San Diego Mayor Orders End to City War on Marijuana Dispensaries.....

[MMC]

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - San Diego Mayor Bob Filner declared an end on Thursday to the city's legal war on medical pot with a letter to city authorities ordering civil prosecutors to "stop the crackdown on marijuana dispensaries."

Filner, a Democrat who was sworn in December 1, said in the letter sent to the police chief, city attorney and the city's Neighborhood Code Compliance Department that such shops could still be scrutinized for other code violations like any other business.

"Until we have a new set of regulations for medical marijuana distribution, I have asked the Neighborhood Code Compliance Department and the Police Department to temporarily halt all prosecutions of city zoning code violations when it comes to medical marijuana dispensaries," Filner said in a statement.

He added that he plans to bring a proposed ordinance on the matter to the city council soon to regulate marijuana dispensaries to close a regulatory gap that had allowed the shops to be prosecuted on zoning violations.

The announcement signals a sea change in dispensary prosecutions in California's second largest city, with a population of 1.3 million. In 2011, the city attorney launched code enforcement action lawsuits against more than 100 medical marijuana dispensaries and shut most of them down.

City Attorney Jan Goldsmith responded to Filner's call for an end to the prosecutions in a letter that said, "We will, of course, comply with that direction."

The move comes amid a growing federal-state battle over marijuana that intensified when states in the U.S. West and Northeast liberalized medical pot laws in recent years, setting the stage for voters in Colorado and Washington in November to approve legalizing recreational use of the drug as well.

The federal government holds that marijuana is an illegal drug liable to be abused and has cracked down on medical marijuana operations in California and other states where it is legal.


Other cities, including Oakland and San Francisco, have sought to add zoning rules that allows such shops. In October, the city of Oakland sued the federal government to block U.S. authorities from closing down a prominent medical marijuana dispensary that is featured on a reality television show.

Eugene Davidovich, the spokesman for the San Diego chapter of Americans for Safe Access, applauded the mayor's move to end targeted prosecutions.

http://news.yahoo.com/san-diego-mayor-orders-end-city-war-marijuana-033414492.html
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Looks Like California is going to slow their war down on the Marijuana Dispensaries. They didn't say if Oakland won that case tho. Plus they didn't get a statement from the US Attorneys out there either.

 

[TheDemSocialist]

Good this plant is harmless and does way more good than harm.

 

[MMC]

Good this plant is harmless and does way more good than harm.

Now that SD has done this. Do you think Los Angeles and SF will also step back from going after these dispensaries?

 

[TheDemSocialist]

Now that SD has done this. Do you think Los Angeles and SF will also step back from going after these dispensaries?

I honestly have no idea. Only time will tell with something like this. In the future i believe they will, but i dont know about the "near future".

 

[Spriggs05]

does way more good than harm.

When legal... (cough) (cough)

 

[MMC]

Now that SD has done this. Do you think Los Angeles and SF will also step back from going after these dispensaries?

I thought for sure the US Attorney's Office out there.....would have released a statement. So what can the Fed do if the Local wont assist them?

 

[Wake]

Good this plant is harmless and does way more good than harm.

Sure, if you don't include the fact that it destroys brain cells.

 

[TheDemSocialist]

Sure, if you don't include the fact that it destroys brain cells.

Yea... Except it doesnt.
Heavy Marijuana Use Doesn't Damage Brain

Marijuana Does in Not Kill Brain Cells - YouTube

 

[Wake]

Yea... Except it doesnt.
Heavy Marijuana Use Doesn't Damage Brain

Marijuana Does in Not Kill Brain Cells - YouTube

Your article is from 2003.

Mine is from 2012.

Cannabis smoking 'permanently lowers IQ' - Telegraph

Researchers found persistent users of the drug, who started smoking it at school, had lower IQ scores as adults.


They were also significantly more likely to have attention and memory problems in later life, than their peers who abstained.


Furthermore, those who started as teenagers and used it heavily, but quit as adults, did not regain their full mental powers, found academics at King’s College London and Duke University in the US.


They looked at data from over 1,000 people from Dunedin in New Zealand, who have been followed through their lives since being born in 1972 or 1973.


Participants were asked about cannabis usage when they were 18, 21, 26, 32 and 38. Their IQ was tested at 13 and 38. In addition, each nominated a close friend or family member, who was asked about attention and memory problems.

Your vid is from 2011, and it's from YouTube.com.

 

[What if...?]

Your article is from 2003.

Mine is from 2012.

Cannabis smoking 'permanently lowers IQ' - Telegraph



Your vid is from 2011, and it's from YouTube.com.

You'll notice that the IQ tests were.at 13, but data didnt start being collected until 18.

There was a study posted that determined that it was heavy use in adolescence that is the culprit.

Something the pot community has been aware of for some time.

Those who start later, 17-18, even with heavy use, return to their baseline if they stop smoking.

It's something developmental.

Theres new research as well that cannabinoid compounds actually have protective effects on the brain.

(Both have been posted/discussed on this sub-forum.)

It's for grownups.

 

[MMC]

Well.....I do think Marijuana does affect short term memory and those who are susceptible to ALS should not use it unless it was an absolute necessity.

I believe there is a study about short term memory with Cannabis. Wherein thinks like temporary forgetting of where one put their keys down. Something taken out of their pockets or even remembering what was just stated to them.