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Thursday, July 17, 2014Free Pot Fights Pot Shop Shut Down
San Jose Pot Shop Shut Down: With
the City of San Jose planning to implement new regulations that could shut down
many of its dispensaries at the end of the week (July 2014), the fight over
medical marijuana in the South Bay is intensifying.
Meantime, supporters began offering
complimentary medical marijuana to bolster their campaign against the city.
They set up a tent across from City Hall to symbolize an “Occupy”-type protest
against San Jose's new regulations.
They point out they're not against
regulations, only what they call the 'unreasonable' ones, but it is the free
weed that is getting everyone's attention.
Dave Hodges, owner of the All American
Cannabis Club, 1082 Stockton Ave., said his shop is closing its doors Friday
because he can't meet San Jose's tighter new regulations by this week's
deadline.
But Hodges and the Silicon Valley Cannabis
Coalition are fighting back with a voter referendum to limit the city's power.
The coalition set up stations in about a dozen locations citywide offering
vouchers to registered San Jose voters for a free gram of pot and medical
evaluations to become patients.
The coalition avoided accusations of drug
dealing by making signing the referendum “optional,” meaning anyone with a
medical marijuana card could get the voucher, even if they didn't sign the
petition.
The Other Side: Councilman and mayoral candidate Sam Liccardo wasn't impressed with Monday’s free pot tactics. "When you have to give away free drugs in order to get support for an idea, that says something about the quality of your ideas,” Liccardo said. While he scoffed at the free pot vouchers, Liccardo acknowledged the city still isn't sure how to deal with specialized pot products. "It's one of the reasons why we shouldn't have cities regulating drugs,” he said. “We should have the FDA regulating drugs."
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