According to The Daily Californian, Berkeley has unanimously passed a resolution to become a sanctuary for medical Marijuana patients in the event of interference from the federal Government.
The resolution, which was received with overwhelming support and applause from the audience, opposes attempts by the Drug Enforcement Administration to conduct raids on medical marijuana dispensaries in Berkeley, and urges city, county and state departments to not cooperate in the event that a raid occurs.
By claiming itself as a sanctuary, Berkeley have committed to ensuring that residents are provided access to medicinal marijuana if dispensaries in the city are shut down.
I'd imagine this will be the first of many such announcements, I'm so glad that patients in northern California have a sanctuary from the raids. San Francisco needs to follow suit.
Update: I stand corrected, San Francisco is already a sanctuary and has been for four years, thank you Anonymous Stoner.
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Even further update--on
Even further update--on Tuesday Feb. 25, in a 7-2 vote, SF's Board of Supervisors reaffirmed their 2001 sanctuary resolution (SF Res 955-01) and expanded its protections to explicitly include dispensary landlords. Both resolutions are in direct response to the DEA's "threat" letters that were sent to hundreds of MCD landlords statewide. Advocates in Berkeley and SF worked hard to achieve these resolutions; kudos to them all.
Rep. John Conyers, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, has called for oversight hearings into DEA interference with California's compassionate use laws.
thanks for the correction
Thanks much for the update,