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Medical Marijuana Ordinance
Our Field Deputy Jim Dellinger is a former LAPD Officer serving for over 25 years, and he works closely with our local Police on local public safety issues. He reports that the citywide ordinance regulating medical marijuana dispensaries went into effect on Monday, June 7, shutting down more than 400 of the pot shops that opened in the last several years.
While the City Attorney's Office reports that they expect good compliance, there may be some marijuana dispensaries that attempt to remain open illegally. City prosecutors have set up an email address for the public to confidentially report scofflaws at atty.medicalmarijuana@lacity.org.
Dispensaries that registered with the City in 2007 will have six months to be in compliance with the new stricter regulations governing where and how they operate. The 186 dispensaries that registered with the city have six months to be in compliance, and the number will be capped at 70 citywide. The ordinance requires dispensaries to be at least 1,000 feet away from schools, parks, libraries and religious institutions, drug treatment facilitator, another dispensary, and other "sensitive uses."
To see an interactive map showing all the known dispensaries in the City, visit tiny.cc/LAPotShops.
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