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and significant risks of addiction to pot that
will be readily available in their community.
c. An HIV patient, also living in this state,
whose doctor advises that smoking small
amounts of marijuana will probably relieve
some of his pain.
d. The Chief of Police of the city where these
people live, who has urged the City Council to
enact new local zoning and other regulations
that will make it virtually impossible for
medical marijuana dispensaries to operate in
the city.
e. The state’s new Medical Marijuana Board,
which is empowered to permit and regulate
dispensaries but is without the power to
withhold permits, merely because of local
opposition in a particular community.
f. The President and Attorney General of the
United States who are responsible for
enforcing the CSA as well as upholding the
nation’s obligations to implement anti-drug
treaties that it has ratified.