BOARD OKS GUIDELINES ON MEDICINAL MARIJUANA.Byline: Andrea Cavanaugh Staff Writer VENTURA - The Ventura County Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. voted Tuesday to adopt medical-marijuana possession guidelines that mirror state standards, over the objections of advocates who said the guidelines are too strict. The board voted 4-1 to adopt the state standard, which allows patients who use the drug on the advice of a doctor to possess six plants and eight ounces of marijuana marijuana or marihuana, drug obtained from the flowering tops, stems, and leaves of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa (see hemp) or C. indica; the latter species can withstand colder climates. . Supervisor John Flynn cast the dissenting vote, saying he would like to study the issue further. ``It's a medical issue, not a law enforcement issue,'' Flynn said. ``The sheriff and the district attorney are not really qualified to prescribe medicine.'' Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. resident Dean Jones agreed. The 70-year-old migraine migraine (mī`grān), headache characterized by recurrent attacks of severe pain, usually on one side of the head. It may be preceded by flashes or spots before the eyes or a ringing in the ears, and accompanied by double vision, nausea, sufferer was arrested and prosecuted for growing marijuana four years ago even though he had a doctor's recommendation. ``I know how much I need,'' Jones told the board. ``In my particular case, I'm the expert.'' In 1996, California voters passed Proposition 215, the ``Compassionate Use compassionate use Pharmacology The use of an agent to treat Pts for whom conventional therapies have failed, or for whom no other drug exists; CU refers to the use of an agent on humanitarian grounds before it has received regulatory–FDA–approval Act'' that allowed seriously ill A patient is seriously ill when his or her illness is of such severity that there is cause for immediate concern but there is no imminent danger to life. See also very seriously ill. patients to use marijuana on the advice of a doctor. The initiative was silent on the issue of how much marijuana could be possessed, so lawmakers passed Senate Bill 420, which set a standard of six plants and eight ounces but allowed local governments to set community limits. Andrea Cavanaugh, (805) 583-7602 andrea.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com |
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