Berkeley, California recently passed a law that will require dispensaries in the city to provide free medical marijuana to low-income patients. The law was passed on July 8th.
However, the law will not go into effect until August. Dispensaries will be required to set aside two percent of their products to give to qualified low-income patients. In this case, low-income is defined as making around $32,000 for a single person household and $46,000 for a four person household.
Many various illnesses qualify for medical marijuana, including cancer and AIDS. By law, the quality of the marijuana must remain consistent, whether it is for paying customers or people getting it for free.
Currently, Berkeley has three medical marijuana dispensaries, but part of the law is to bring in a fourth one. Eventually, the city wants to expand even further by having a total of six dispensaries next year.
Although there are constant debates about whether or not marijuana should be legalized for medical reasons, the city of Berkeley has been making quite a bit of money off of the dispensaries. About $640,000 in tax revenue has been paid to the city, and with more dispensaries coming soon, that number can only go up.
Crazy Berkeley. There will be a line out the door.
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Municipal corporations make laws now? All this time I thought they were called rules or ordinances.
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insanity
$32,000 is low income? I never knew I was dirt poor until now. I should get some free pot to take my mind off the chronic depression that just set in now that I am impoverished.
$32,000 per year, that makes millions of people low income, they will need a lot of buds.
good reason to move there…
Perfect. Free dope for Californians. I couldn’t have made this up.