SF Supervisor Proposes Municipal Weed Dispensaries
San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi proposed legislation yesterday to establish medical marijuana dispensaries that would be owned and operated by the City, thereby making our fair city the first in the nation to become a municipal pot dealer. As the Faded Floozy is reporting, Mirkarimi has wanted to do this for a while, essentially making use of state laws legalizing medical marijuana sales in order to set up a pot distribution system for medical marijuana patients of city clinics.
Ever since our new drug-and-porn-friendly Attorney General Eric Holder declared last month that the feds would only go after "those people who violate both federal and state law," it has appeared that California's medical marijuana trade was safe for at least the next four years.
Though Mirkarimi claims that his city-run weed operation wouldn't be stepping on the turf of existing pot clubs, we have to assume that this runs the risk of pissing more than a few of them off should the legislation get anywhere with the Board of Supes and the Mayor. Aren't turf wars the primary reason for all drug violence?
Let's all just hope no one tries to put a cap in Mirkarimi's ass because he's trying to steal their customers.
What do you think of the idea, dear readers? Vote in the Chron's poll here. (We voted for "If they run it like Muni Metro, who'd buy?")