Y'all better run out and stock up!
LA Marijuana Dispensary Ban Approved By Council, Expected To Go Into Effect In 30 Days
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/24/la-marijuana-ban-on-dispensaries-approved-by-council_n_1698671.html?utm_hp_ref=marijuana
Ha ha ha! Now we're going back to drug-dealer days! No. I'm not gonna take my usual "ridicule everything" approach.
Though the ban won't effect places like PO, and us small medical residential growers can keep doing what we've been doing, how about these people? From the article:
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The LA City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to ban all dispensaries, although patients and caretakers still can grow marijuana at home. When the vote was tallied after a full day of deliberation and public comment, a few members of the public stood up and shouted angrily at the city council, as police stood protectively in front of members.
But opponents of the ban said growing marijuana at home is not feasible for most patients, who will be forced to turn to the illegal market. A representative of the United Food and Commercial Workers, which now includes dispensary workers, said that setting up a bare-minimum, one-light "grow tent" at home costs more than $5,000.
A filmmaker said he suffers from depression and anxiety, and needs medical marijuana "to keep me from losing my mind on every little detail of the day." Another medical marijuana patient came close to tears, saying, "You really don’t understand what it's like to be in our shoes… What it's like for us every morning to wake up and… plan your day over your pain issues."
A man with cerebral palsy said he cannot physically grow marijuana. "Please do not ban the only medication that lets me live comfortably," he said.
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Really sucks for the people who can't grow because of their medical condition.