OCBC's News & Announcements
Posted July 13, 2006
Alameda County offers marijuana IDs
Posted from Oakland Tribune 07/13/06
Starting Aug. 1,
Alameda County will issue medical marijuana identification cards that
will be recognized by county marijuana dispensaries and by law
enforcement statewide.
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday to set
a $50 fee for the cards, which will be issued by the Oakland Cannabis
Buyers' Cooperative. Board President Keith Carson was absent.
The cards will be the only ones recognized by marijuana
dispensaries in the county's unincorporated areas, according to a
county staff report.
The cards will be issued as part of a statewide
identification card system and will be recognized by state and local
law enforcement, according to the staff report.
County public health management analyst Pam Willow said 20 counties are providing such cards, though two — San Diego and San Bernardino — have launched court challenges questioning their obligation to provide medical marijuana or the identification cards.
The public health department estimates about 10,000 cards will
be issued in the county each year and about one-quarter of the people
applying for cards will qualify for a Medi-Cal fee reduction that will
cut the cost of the card in half.
Patients will need to provide proof of identity, a doctor's
recommendation for marijuana and proof of Alameda County residency. The
cards will be good for one year.
2001 July 24
Oakland City Council modifies guidelines regarding: status of caregiver/patient; permitted quantities of processed cannabis, and number of plants; and an avenue of exception, when a physician certifies that a patient's needs exceed Oakland's standard permitted limits on dried cannabis, and plants in cultivation.
New Web site posted by the Liberatian Party California, 215
NOW! please visit and take part in the campaign to implementHealth and Saftey
Code section 11362.5. You should also visit marijuananews.com for the
most up to date tracking of news related to this issue.
The Oakland CBC is now reopened! Due to a federal injunction,
the OCBC is NOT DISPENSING MEDICINE at this time. The OCBC is maintaining its
patient files, and is currently accepting applications for membership, to qualify
patients under Health and Safety Code section 11362.5.
LEGAL CANNABIS - The Hemp Store
Located in the same premises as OCBC, the hemp store is open
to the public and is a great place to buy hemp. Buying
hemp helps save the planet. Buying it at the OCBC helps
support the OCBC, and supports safe access to medical cannabis.
In order to read the news releases below, please download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking the following button:
September
13, 1999 - U.S. APPEALS COURT RULES FOR CANNABIS CLUBS CLEARS
WAY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO PATIENTS WITH MEDICAL NECESSITY.
Click here to read the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's ruling (This is a pdf file so you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in). Or click here to see the Court's ruling posted at marijuananews.com.
Oakland makes OCBC staff
members officers of the city, the July 28 ordinance passed unanimously
by the City Council on the second of two readings. The ordinance is intended
to afford staff members legal immunity through compliance with a provision
of the Controlled Substances Act that prevents federal prosecution of such
officers engaged in carrying out a city ordinance pertaining to controlled
substances. On its first reading, July 7, 1998, the ordinance passed the
Oakland Public Safety Committee and Oakland City Council unanimously. The
third and final reading produced a unanimous vote on July 28, 1998 before
the full City Council. The Oakland City Council also approved guidelines
for cultivation and possession (see news above, 2001 July 24) for medical patients that live in
Oakland, CA. This guideline, was modeled after the federal Compassionate
Investigative New Drug program that currently distributes medical cannabis
to eight legal patients. This guideline passed with a unanimous vote on
June 23, 1998, by the Oakland City Council. The guideline was brought back
to council for review for issues raised by Mayor Harris. Then Mayor Harris
and Council member Del Le Funte changed their minds on the second reading,
July 21, yielding a 7-2 vote, this guideline still was approved without
the former Mayors support. Note! You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader
to view the Ordinance (140,000 bytes) and Guideline (139,000 bytes) pdf
files.
Do you recognize the criminals below? These undercover
agents tried to break the law by buying medicine with forged doctor's recommendations
and were discovered by staff at the May 21 press conference (see below). Click on picture to see enlarged photo.
One news
account about the May 21 discovery of Undercover infiltrators. (Use
your browser's "Back" button to return to this site.)
A second news account
about the May 21 discovery of undercover infiltrators. (Use your browser's
"Back" button to return to this site.)
Click on photo to see enlarged photo.
May 21, 1998 press conference at the co-op, from left, Yvonne Westbrook, Ima Carter, Ken Estes, and attorney Jerald Ulleman
Preliminary
federal injunction, the two-page May 19 order from federal Judge Breyer
ordering the closure of the cooperative. Note! You must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader to view this pdf file. (112,000 bytes) Judge Breyer's complete
May 13 ruling in the federal civil lawsuit against six Northern California
medical marijuana dispensaries, including the cooperative, can be found
here.
Institute of
Medicine, a nice follow-up letter from the independent scientists who
visited the cooperative on Dec. 13, 1997, as part of the $1 million survey
of marijuana research they are carrying out for the Office of National Drug
Control Policy. Note! You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this
one-page .pdf file. (184,000 bytes)
Click on photo to see enlarged photo.
Jeff Jones, right, shows some medicinal herb starts
to IOM scientists at the co-op Dec. 13, 1997
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