A parent's concern about pot clubs
A friend of a friend who's not an e-list user asked me to circulate this message about pot clubs near homes and schools.
I have lived 1 block from a pot club for one year. We have observed rampant re-dealing of marijuana out on the street, reckless driving, and smoking of marijuana on the streets around the club. (I live within 2 blocks of 4 schools.) The club gets 60-80 customers an hour on a busy night. The recent article by Matier and Ross documented the armed robberies of these cash-rich clubs in the East Bay. (8/29/05) There has been an armed robbery of a client in our neighborhood. Now I see that the new legislation to "regulate" the clubs will:
The issue has received scant coverage in the local press. The only two articles I can find about this are: SF Neighborhood Fighting Medical Pot Club from KRON, and Medical pot clubs under scrutiny from the Examiner. A cryptic summary of the most recent cannabis legislation before the SF BOS can be found here: 051250 - [Medical cannabis guidelines and medical cannabis dispensary zoning and permitting]
I have lived 1 block from a pot club for one year. We have observed rampant re-dealing of marijuana out on the street, reckless driving, and smoking of marijuana on the streets around the club. (I live within 2 blocks of 4 schools.) The club gets 60-80 customers an hour on a busy night. The recent article by Matier and Ross documented the armed robberies of these cash-rich clubs in the East Bay. (8/29/05) There has been an armed robbery of a client in our neighborhood. Now I see that the new legislation to "regulate" the clubs will:
- allow pot clubs 500 feet from schools (1 block)
- allow the purchase of 1 pound per day, every day (no cross-checking)
- not limit the clustering of clubs (children would could be walking past a string of them to school)
- allow smoking in the clubs 1,000 feet from a school (about 2 blocks)
A Concerned Parent
The issue has received scant coverage in the local press. The only two articles I can find about this are: SF Neighborhood Fighting Medical Pot Club from KRON, and Medical pot clubs under scrutiny from the Examiner. A cryptic summary of the most recent cannabis legislation before the SF BOS can be found here: 051250 - [Medical cannabis guidelines and medical cannabis dispensary zoning and permitting]
2 Comments:
I see that the BOS also passed a resolution asking for an investigation of an apparently unpermitted pot club opening on Ocean Ave: Ocean Avenue Medical Cannabis Dispensary. I could not find any link to the pot club plans near Tower Market. It would make sense that proprietors would want to keep their plans quiet to avoid neighborhood attention. Beware.
As a parent of a children who witnesses an armed robbery in broad daylight of a patient of a medical cannibis dispensary near our home, I can say with conviction that this legislation MUST be strengthened.
There is a law that prohibits tobacco advertising within 1000' of schools, and our schools frequently have "Drug Free Zones" posted, shouldn't the same minimum standard apply to businesses that sell marijuana?
TELL EVERY PARENT TO WRITE THE MAYOR AND THEIR SUPERVISORS!
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