SAN FRANCISCO APPROVES ID CARD FOR MEDICAL POT

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors put its stamp of approval Monday on
a plan to issue identification cards to medical marijuana users.

The board voted 10-1 in favor of adopting a city ordinance designed to
allow qualified cardholders to obtain high-grade pot from several
dispensaries and dispel their fears of being arrested for possession of drugs.

"For people who are suffering, this is a giant step because here's a
medicine that I think really, really works. Reefer madness is dead," said
Gary Farnsworth, a director at the San Francisco Patients Resource Center.
His center is one of several medical marijuana dispensaries in San Francisco.

The cards have yet to be designed, and no fees for them have been
determined. Mayor Willie Brown has 10 days to sign the ordinance.