LA City Council votes to ban marijuana shops
Source: Associated Press
LA City Council votes to ban marijuana shops
GREG RISLING, Associated Press
Updated 03:49 p.m., Tuesday, July 24, 2012
LOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to ban hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries that have cropped up across the city.
The council in the nation's second-largest city acted after some residents said the pot shops have been a blight on neighborhoods. City officials estimate there could be more than 900 collectives open currently.
Many cities have struggled with medical marijuana ordinances but none has had a bigger problem than Los Angeles, where pot shops have proliferated. At one point, the city ordered closure of the shops a process that failed amid lawsuits and conflicting rulings by appellate courts.
The so-called "gentle ban" eliminates storefronts but allows patients and caregivers to grow medical marijuana.
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