Health

The Pot Shops
by Notme dfsfs

Morley Safer a correspondent for 60 Minutes investigated medical marijuana, the Californian law behind it and how people abuse the system just to get high.He spoke with Rev. Scott Imler, one that sustained the legalization of marijuana for cancer and AIDS sufferers whose pain and nausea are relieved by marijuana. He admitted that his noble idea created instead "pot dealers in storefronts" who sell to anyone with doctors' notes that are fairly easy to obtain."I think there's a lot of [people just buying the drug to get high]," he tells Safer. "A lot of what we have now is basically pot dealers in storefronts."The "60 Minutes" episode featured a former Modesto marijuana dispensary manager Luke Scarmazzo, that was arrested in September 2006 charged with other three men on being related with the McHenry Avenue dispensary. He pleaded not guilty.In San Mateo a few weeks ago the DEA raided three medical marijuana dispensaries that the county district attorney said violated state law."San Mateo County has always been at the forefront of attempting to meet the needs of its citizens, and we have a heart," said San Mateo County Supervisor Jerry Hill. "If someone is suffering, then we want to prevent that. And if someone is suffering from adisease, and medical marijuana is their only relief, we want to facilitate that within the law."

related story: http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/93/pot_shops

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