Posted on 07/25/2012 1:50:03 AM PDT by markomalley
Unable to rein in hundreds of medical pot shops that blossomed around the nation's second-biggest metropolis, the Los Angeles City Council banned them Tuesday until the state's highest court weighs in.
The 14-0 vote drew an angry, profanity-laced response from some medical marijuana advocates who attended the council meeting.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was prepared to sign the ordinance, according to his spokeswoman, Vicki Curry. The storefront ban would then go into effect after 30 days.
In the interim, letters will be sent to as many as 900 dispensaries advising them of the ban.
The city has fumbled with its medical marijuana laws for years, trying to provide safe and affordable access to the drug for legitimate patients while addressing worries by neighborhood groups that streets were being overrun by dispensaries and pot users.
"Relief is on the way," said Councilman Jose Huizar, who introduced the so-called "gentle ban."
Many cities have struggled with medical marijuana ordinances, but none has had a bigger problem than Los Angeles, where pot shops have proliferated. At one point, the city ordered closure of the shops — a process that failed amid lawsuits and conflicting rulings by appellate courts.
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When marijuana shops are illegaled, only illegals will have marijuana shops.
But.. But.. Where will the one single person with cancer who actually legitimately needs medicinal cannabis go for medicine if they close down 900 pot clinics in Los Angeles?
Too late, Peoplez Republik of Kali-Forni-Kate: the frigging toothpaste’s out of the tube. You got what you wished/voted for. Buh-bye.
Those that want pot legalize will always have to deal with their biggest adversary getting in the way.
Themselves.
This is really going to tick off Obama voters.
And liberals responding with foul language to an action they disagree with. I’m SHOCKED I tell you, SHOCKED!!
And liberals responding with foul language to an action they disagree with. I’m SHOCKED I tell you, SHOCKED!!
And liberals responding with foul language to an action they disagree with. I’m SHOCKED I tell you, SHOCKED!!
And liberals responding with foul language to an action they disagree with. I’m SHOCKED I tell you, SHOCKED!!
And liberals responding with foul language to an action they disagree with. I’m SHOCKED I tell you, SHOCKED!!
And liberals responding with foul language to an action they disagree with. I’m SHOCKED I tell you, SHOCKED!!
And liberals responding with foul language to an action they disagree with. I’m SHOCKED I tell you, SHOCKED!!
I’m not really as shocked as posts 7-13 would lead one to believe. I hit post just once and the screen seemed to hang for a couple of minutes resulting in multiple posts.
If I had anything to do with it I apologize.
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Don't Boost Local Crime: Study - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_125971.html
Don't go feeling all self important, that ain't no record.
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