Are L.A.’s medical pot club up in smoke?
The Los Angeles City Council has begun debating new rules and regulations governing the city’s estimated 800 medical marijuana clubs, which could result in most of them being shut down. Much more stringent guidelines for operating a pot club are on the table, and L.A. City’s attorney has already threatened to close as many as possible. Meanwhile the American Medical Association has recommended that marijuana be removed from the Schedule 1 classification of hardcore drugs. What’s the future of pot in L.A.?
The Los Angeles City Council has begun debating new rules and regulations governing the city’s estimated 800 medical marijuana clubs, which could result in most of them being shut down. Much more stringent guidelines for operating a pot club are on the table, and L.A. City’s attorney has already threatened to close as many as possible. Meanwhile the American Medical Association has recommended that marijuana be removed from the Schedule 1 classification of hardcore drugs. What’s the future of pot in L.A.?
Guests:
David Berger, Special Assistant to the city attorney Carmen Trutanich
- Patt Morrison for November 12, 2009
- Vice President Al Gore with "Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis"
- Are L.A.’s medical pot club up in smoke?
- Will California’s rising (water) tide lift all states?
- Tired of being stuck? That’s the Spirit!
- Googled: The End of the World as We Know It!
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Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
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