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California state law to the contrary, the LA City council voted 14-0 Tues to ban a whopping 762 medical weed shops from operation. Reason.com reports that state law allows such governed businesses to work.
To live and die without marijuana in L.A.
Activists who support the growing medicinal weed movement assembled inside and outside Los Angeles City Council chambers, awaiting the council vote. The overwhelmingly negative response prompted legislators to call in LA Police to manage the non-violent assembly.
The AP points out that patients and caregivers will be able to grow and share marijuana in “small groups of three people or less” still, even with the new legislation. The argument from weed activists is that people do not have time, skill or facilities to grow weed themselves. The ban will shut down all city dispensaries still.
It costs over $5,000 to grow weed at home successfully, which people cannot afford typically, according to an unnamed LA weed dispensary owner.
Registered dispensaries not affected
Critics expressed wonder at the LA City Council’s decision to draft additional ordinance that would allow 170 separate, already registered marijuana shops to remain in business. That part of the judgment was not as universal among council members. Councilman Jose Huizar claimed it would give the public “false hope,” considering that the ban of the other 762 registered shops would be rigorously enforced.
Councilman Paul Koretz seconded the opinion of the Los Angeles City Council.
Think about the state law
The Medical Cannabis Program Act of 2003 caused the California 2nd District court of Appeal to overturn a medical weed ban recently. That is why critics of the Los Angeles City Council believe that the California state law is violated by the vote. The act makes it clear that it is lawful to sell cannabis for medical purposes through storefronts, and it explains that anybody who wants to sell or give away weed through dispensaries is protected. It "enhances the access of patients and caregivers to medical marijuana through collective, cooperative cultivation projects.”
According to Reason.com, LA does not have the right to ban shops due to the regulation, but it does have the right to regulate them. There will probably be a court battle very soon.
Get more on the Los Angeles ban here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqeWxmDa2yw
To live and die without marijuana in L.A.
Activists who support the growing medicinal weed movement assembled inside and outside Los Angeles City Council chambers, awaiting the council vote. The overwhelmingly negative response prompted legislators to call in LA Police to manage the non-violent assembly.
The AP points out that patients and caregivers will be able to grow and share marijuana in “small groups of three people or less” still, even with the new legislation. The argument from weed activists is that people do not have time, skill or facilities to grow weed themselves. The ban will shut down all city dispensaries still.
It costs over $5,000 to grow weed at home successfully, which people cannot afford typically, according to an unnamed LA weed dispensary owner.
Registered dispensaries not affected
Critics expressed wonder at the LA City Council’s decision to draft additional ordinance that would allow 170 separate, already registered marijuana shops to remain in business. That part of the judgment was not as universal among council members. Councilman Jose Huizar claimed it would give the public “false hope,” considering that the ban of the other 762 registered shops would be rigorously enforced.
Councilman Paul Koretz seconded the opinion of the Los Angeles City Council.
Think about the state law
The Medical Cannabis Program Act of 2003 caused the California 2nd District court of Appeal to overturn a medical weed ban recently. That is why critics of the Los Angeles City Council believe that the California state law is violated by the vote. The act makes it clear that it is lawful to sell cannabis for medical purposes through storefronts, and it explains that anybody who wants to sell or give away weed through dispensaries is protected. It "enhances the access of patients and caregivers to medical marijuana through collective, cooperative cultivation projects.”
According to Reason.com, LA does not have the right to ban shops due to the regulation, but it does have the right to regulate them. There will probably be a court battle very soon.
Get more on the Los Angeles ban here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqeWxmDa2yw
