COUNTY WORKS ON MEDICAL POT RULES

Expect new possession guidelines for medical marijuana patients and their
providers by mid-July, said El Dorado County District Attorney Gary Lacy.

Lacy, who is running for re-election this fall, and a sheriff's captain met
with medical marijuana advocates in Placerville on Monday night for a third
time to discuss how much pot would be too much for patients and caregivers,
or pot providers, to possess.

"We have just about got guidelines for indoor and outdoor," Lacy said.
"We're awaiting Dale Schafer's proposal that will apply to caregivers."

Schafer, an attorney and a losing candidate for district attorney in the
March primary, said he expects to have his suggestions to Lacy on amounts
for caregivers by Friday.

He said his proposal will not ask law enforcement to allow more than 99
plants. Schafer, who also runs a medical marijuana clinic in the county with
his wife, Dr. Molly Fry, said any number greater than 99 is asking for
trouble from the federal government.

"At 100 plants, there is a federal sentencing guideline of five years in
prison," he said. "I don't advise anybody to go over 99 plants. If you do,
you better put a lot of money away for an attorney and put your affairs in
order cause you're going to prison."