Calling Proposition 215 a “conservative, common- sense solution,” the Los Angeles County Commission on HIV Health Services passed an emergency resolution criticizing U.S. Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey for speaking out against the California Medical Marijuana Initiative.
The commission reaffirmed its support for Proposition 215 in today’s resolution, joining the California Academy of Family Physicians, San Francisco Medical Society, California Nurses Association, and AIDS Project Los Angeles among the major medical groups and patient advocacy groups that have endorsed Proposition 215.
The AIDS commission’s resolution urged McCaffrey, who on September 12 held a press conference in Los Angeles attacking the initiative, to “stop marginalizing people with AIDS and other seriously ill Californians in an effort to enhance President Clinton’s image.
The resolution was passed by a vote of 31-0, with four abstentions. ,p> For more information, please contact Dave Fratello of Californians for Medical Rights at (310) 394-2952.