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[quote]​Medical marijuana patients say a Los Angeles ordinance violates state law and will unconstitutionally restrict their safe access to the medicine. The patients are filing a class action in California Superior Court.
L.A.'s new medical pot ordinance will cap the number of marijuana dispensaries at 70, but about 187 shops that registered with the city before November 13, 2007 will be allowed to continue operating, reports June Williams at Courthouse News Service.
"The effect of this ordinance will be to eliminate most, if not all, of the dispensing operations currently providing patients with their medicine," the complaint reads. "Additionally, the cap of 70 is arbitrary and unreasonable given patient per capita allocations, particularly when compared to pharmacies, which have no such cap."
"Though the city states in its findings that it desires to protect the impact of these operations on the city's neighborhoods, the net effect of the restrictions will be to create mega-collective dispensaries that will have a greater impact on neighborhoods," according to the complaint.
Medical marijuana advocates say the law has unconstitutional provisions, including requirements that dispensaries must consent to inspections of all receipts; provide security footage to police "upon request"; provide names, addresses and phone numbers of patients; be at least 1,000 feet from so-called "sensitive uses," including schools, public parks, public libraries, religious institutions, licensed child care facilities, youth centers, substance abuse rehab centers or any other dispensary; and that a licensed security guard must patrol in a two-block radius.
The patients say they want the law declared unconstitutional and void on associational, equal protection, due process and privacy grounds under the California Constitution.
The complaint was filed by Matthew Kumin with Kumin Sommers of San Francisco.[/quote]
I honestly don't see the need for restrictions. It's [i]medicine[/i], why is its supply being limited to honest patients? I can MAYBE see why it wouldn't be sold in the vicinity of a school, child-care center, etc, but children should be taught that it's for medicinal use [u]only[/u] anyway. Just my two cents.
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they should legalize already and be done with this silly nit picking
I agree wholeheartedly. :smile:
As a frequent marijuana smoker (admitting my own bias on the issue) I think that 187 dispensaries for one city is too many, and 70 is too few.
[QUOTE=SKuM;22302182]As a frequent marijuana smoker (admitting my own bias on the issue) I think that 187 dispensaries for one city is too many, and 70 is too few.[/QUOTE]
Depends on the size of the city and how big the dispensaries are I think
[QUOTE=SKuM;22302182]As a frequent marijuana smoker (admitting my own bias on the issue) I think that 187 dispensaries for one city is too many, and 70 is too few.[/QUOTE]
As long as the dispensaries have customers that fully support the establishment, then its place in the city is justified in my opinion.
[QUOTE=altthe6th;22302067]they should legalize already and be done with this silly nit picking[/QUOTE]
If they legalize it they should still keep special places for prescription users to get their medicine open if pharmacies won't carry it.
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187 shops is too little they need alot more
[QUOTE=skifer;22303205]187 shops is too little they need alot more[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure if that's sarcasm. If it is, remember that this is Los Angeles the article is talking about. I wonder how many Starbucks shops there are compared to dispensaries? McDonald's? Bars?
When I put it in this perspective, I found it funny the government is trying to limit the dispensary numbers.
[QUOTE=skifer;22303205]187 shops is too little they need alot more[/QUOTE]
yellowpages.com
Search results for Pharmacies in Los Angeles: 1-30 of 2934
You're right, all medicine should be equally available.
[QUOTE=SKuM;22302182]I think that 187 dispensaries for one city is too many[/QUOTE]
Fuck dude, walking is no fun when you're fucking stoned
Goddamn, why can't they just legalize it? Any high schooler could find a million places to get some, its not like they are keeping it away from anyone.
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