Properly implementing California’s two-year old medical marijuana law is one of the top ten priorities for Attorney General-elect Bill Lockyer, The San Francisco Examiner reported this week.
Lockyer said he supports the law and criticized outgoing Attorney General Dan Lungren for opposing its adoption. “I think [Lungren] was overly zealous in continuing to oppose [Prop. 215] even after the [voters approved it,]” he said. “I joke that there are days when I thought Dan had a copy of ‘Reefer Madness’ at home.”
Lockyer appointed a task force to examine ways to better implement Proposition 215, and said he backs a regulated system for distributing the drug.
California NORML Coordinator Dale Gieringer called Lockyer’s victory critical toward helping officials better define the state’s medical marijuana policies. Americans for Medical Rights spokesman Dave Fratello agreed. “The change from Lungren is potentially very significant,” he said. “Lockyer has said he understands the conflict we have with federal law and would like to see this initiative work.”
For more information, please contact either Allen St. Pierre of The NORML Foundation @ (202) 483-8751 or Dale Gieringer of California NORML @ (415) 563-5858.