Newsom declares moratorium on medical marijuana clubs

[davidinalameda]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/21/pot21.TMP

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom called for a moratorium today on medical marijuana clubs in the city after learning that one such clinic planned to open on the ground floor of a city-funded welfare hotel that is home to a number of recovering drug addicts.

"That obviously raised some concern, not just from the community, not just from our Departments of Human Services, but from the residents within the building themselves, who appropriately said, ‘Hey, I'm just trying to get away from drugs and alcohol and here you have a pot club downstairs,' " Newsom said.

"It was at that moment that our office started looking at a way we could amend all of our contracts with the Department of Human Services to restrict the ability to purchase ... units under the Care Not Cash program and restrict the use of medicinal marijuana clubs in those facilities."



this is a GOOD thing--the "hotel" they wanted to put it in is a SRO slum

[jeff30997]

1. And of course there's no liquor store...

Near recovering alcoholics.

[davidinalameda]

2. unfortunately in that area

liquor stores are a dime a dozen

but yeah, it's not like walking down into the lobby of the building and having a full service bar