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San Francisco lawmakers pass Haight smoke shop ban (4 p.m.)  

Jump to full article: Stockton (CA) Record, 2009-06-23

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San Francisco lawmakers have agreed unanimously to snuff out new shops that sell pot-smoking paraphernalia in the district at the heart of the city's hippie history.

The Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance Tuesday that places a three-year moratorium on new businesses in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood that sell smoking equipment.

At least a dozen businesses sell rolling papers, roach clips and glass water pipes along Haight Street

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