With L.A. Crackdown, Medical Marijuana Pendulum Swings Back

Posted by admin on July 27, 2009

Over the past few years, hundreds of loosely regulated medical marijuana dispensaries cropped up in Los Angeles. It got to the point where even some backers of medical marijuana in New Jersey saw California#8217;s experience as a cautionary tale, and promised that their law would be more restrictive.
Now, even in L.A., the pendulum is swinging back toward a less permissive system. The city council passed an ordinance yesterday that caps the number of marijuana dispensaries at 70, and limits where the shops can be set up #8212; though roughly 150 existing dispensaries that registered with the city clerk before 2007 are likely to be allowed to stay open under an exemption in the ordinance, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Even with that exemption, the number of shops could fall significantly…

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