POLICE COMMISSION VOTES TO DELAY NEW POT CLINICS

The Police Commission voted Tuesday to support a moratorium on new
marijuana dispensaries and tougher regulations of existing
enterprises, even as Police Chief William J. Bratton promised to work
with federal authorities to prosecute businesses found to be violating the law.

"It's my intent to get rid of these places," Bratton said after the
commission voted to ask the City Council to impose a moratorium and
adopt new restrictions.

The distribution of marijuana for medical purposes is allowed under
state law, but Bratton said he believed the majority of people using
the dispensaries were recreational drug users.