Marijuana Policy Project

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will make a decision Tuesday about whether to implement the Medical Marijuana Identification Card Program required by California law, 2:45 p.m., at the County Administration Center. Following the decision, medical marijuana patients and advocates will hold a press conference to discuss the decision, as well as the need for the remaining few counties to implement the program and the importance for patients to use it.

Forty-five California counties have already approved implementation of the program. The only counties larger than Sacramento without the program, which makes it easier for law enforcement to verify valid medical marijuana patients while protecting those patients from false arrest, are San Diego and San Bernardino. Those two counties have challenged the program in court three times, all of which have failed. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has announced their intention to make a final appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

• WHAT: Sacramento County Board of Supervisors meeting to decide on state-mandated Medical Marijuana Identification Card Program, followed by press conference with advocates and patients
• WHO: Scheduled press conference participants include:
• Candice Works of Sacramento, a former drug and alcohol counselor who uses medical marijuana to treat the symptoms of Kienböck's disease, a rare and painful bone condition
• Aaron Smith, California policy director for the Marijuana Policy Project
• WHEN: Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008, 2:45 p.m.
• WHERE: County Administration Center_, 700 H St. (at 7th St.), Room 1450