>> THIS MAN HAS SEVERE EMPHYSEMA AND NEEDS BOTTLED OXYGEN TO
SURVIVE.
DOCTORS TOLD HIM HE WOULD SOON BE DEAD.
HE GOT HIS AFFAIRS IN ORDER.
THEN ONE DAY HE DISCOVERED A TREATMENT FOR BREATHING PROBLEMS
THAT WAS WILDLY PRESCRIBED IN THE 1800s.
TINCTURE FOR CANNABIS.
HE FOUND THE RECIPE HIMSELF.
>> I JOINED THE CLUB, A DISPENSARY.
I WAS ABLE TO BUY A QUARTER POUND OF CONCENTRATES THAT I PUT
IN A SMALL AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL AND CONSUMED OVER TEN WEEKS.
INSTEAD OF DYING AS EXPECTED HEAR I AM SIX YEARS LATER DOING
BETTER AND BETTER.
>> THESE DAYS HE USES A FEW DROPS OF THE TINCTURE IN HIS
TEA.
HE SAYS IT'S HARD TO GET BECAUSE OF THE LOCAL DISPENSARIES BEING
CLOSED.
>> IT'S IMMORAL TO MAKE ME CHOOSE BETWEEN SUFFOCATING AND
DOING BUSINESS WITH A DRUG DEALER.
THIS IS NOT A CHOICE THAT A PATIENT SHOULD BE FACED WITH.
IT'S WRONG.
>> LINNVILLE IS WITH THE GROUP "AMERICANSER IF SAFE ACCESS."
THEY PLACED A MEASURE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT IN IMPERIAL
BEACH WHERE LINNVILLE GREW UP.
PROP S WOULD REPEAL IMPERIAL BEACH'S BAN ON DISPENSARIES
ALLOWING DISPENSARIES TO OPERATE UNDER STRICT RULES.
MARK BOYD IS ONE OF THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND PROP S.
HE BECAME AN ADVOCATE WHEN HIS SISTER WAS DIEING IN A LOCAL
CONVALESCENT HOME.
SHE SAYS THE MARIJUANA HELPED RELIEVE HER PAIN.
SHE ASKED STAFF FOR A JOINT AND ASKED THEM TO CALL HER BROTHER
TO GET ONE FOR HER.
>> SHE PASSED WAITING.
WHEN I WENT THE NEXT MORNING I MADE A COMMITMENT THAT PEOPLE IN
NEED WOULD FIND MEDICINE WHEN THEY NEED IT.
>> PROP S ADS 19 RESTRICTIONS TO PROTECT PATIENTS AND THE
COMMUNITY.
>> THEY WOULD ALLOW LIGHTING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE SUFFICIENT SO
MANDATORY SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS WOULD BE ABLE TO CLEARLY
DETERMINE WHO SOMEONE IS AT 40 FEET AWAY.
THAT IS MORE SECURITY THEN ANY LOCATION IN IMPERIAL BEACH.
>> THE MEASURE WOULD RESTRICT OPERATING HOURS AND PROHIBIT
DISPENSARIES WITHIN OF 00 FEET OF A SCHOOL OR PLAYGROUND.
NONE THE LESS IMPERIAL BEACH MAYOR JIM JANEY AND THE COUNCIL
IS AGAINST IT.
JANEY ISN'T OPPOSED TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA BUT HE SAYS PROP S
GOES OVERBOARD.
>> IT'S SIMPLE TO SAY I WANT TO ALLOW FOR THREE STORE FRONTS.
THEY DIDN'T SAY THAT.
WE CAN HAVE 19 OR 20 OR MORE DEPENDING HOW THEY'RE LOCATED.
I THINK THAT'S WAY TOO FAR.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD LAW OR HOW IT SHOULD WORK.
>> IMPERIAL BEACH VOTERS WON'T BE THE ONLY ONES IN NOVEMBER TO
DECIDE TO ALLOW DISPENSARIES IN THEIR TOWN.
SOLANA BEACH, DEL MAR AND LEMON GROVE WILL WEIGHT.
IN EVEN IF THE MEASURES PASS THERE IS NO GUARANTEE ANY
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY WILL BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE.
>> LAURA DUFFY HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVE IN ENFORCING THE
FEDERAL BAN ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
SHE HAS LEAD THE WAY ENFORCING LOCAL DISPENSARIES TO SHUT DOWN.
DUFFY HAS GONE EVEN FURTHER.
IN JULY SHE SENT A LETTER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY IN DEL MAR.
THE LETTER SAID CITY EMPLOYEES CONDUCTING THE ORDINANCE WERE
NOT IMMUNED.
DUFFY WOULDN'T BE INTERVIEWED FOR THIS.
-- >> PEOPLE WITH AIDS, PEOPLE WITH
CANCER THAT REALLY ARE ENTITLED TO SAFE ACCESS TO THIS MEDICINE
AS THEY WOULD BE TO ANY OTHER.