BERKELEY, Calif. (KCBS) -- The Federal Drug Enforcement Agency and the city of Berkeley may be headed for a showdown over medical marijuana dispensaries, as the city toys with the idea of selling pot.
In the past year, five medical marijuana dispensaries have been shut down in the Bay Area by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency. Fearing that Berkeley could be next, city councilman Chris Worthington is putting together a resolution that would make Berkeley a sanctuary for medical marijuana users.
”We may need to tweak it, and change a few words here and there, but I think the basic concept of opposing the D.E.A.’s waste of the tax payer’s money, and attacking a medical service, I think that concept will sale through overwhelmingly,” said Worthington.
Worthington and city councilman Darryl Moore believe the city should provide access to medicinal marijuana if D.E.A. agents do move in. One D.E.A. agent tells the Contra Costa Times "anyone who breaks the law is at risk of being arrested."
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KCBS' Dave Padilla reports
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