at the occupation and at the facilities dispensing medical marijuana, the good herb, ganja. [applause] supervisor avalos: thank you. next. >> good morning. [unintelligible] first of all, supervisor campos, thank you again for being in our corner during these trying times, as well as your colleagues for coming to make the statement to the federal government that we, as a state, are taking care of our own and regulating our own. and if they would open their hearts and their minds to the idea of sick and dying people, they, too, might learned something from this body. thank you. [applause] supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. i have a few more cards. [reading names] >> ok, happy halloween. i am part of patient advocacy for medical cannabis, honored to speak before you. i want to thank supervisor campos for his sponsorship of this emergency resolution. i want to point out for is that the prohibition of cannabis has been a huge factor in corporate greed for decades, and the current crackdown on medical can and this is a blatantly unconstitutional. not a single pati

demands to formally acknowledge an extraterrestrial presence, is that 10,300 signatures and gaining on ganja fast. everyone seems to be for humans and hemp, 100 agreed that red pandas should not be on ecstasy. >> who could blame them? who could blame them? how shocked are you by the poll on marijuana? >> i thought that was exaktsly what it would be. i am not even remotely shocked. >> no? >> no. i want to say something, i am pro legalization, but i think it is possible to be anti-pot and pro legalization. >> i agree with you on that. but explain. >> i smoke pot, but i do it for horror movies, "curb your enthusiasm" and love making. it should not be in the workplace. it should not be out socializing. you shouldn't do it when you go out since someone slaps your girl and you have to fight. it is bad for those 18 to 25. you lose your ambition and can't get up in the morning. though it should be legal, it is bad. >> it is a good point. i know a lot of people that i went to college with who because of drugs have a happy, meaningless existence. but they didn't do anything. meanwhile vurks friends wh

we go to the ganja beat. >> reporter: gregg, how many more puns can you fit into the intro?ing too much fun with this story. you know, california became the first state in the nation, gregg, to legalize marijuana for medical use. that was back in 1996. and since that tite time, 15 other states have passed similar laws that allow patients to buy the drug so long as they have a doctor's prescription. but the feds say there is just one problem with that. they say that getting those prescriptions often too easy, even for healthy people. and they say the system is being abused by those who are really using it for recreational purposes. so the u.s. attorney's office wants to remind people that pot is illegal to drow and sell under federal law. buplus, officials contend marijuana growers have hijacked the medical component and turned it into a for-profit industry. >> the facade of so-called medical marijuana has become a local law enforcement nightmare with the proliferation of these retail marijuana stores that operate for profit. and they a charade for trafficking potent drugs to