CC Resolution 11330RESOLUTION NO. 11330
BEING A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL
SUPPORTING THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY CITIES ASSOCIATION'S
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR CONSISTENT FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATION
OF MEDICINAL MARIJUANA
WHEREAS, the State of California and the federal government of the United States of
American have failed to create a consistent, sensible approach to regulation of medicinal
marijuana;
WHEREAS, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration currently regulates the safety,
efficacy, and dosage of virtually every drug having a medicinal use, and thereby allows
many of those drugs to be distributed through licensed and regulated pharmacies;
WHEREAS, the federal government and State of California have created, both by acting
and failing to act, a system in which the burden of regulating a single drug, medicinal
marijuana, falls upon local governments lacking the resources to adequately do so;
WHEREAS, the failure of local governments to allow the operation of cannabis
collectives and cooperatives may subject cities and counties to litigation from those
clubs;
WHEREAS, the consequence of this inconsistent scheme of regulation places costs and
regulatory burdens on cities like the City of Campbell precisely at a time when the City of
Campbell confronts its most severe budgetary shortfalls in decades;
WHEREAS, until such time as the federal government and State of California can
effectively regulate medicinal marijuana, local governments will continue fo be
tasked with the responsibility for enforcing the Compassionate Use Act and for
regulating the sale, distribution, and use of medicinal marijuana;
IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT:
The City of Campbell joins with the Cities Association of Santa Clara County and other
local entities calling for:
• Consistent federal and state regulation of medicinal marijuana, including re-
classifying the drug within the schedules set forth in § 812 of the federal
Controlled Substances Act,
• A regulatory approach that ensures that the FDA regulates marijuana just as it
regulates other drugs purporting to have a medical purpose, and
• Distribution of medicinal marijuana through licensed, regulated pharmacies, if
distribution should occur at all within the State of California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of September 2011, by the following roll call
vote'
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
ATTE
Anne Bybee, City Clerk
Waterman, Low, Cristina, Kotowski, Baker
None
None
APP OVED:
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Jas n .Baker, Mayor