MEDIA ADVISORYÂ Â Â
SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
Fresno Supervisors to Vote on State-Mandated Medical Marijuana I.D. Card Program Tuesday
Board's Decision to Come on the Heels of Appeals Court's Unanimous Dismal of San Diego, San Bernardino's Challenge to Program
CONTACT: Aaron Smith, MPP California organizer, 707-575-9870
FRESNO, Calif. â The Fresno County Board of Supervisors will make a decision Tuesday about whether to implement the Medical Marijuana Identification Card Program required by California law, 2 p.m., in the County Board Chambers in the Hall of Records at 2281 Tulare St.
   Although 40 California counties have implemented the program â including Merced, Tulare, Inyo and San Benito as well as Los Angeles, Orange and Kern â Fresno has yet to act. The board had decided in July to delay a decision until the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on a challenge to the ID card program by the counties of San Diego and San Bernardino. The case was unanimously dismissed July 31.
   WHAT: San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors meeting to decide on state-mandated Medical Marijuana Identification Card Program
   WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, 2 p.m.
   WHERE: County Board Chambers in the Hall of Records at 2281 Tulare St.
   With more than 25,000 members and 100,000 e-mail subscribers nationwide, the Marijuana Policy Project is the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States. MPP believes that the best way to minimize the harm associated with marijuana is to regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol. For more information, please visit www.MarijuanaPolicy.org.
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