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Article: Time to get real about marijuana
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- Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.
- Article date:
- October 10, 2009
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Californians have made it clear at the ballot box that they favor
legalizing marijuana use for medical purposes. But, as critics
feared, Prop. 215, the medical marijuana initiative that was passed
13 years ago, has only opened the door to abuse.
It's estimated that there are 40 marijuana dispensaries in Long
Beach and 800 or more in Los Angeles alone. L.A. County District
Attorney Steve Cooley decided last week that most of them are
operating illegally, and wants to shut them down.
That may be too harsh. As supporters of medical marijuana rightly
contend, closing all dispensaries would punish people who are
entitled to marijuana.
Prop. 215 and the state law permitting collective cultivation ...