Berkeley Dispensaries to Provide Free Marijuana to Low-Income Members

July 3, 2014
robomayor
California, Policy & Legal
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The Berkeley City Council on Tuesday approved a plan that includes dispensaries providing free marijuana to low-income members. Cheryl Hurd reports.

Medical marijuana dispensaries in Berkeley will likely soon be required to provide free pot to low-income members and homeless people, according to an ordinance approved by the city council on Tuesday.

The city is also looking to approve a fourth dispensary, raising the current limit of three locations.

The proposed ordinance, first reported by the East Bay Express, requires that Berkeley dispensaries give away two percent of the amount of cannabis they sell each year low-income people. And the pot can’t be poor quality either. The proposed city ordinance reads (PDF) that the “medical cannabis provided under this section shall be the same quality on average” as marijuana “dispensed to other members.” [Read More…]

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