor Mark Leno, who was handily winning Tuesday night as the Democratic nominee for the state Assembly seat representing the eastern half of San Francisco. San Francisco's public health chief, Dr. Mitch Katz, supported the ballot measure, Proposition S. He prescribes marijuana to some patients in his AIDS practice at San Francisco General Hospital, saying it has benefits that other drugs can't achieve.

posted by A Curmudgeon 7:05 AM