POT ID CARDS AVAILABLE IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY

STOCKTON -- Medical marijuana users in San Joaquin County will soon be
able to apply for identification cards.

Applications can be obtained from the Vital Records Office in Stockton
or downloaded from the state Department of Public Health's Web site
starting Monday.

The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors approved in November the
state-mandated program to provide photo identification cards to
approved medical marijuana users.

Annual card fees will be $141 for people not on Medi-Cal and $71 for
Medi-Cal recipients.

Cardholders must live in San Joaquin County and have written
verification from a physician that they have been diagnosed with a
serious condition that requires the use of marijuana.

This article appeared on page B - 3 of the San Francisco Chronicle