Appeals court: Calif. dispensaries can't be banned, but must grow pot on site
Source: Los Angeles Times
California cities may not ban medical marijuana dispensaries, but the operations may sell only weed that is grown on site, an appeals court ruled in an Orange County case.
The unanimous decision by a three-judge Court of Appeal panel in Santa Ana was the first in the state to prohibit cities from enacting zoning restrictions that effectively ban all marijuana dispensaries. The court was also the first to rule that dispensaries must grow the marijuana they sell, a requirement that would force most of them out of business.
The ruling, issued late Wednesday, struck down a zoning law in the city of Lake Forest that the judges said amounted to "a total bar contradicting state law."
... The decision conflicted with other appellate court rulings on medical marijuana, and attorneys in the case said they expected the California Supreme Court would agree to hear an appeal.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-marijuana-20120302,0,428741.story
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