Ban on medical marijuana sales rejected

Only two per district? The City should apply that to liquor stores. Legalize & tolerate cannabis use by adults. Stop the drug warrior mentality of demonizing & labeling users of cannabis. Free market principals & freedom of choice. The DEA & the drug war on marijuana is a waste of time, money & lives.

Recently, it seems that all that's talked about on KPCC is "medical" marijuana. There must be something else important to discuss.

If they are limited, how do they decide which ones remain open? I go out of my way to go to go to a collective that carries a strain that works best for my ailments. What if they get shut down? How do I find that specific medicine? Will they just join together into larger collectives? Will there be enough medicine available. Growing your own quality medicine is not easy.

It is possible to fly out of Oakland International w/MMJ (restrictions do apply). Berger is wrong again. That would seem to violate some fed laws. But the compassionate & sane people that run that airport "get it". This idea that the MMJ clubs are more dangerous than any number of the ubiquitous run down liquor stores found in the poorer LA neighborhoods, mostly with B rating cards posted right in front, is ridiculous!
"big green elephant" : it's time to legalize adult use of cannabis. The people have spoken & seem to have a high tolerance for MMJ. The politicians & drug warriors want the last word. In the 1940-70's they went after the Mexicans, blacks, jazz & rock musicians of all races, "undesirables" for cannabis use. Now the drug warrior is gasping & grasping. Like the racist mayors & sheriffs of the 1950's south. These drug warriors are akin to Joe McCarthy. Meanwhile 1000's die in Mexico - take the incentive away from the corrupt & legalize cannabis. Maybe even cocaine in the form of tea & gum. Let's not forget that the Chinese immigrants of 1870 build the railroads & used opium. Studies have been done that show heroin users can be very productive citizens, when there is a compassionate approach to drugs & issues of addiction. The punitive approach has failed.

I wonder what your first guest on this topic meant when he said, regarding the dispensary cap, "[it's] not only for the safety of patients, but for the safety of the community?"

Where is the safety issue?

It seems as though the safety issue stems from lack of legalization - i.e. the Mexican drug cartel violence, etc..
Keeping marijuana illegal puts ordinary people in dangerous situations.
Keeping marijuana illegal MAKES marijuana a gateway drug - because those who sell it illegally ALSO sell other harder drugs.

It's a shame that CA doesn't take the 2 billion it could make in taxes from its largest cash crop.
We could really use it.

I had to listen to this again tonight after hearing the show this morning. The City Attorney seems to be on the right side of this, saying that the City can pass an illegal ordinance and at the same time rebuking Councilman Reyes for not reading the ordinance that lays out the law. Reyes came across as confused and tied to rhetoric that he also did not really understand. I do wish Larry would have asked Reyes why he waited two and a half years before hearing any 'hardship exemptions' in his committee. If Reyes had done his job, then there wouldn't be 1000 illegal dispensaries in Los Angeles. Reyes seems determined to drag Los Angeles into the gutter, will someone ask him why? I think the City Attorney is right about closing down the illegal drug shops, just as he was right about billboards and AEG's bill for the Michael Jackson Memorial.

what was the latest budget crisis?

1000 "illegal dispensarys" ?

while these politicians sit around and squabble on our tax dollars , loopholes will be exploited
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i think its called capatilsm
sick people need this alternative medicine
the people voted , like it or not

prop 215 " affordable" , seems to me thats enough legal clause for a "sale"

kudos to the council members "compassion"

chemotherapy is an ugly thing thats saves lives , who care what people ingest to help this
tax it already

LA needs the money !

As a legal cannabis patient, cancer survivor and Executive Director for Beverly Hills NORML, I'm currently working 24/7 to reform marijuana laws in the County of Los Angeles. Now is the time to come out of the closet and take a stand. I welcome those of you that would like to join us in working towards legalization.

Respectfully,
Cheryl Shuman
Executive Director
Beverly Hills
NORML90210
http://www.NORML90210.org