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San Francisco Issues Medical Marijuana ID Cards
San Francisco, CA: Medical marijuana patients in San
Francisco can now obtain identification cards from the city of San Francisco
that allow for easier access to marijuana and also protect them from marijuana
arrests under the state's medical marijuana law.
The new identification card program kicked off last Friday.
The card costs $25 and can be obtained at the San Francisco Department of
Public Health. Patients need to provide a doctor's recommendation to receive
the card.
The cards will only have the patient's picture and a serial
number on it in order to protect the patient's privacy. The San Francisco
Department of Public Health will not maintain a list of patients' names or
application documents.
Wayne Justmann, director of the San Francisco Patients
Resource Center and the recipient of the first card issued under the new
program, said the cards are "another brick in the path paving the way to
legal use of medical marijuana."
"This card recognizes the right of every medical
cannabis patient to use cannabis in a safe and effective manner," said
San Francisco Supervisor Mark Leno who sponsored the ordinance that created
the cards. "The police need to understand this card deserves 100 percent
respect."