SLO County Action Alert: ID card vote on Tuesday

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Dear Medical Marijuana Supporter,

Next Tuesday, August 1st, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will be voting on whether or not to approve the implementation of the medical marijuana ID card program. The ID cards would be voluntary for patients and caregivers to obtain through the county and serve to further protect them from detainment, arrest or seizure of their medicine by state and local law enforcement. 
 
This is a major step in the right direction towards securing safe and legal access to medical marijuana in SLO County.
 
Please take a few minutes to contact the Board of Supervisors to politely urge them to support the medical marijuana ID card program in SLO County. Feel free to use the talking points posted at the end of this message.

You can use this online form: http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/bos/BOSContactUs.htm
or call: 805-781-5450 (8am-5pm)

Itâ€™s also very important that we fill the board chambers with patients and advocates backing the program. Please attend Tuesdayâ€™s meeting to show your support for safe, legal and hassle-free access to medical marijuana. Feel free to contact me for meeting details.

Thank you for your support of this important program. Once implemented, not only will it reduce patientsâ€™ risk, it will also further strengthen Californiaâ€™s decade-old medical marijuana law.

Sincerely, 
Aaron Smith
707-291-0076
safeaccessnow@gmail.com

SLO Board Meeting Time and Location:

Tuesday, August 1st â€“ 2:00pm
(will be heard sometime after lunch recess)

County Government Center
1055 Monterey Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93408
Map: http://tinyurl.com/j5san
 
*This is a professional meeting; please dress in business or business/casual attire.

Feel free to use these talking points when addressing your county supervisor on this issue:

*  The ID card protects patients and caregivers from lengthy detainment, arrest, seizure of property or unnecessary court proceedings. While patients are not required to participate in the ID card program, many choose to because they cannot afford the personal risk of wrongful prosecution that those without ID cards face.

*  The ID card program will greatly assist law-enforcement in distinguishing patients with legitimate medical marijuana recommendations from those who are using false or counterfeit documentation. The county-administered ID program clarifies the current patchwork of patient documentation and frees our law enforcement and judicial system to focus on genuine criminal activity.

*  The county will not incur any additional costs by implementing the ID card program because the county is allowed to set its own fees to recoup the start-up and operating costs. For example, the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program, implemented in 1999, was able to realize a $986,000 budget surplus after two years of operation. This also allowed the state to significantly reduce the fees imposed on patients.

*  The county has a legal responsibility to the State of California to implement the program because it is a requirement of Senate Bill 420, passed into law in 2003

*  Votersâ€™ support of safe and legal access to medical marijuana has only grown stronger since the passage of the Compassionate Use Act (Prop. 215) in 1996. According to an independent field poll conducted in 2004, 74% of Californians support the implementation of our stateâ€™s medical marijuana laws.

The Compassionate Coalition

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