By Karen Holzmeister, Staff Writer
Source: Oakland Tribune

California -- Quicker than a puff of smoke, county efforts to clamp down on medical marijuana sales in unincorporated areas have been placed on hold.

Alameda County has reined in its efforts to close three medical marijuana clinics by Oct. 1, and to subsequently issue three prized cannabis club operating permits in unincorporated areas, a county supervisor and sheriff's captain said Friday.

Instead, We Are Hemp in San Lorenzo, the Garden of Eden in Cherryland, and A Natural Source in Ashland