MODESTO BEE
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

By TIM MORAN and ADAM ASHTON
BEE STAFF WRITERS

Last Updated: October 25, 2006, 06:22:04 AM PDT

Officials dealt Stanislaus County medical marijuana supporters two setbacks Tuesday, one by banning cannabis dispensaries in Modesto and the other by postponing a program to issue identification cards to patients.

The city and county votes follow the Sept. 27 federal Drug Enforcement Administration raid on California Healthcare Collective, a McHenry Avenue clinic that used to sell marijuana to people with doctors' recommendations.

The Modesto City Council closed a loophole in a law it passed 10 months ago to ban dispensaries.

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