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Public urges clarity after police raids on medical cannabis collectives; SFPD schedules multi‑agency meeting
Summary
Patients and advocates told the Police Commission that recent raids on medical cannabis collectives deprived sick residents of medicine and wasted enforcement resources; SFPD commander said a search warrant uncovered a large grow and announced a July 13 meeting with public health and the district attorney to clarify compliance and a possible registry.
Public commenters asked the Police Commission on Wednesday to press for clearer rules and immediate remedies after a recent San Francisco Police Department raid on a medical cannabis collective.
Shona Gopener, who identified herself as a longtime frontline provider for low‑income patients, told the commission that equipment and medicine were seized during the enforcement action and read from a petition urging the district attorney to drop charges and return patients’ medicine. "We, the undersigned, demand that DA Harris drop any and all charges against Access of Love provider, return all of the patient's medicine and growing…
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