MEDICAL MARIJUANA CLUB ROBBED OF $5,000 IN S.F.

Three people, two of them carrying guns, robbed a San Francisco medical
marijuana club of $5,000 in pot and cash Tuesday night, the club's director
said yesterday.

Wayne Justmann, the executive director of the San Francisco Patients
Resource Center, said the three men pushed two staff members to the ground
and hit another in the face during the holdup, which took place at 6:50
p.m. The club, situated at 350 Divisadero St. near Oak Street, was open at
the time of the incident. The robbers were African American and in their
late 20s or early 30s, Justmann said.

``They were unmasked, which was very bold,'' he said.

The person who usually checks people for a doctor's recommendation had
stepped away from the door when the robbery was committed, Justmann said.

The club has been open for four months. Justmann said it was the first time
the club had been robbed. He said that security has been tightened and that
the club reopened the next day ``because we can't let this slow us down.''

``Many of our members need medication on a daily basis,'' he said.