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<br />ALAMEDA COUNTY / Supervisor...! Fairmont Hospital would dispense medical marijuan Page 2 of2 <br />"1 would never, ever put county employees in a situation where they're incarcerated while <br />doing county work," he said. <br />But Miley said if other supervisors agree with his proposal, he will be willing to take on <br />the federal government, even if it does create criminal or civil liabilities for the county. <br />"It could advance this whole issue significantly, which 1 think would be good," Miley <br />said. <br />This is not the first time Miley has sought proposals to endorse official government <br />distribution of medical marijuana. When he was on the Oakland City Council in 1998, he <br />proposed that the city set up a dispensary after the federal government shut the Oakland <br />Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative. The council instead declared a public health emergency. <br />Miley said Monday that the proposed clinic at Fairmont Hospital, which now has <br />rehabilitation and HIV services, could be a pilot program to show that marijuana could <br />be distributed safely and under proper medical supervision without causing problems to <br />surrounding communities. <br />Several people who spoke at the hearing complained about private clinics operating in <br />unincorporated areas of the county, and some residents endorsed the idea of one county- <br />run clinic. <br />Plununer, who said he does not believe in medical marijuana, called the idea brilliant. <br />"The county should be doing it so it's done right," the sheriff said. <br />While the federal government does not condone medical marijuana, raids at clinics are <br />rare. <br />"Our No.1 priority in California is methamphetamine," the DEA's Meyer said. "That's <br />not to say we give marijuana dealers a break. Those persons, they should know that <br />cultivation, possession and distribution of marijuana is a criminal violation offederal <br />statutes." <br />E-mail Erin Hallissy at fhq!lissy@S!c;hmniclg,cQI1l, <br />PageB-l <br />URL: http:/ /sfgate.com/cgi-binlarticle.cgi?file=/c/a/2~05/05/1 O/BAGSVCMKD Il.DTL <br />~05 San Francisco Chronicle <br />http://sfgate.com/cgi-binlarticle.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/.. ,/BAG5VCMKD II.DTL&type=printabl 5/11/2005 <br />