The City Council declined Tuesday to endorse proposed regulations that would govern medical marijuana dispensaries in San Diego, opting instead to forward the package to a committee for more vetting.  The recommendations were made by the 11-member Medical Marijuana Task Force, which was established by the City Council last September amid concern over the proliferation of unlicensed dispensaries in the city.

…Councilman Carl DeMaio, who didn’t support the formation of the task force, cast the lone dissenting vote, arguing the regulations “open the door” to more medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.

He said he sympathizes with the sick who use medical marijuana, but said there are abuses.

“What I don’t believe we should make available are corner shops where marijuana is sold as a commodity under the guise of a patient-caregiver relationship,” DeMaio said.

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Source: San Diego News 6