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<br />" <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br /> <br />6D <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />I I <br /> <br />pLEASANTONo <br /> <br />City Council <br />Staff Report <br /> <br />July 18, 2006 <br />Police Department <br />Planning Department <br />City Attorney's Office <br /> <br />SUBJECT <br /> <br />Consideration of Approaches to Regulate, Prohibit, or Continue <br />Moratorium on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries <br /> <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATION: <br /> <br />Extend the current moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries for an <br />additional twelve (12) months to protect the public health, safety and <br />welfare <br /> <br />SUMMARY <br /> <br />California voters adopted the Compassionate Use Act (Proposition 215) to <br />allow the use and possession of marijuana for medicinal purposes. The State <br />legislature subsequently adopted the Medical Marijuana Program (SB 420) <br />to establish an identification card program, and set parameters for the <br />possession, cultivation, and distribution of marijuana to qualified patients <br />and their caregivers. <br /> <br />The Federal Controlled Substances Act still prohibits the use, possession, <br />cultivation, transportation, and sale of marijuana. And, the U. S. Supreme <br />Court in 2005 ruled that Federal law supercedes State law regarding such <br />controlled substances. <br /> <br />The City Council originally adopted a zoning moratoriuml on medical <br />marijuana dispensaries in August 2005, and extended the moratorium in <br />September 2005. The basis for the moratorium was information about crime <br />and other negative impacts arising in jurisdictions with dispensaries. This <br />moratorium expires on August 5, 2006. <br /> <br />I A zoning moratorium does not prohibit the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes consistent <br />with Proposition 215 and SB 420. <br /> <br />SR06:185 <br />