State to issue ID cards to medicinal pot users

[davidinalameda]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/16/BAGU1BB7HJ1.DTL

California health officials plan to issue identification cards to medical marijuana users that would prohibit state and local authorities from seizing their stashes or prosecuting them, officials said Tuesday.

The cards will be available this summer for patients in at least 10 counties, including Marin and Sonoma, and statewide by the end of the year, said state Department of Health Services spokeswoman Norma Arceo.

All cards will have photographs, she said, and the state will have a 24- hour, toll-free number that police can call to verify that identification cards are authentic. Five other states -- Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Washington -- have similar ID cards, Arceo said.

[firebee]

1. Yep... Oregon has green cards