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Waiting to inhale S.F. cops keep busting medical marijuana growers. One prosecutor is trying to develop less-arbitrary guidelines. So where are the city's political leaders on an issue they claim to support? By Ann Harrison Cannabis club guide A roster of San Francisco's medical marijuana dispensaries. By Ethan Goldwater
news & culture In This Issue Invisible cuts Is the mayor's budget too good to be true? By Rachel Brahinsky Doctors in jail Proposal to outsource health care for San Francisco inmates stirs concerns about the costs of privatization. By Tali Woodward Abortion ban lifted San Francisco joined suit that struck down federal ban on so-called partial-birth abortions. By Becky Wildman-Tobriner The Iraq death toll Neighborhood Business: Picnic picks Five ways to feed the ants at your favorite city park. By Anna Mantzaris Neighborhood Business: Biztips Openings, closings, and other life changes on the small-business scene. Alerts - Political Events By Deborah Giattina Talkback - Letters to the Editor Editorial: The pot cops Editorial: Biotech's dubious future Opinion: How Nader helps Bush By John Pearce extra Life During Wartime The Bay Guardian's regularly updated section dedicated to war-related news and perspectives from the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world, protest and event information, and web links. Journalists under fire Digests from the frontlines of the free press around the globe PG&E PG&E and the California energy crisis First amendment alerts		a&e Music: Rose outta concrete Kevin Epps takes a tough look at Hunters Point rap dreams. By J.H. Tompkins Music: High Mark Canadian country crooner Carolyn Mark drinks, lives, and laughs hard — and writes songs about the fallout. By Jimmy Draper Film: Philadelphia phenom Andrew Repasky McElhinney takes aim at Bataille's Eye. By Johnny Ray Huston Film: Room with a view Control Room pulls back the curtain on the Iraq war. By Camille T. Taiara Film: Critic's Choice - ‘Hickey and Boggs’ By Dennis Harvey Film: Critic's Choice - 'Strayed' During wartime, love gets bent. By Johnny Ray Huston Stage: Pulling the strings Cal Shakes and a posse of puppets open the season with The Comedy of Errors. By Robert Avila Dance: Radical skill William Forsythe's Ballett Frankfurt bids farewell. By Rita Felciano Dance: Critic's Choice - San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival By Rita Felciano Art: Critic's Choice - 'Ten Years of Conversations' By Clark Buckner See Hear By J. H. Tompkins Wandering Eye By Glen Helfand Script Doctor Local Live - show reviews Grooves - record reviews Local Grooves - record reviews 2nd Time Around - record reviews The Mix food & drink Dine review The steel curtain By Paul Reidinger The Food Snoop By Masha Gutkin Well Done By Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe The Blender

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