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JDS patients.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
ehind the nondescript door is
o ordinary smoky dive. If your
ose doesn’t detect the sweet
lell of marijuana, the sign be-
|ind the bar says it all: “Thank
du for pot smoking.”
At the San Francisco
lannabis Buyer’s Club,
[IDS, cancer and glaucoma
l“ patients come to buy and
li R Smoke the illegal weed they
..i.i ffay is one of the few things
that give them relief.
“This is about love,” said
Jermis Peron, who founded the
club after his partner died of
— Dennis Peron,
club founder
jropti
spontf
DS j n 199Q “People in the
, autumn, in the sunset of their
lives, have a right to any medi-
<|ne that helps them feel bet-
TtU Although Peron knows he is
frisking arrest, the 3,200-mem-
bcr club has yet to be busted.
I In 1992, the city Board of
Tp« Supervisors, in a unanimous
£1 if'solution signed by Mayor
Brank Jordan, ordered police
aakt
oiieJfThis is about love,
jcu people in the au-
;xpar| tumn, in the sunset
^ Of their lives, have a
mmc right to any medi-
*sj t y cine that helps them
p" feel better."
ton
agedf
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I'ial.f
n of I
zed and the district attorney to
pttake enforcing laws against
marijuana as medicine their
lowest priority.
Jjg “The mayor supports medici
)1CI nal use of marijuana as long as
its under the supervision of a
recyi doctor,” said Jordan spokes
men s woman Meredith Halpern.
i profit- To join the club, you have
r ant to produce a photo ID and a
y re: doctor’s letter certifying a
condition that could be allevi-
what ated by pot. Members are is-
maii sued a prosaic-looking mem-
more bership card (and if you lose
way it twice, you’re out.)
I The club, on the second story
Hf a drab building near the Cas
H~o, San Francisco’s mostly gay
district, buys in bulk and sells
at a small markup.
I Since the drug is purchased
^Underground, it’s more expen
&ive than growing your own
Jind members are charged $5 to
Tl^B>25 a gram. But Peron said
j . .^Bhat’s about 50 percent cheaper
| |han street prices.
I Similar clubs have been
formed in major U.S. cities in
Becent years, said Bob Randall
|pf the Washington-based A1
; Biance for Cannabis Therapeu
Tics. But he wouldn’t say where
|>r how many, because the clubs
| ire illegal.
On a recent morning, the
JpSlI I clientele at the nonprofit San
“Yancisco Cannabis Buyer’
'lub reflected the democrat! z
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