CITY MAY DROP ID CARDS FOR MEDICAL POT USERS

San Diego's plan to develop an identification card program for medical
marijuana users may be abandoned before it gets started.

San Diego's voluntary ID card program was meant to protect sick people
who use marijuana on a doctor's advice from being arrested by city
police.

The program, which was approved in September, has been stalled, partly
because of a lack of funding, said Councilwoman Toni Atkins, a lead
advocate of the program.

The program may no longer be needed because a new state law requires
the state Department of Health Services to establish a statewide
voluntary registry of medical marijuana users, Atkins said.