CITY TO CONSIDER ZONING FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA

ELK GROVE

Medical marijuana dealers could set up shop here if the City Council
approves zoning changes proposed by planning commissioners.

A new ordinance regulating where such shops would be located and their
hours is to be taken up by the council April 7. A store offering
marijuana for patients with certain medical problems opened two months
ago in nearby Roseville.

Although federal law still considers marijuana an illegal substance,
California voters approved a ballot measure in 1996 that legalized the
use and sale of marijuana on a doctor's recommendation.