MARIJUANA CLUBS HOT ATTRACTION IN SAN FRAN
Sun Jul 02 2006 15:30:24 ET
The newest attraction planned for Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco's most popular tourist destination, has no sign and no advertisements -- it is a cannabis club!
Yet everyone seems to think that the new business, the Green Cross, will be a hit, drawing customers from all over the region to sample its sweet-smelling wares, the NY TIMES reports on Monday.
The joint will sell marijuana to patients with a doctor's note.
They have sprouted around California in the decade since the passage of Proposition 215, which legalized the use and sale of marijuana to those suffering from chronic pain, illness or infirmity. San Francisco, a hot spot in the AIDS epidemic, voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposition in 1996 and now has about 30 clubs, serving some 25,000 patients and caregivers.
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