Marijuana Dispensary Ban Considered at L.A. City Hall Tomorrow

Christian N Edith Alarcon

Fuck Politics, they rather us pay for their addicting, million side-effects, organ destroying, over priced drugs (prescriptions) than use natural, God given earth plant that grows on its own without need to be cooked in any kind of lab and/or scientist. All these politicians have a special surprise awaiting them in a place called HELL where they will pay for their BS in this lifetime. I'm happy I get to sleep at night knowing what these people's destiny's are =0)!

Yuval Kremer

THIS TUESDAY (JUNE 5) IS ELECTION DAY.

Grandstanding Politician Carmen "Nuch" Trutanich (who has been a disastrous LA City Attorney), is trying to BAN ALL Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Los Angeles, even though he KNOWS that violates California State Law...he doesn't care if our Broke CITY Burns Millions Defending His Political Ploys...his attitude is always, "Sue Us", and when the City loses, we all lose as Taxpayers and Residents, without $$$ for basic services like cops and firefighters.

Nuch Trutanich is running for (LA) COUNTY District Attorney...Do you really want to give this jacka55 more power? (County DA handles all Felony cases!) TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES to VOTE 4 ANYBODY, BUT NOT for Nuch !! Don't Nuke our Legal System. With our jails overcrowded, forced to release violent prisoners, and Jerry Brown dumping more violent felons on our heads, let's not give Nuch the power to create more NON-violent Pot Prisoners.

If Trutanich loses in this run, it will be the end of his political career, and we will get a NEW city attorney, one who actually cares about justice. If Nuch wins, things will get worse for ALL of us, smokers and non-smokers alike (I personally don't partake). The County DA is also supposed to go after Corrupt Politicians like Richard AlarCON...and you can be sure that Trutanich will NOT, with all the favors he'll owe to the Special Interests that backed him...VIP's will even get away with MURDER !

TELL All Your Friends And Neighbors NOW...POST THIS INFO ON YOUR FACEBOOK WALL NOW !!

AND REMEMBER TO VOTE THIS TUESDAY !

esotericknowledge

The same people who want to prohibit medical marijuana because of the crime it attracts are the same people who want marijuana to be illegal causing it to be expensive which attracts crime.

nazmunnaher

We have recently begun to accept new members for 2011-2012 and walk-ins are always welcome. We have lowered our pricing and now offer a 10% discount for Veterans & Students (with valid ID) and HIV & Cancer patients. (All our TOP SHELF 1/8’s are capped at $40). Since opening our doors in 2009 our Denver dispensary has stood by our product and offered a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. http://www.tgtree.com/

Steven

After listening to Huizar on the radio yesterday, I have left absolutely no doubt that Mr. Huizar is in cahoots with the Mexican drug cartels. The amount of "Reefer Madness" non-facts, disinformation, and propaganda he spewed made me realize that he is in fact working with the Mexican drug cartels. This man should be thrown in jail.

Yuval Kremer

Hey, all you tokers out there.

TUESDAY (JUNE 5) IS ELECTION DAY.

Nuch Trutanich is running for (LA) COUNTY District Attorney...Do you really want to give this jacka55 more power? (County DA handles all Felony cases!) TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES to VOTE 4 ANYBODY, BUT NOT for Nuch !!! Don't Nuke our Legal System. With our jails overcrowded, forced to release violent prisoners, and Jerry Brown dumping more violent felons on our heads, let's not give Nuch the power to create more NON-violent Pot Prisoners.

TELL All Your Friends And Neighbors NOW...POST THIS INFO ON YOUR FACEBOOK NOW !!!

AND REMEMBER TO VOTE ON TUESDAY !!!!!!!!

Patrick Duff

You know what would be great. If we just let the free market bear how many dispensaries the public wants or needs, like we do with most businesses, and the chips will fall into place from there. I keep seeing people compare marijuana dispensaries to Starbucks, not a fair comparison at all. It would be more fair compare how many places sell coffee to how many places sell medical marijuana. The number of businesses that either sell, give away, or supply their employees with coffee are in the tens of thousands in this city alone, if not in the hundreds of thousands.

Or how about alcohol, it is also in thousands of places around our city. The free market will bear the weight of how many people either want or need. Until they can identify a real problem associated with the dispensaries, which they can not, why do they spend so much time trying to regulate them? I call, you are bluffing, nuff said.

Michael Larsen

I guess you missed the committee meeting yesterday where CM Englander revealed a list of reported crimes, complaints, and arrests associated with just the stores in his district which was pretty compelling. I'd say that "real" problems have been identified.

Not to mention that it seems to me to always be the pot advocates such as ASA and GLACA that are demanding strict regulation. It's only folks like you associated with post ICO stores that have a problem with regulation.

Patrick Duff

In my opinion, ASA and GLACA are involved in a racket. The whole post ICO, pre ICO crap was just a way to separate and divide people amongst themselves.

I am surely pre-ico, my first collective was in 2005 but that doesn't concern me at this point. What does concern me is the amount of attention our city council uses in enforcing morals through legislation.

People aren't concerned with regulating a benign and benevolent substance such as cannabis, they are concerned with the 17 billion that our state is in the hole from the over regulation and reactionary politics.

I will see you tomorrow Mr.Larsen.

Joyce

Jose Huizar is being disingenuous with his proposed ban. Patients have always had the right to grow their own medicine, but many who need their medicine the most are the least capable of doing so.

Michael Larsen

Yes, Joyce, like high school kids who still live at home.

Joyce

Cannabis collectives require members to be 18-21 +. So not exactly high school kids.

Xnewfaces

Lol!

Patrick Duff

At least you've loosened up a bit, sounds like an indica at work.

Michael Larsen

I think a good sativa should work for that Mr. Duff.

Patrick Duff

The only thing that turns when I see you speak or read your disingenuous words is my stomach.

Michael Larsen

I breathe easy, Mr. Duff, knowing that the tide is turning...

Patrick Duff

I see your head is lodged tightly up Huizar's butt still. How the hell do you breathe man?

Michael Larsen

Based on the complaints that I hear and the time and attention devoted by the City, that whole self regulation thing is not working out so great.

Joyce

Sounds like the collectives are self regulating. I know this is a difficult concept for you to grasp.

Michael Larsen

And who is regulating and or enforcing that "rule". There's no such rule in State law.

kevin lage

you can't ban a plant that grows from the ground. it's a weed and it's worth a dollar. let people be responsible for what they do to themselves.

Clandestino

There is a horrible drug war in Mexico and the reason why the drug cartels are holding their ground with so much force is because they get millions upon millions of dollars from US consumers. Close the dispensaries and the cartels are going to get richer. Unless that's what the US actually wants.... Maybe so, the US will do anything hinder a Latin American coutry's development. More money for the cartels means more US made guns sold to the cartels.... Just saying... Stop wasting money on this type of BS and pump it into education.

Michael Larsen

Who is it exactly that you think is running the dispensaries of LA? Where do you think they are getting all of their pot?

Joyce

Hard working mom and pop operators. Many collectives grow their own and have patients from Northern California who supply them with extra medicine.

Xnewfaces

For cartel grows, forest animals, trees and plants also die from water diversion all to supply are lungs with smoke. Just grow your own or have a goodbud grow it for you. You won't be monetarily contributing to any devastation caused by the "other" source even if you can't see where the pot is coming from. But lets not be blind on purpose.This way u won't haveto 2nd guess and you will sleep much better no doubt.

Xnewfaces

Cartels also grow in the National forests in Cali and thrash the land and kill animals with the pesticides that are eaten allto grow high grade pot. Yes high grade. They adjusted to are needssomewhat but in a very morally wrong way to supply some Mexican gang,cartel and mafia run dispensaries. I smoke but never from a pot shop cause I will not contribute my money to any entity that ravages the beautiful forests and animals. Many that frequent the pot shops don't no or care about the repercussion of the aftermath.

Xnewfaces

Hard working mom and pops running 4 stores and the rest of the 1000pot shops are run by thugs, cartel, gangs, Mexican mafia, Russian mafia, Armenian mafia,coupled with jump on the band wagon fly by night Johnny come lately amateurs.Now tell me just where do they get their meds?

Michael Larsen

I see, so perfectly healthy people who LOVE to smoke great pot are stuck with the Mexican Cartel Shwag because they are not "patients". That's sad.

Joyce

I do not see this happening as the shops have been lied too. If you remember Mr. Trutanich promised to work with the collectives before he got into office and as soon as he was elected, he attempted to create an ordinance that was doomed to failure. Most of the shops I have visited are doing things the right way. Maybe you have not been visiting the right shops.

Joyce

The people who are smoking the Shawg are people who are not patients.

Michael Larsen

And with recommendations so easily attained, who is it that is smoking so many tons of "shwag"?

Michael Larsen

It's impossible to prove because the pot shops have blocked all attempts to regulate which would make all of this information easily attainable. If they are all on the up and up as you and Joyce claim, how about a little sunshine? Make public all records of the shops including sales tax reports, origins of all "medicine", and criminal backgrounds of all operators. That would go a long way to help alleviate the public perception of the stores.

Joyce

Cannabis collectives stock high grade medicine not the shwag that the cartels are moving.

Kevin Hunt

Like you said, the origin is "impossible to prove". What statistics do you have to back up your claim , Michael?

Michael Larsen

The problem with you claim is that it's impossible to prove. Isn't more likely that some if not all of the tons of marijuana recently found floating off the coast was headed for your local pot store?

Xnewfaces

In the SFV there are 3-4 pot shops on every block. Can you say "Overkill"?

Joyce

I would rather have 3-4 on a block vs. having 5-6 empty store fronts. You might want to check out the Rand study on this issue.

Xnewfaces

Ok then, how 'bout we fill those 5-6 empty store frontswith liquor? Do you get it yet? Can you say "zoning issue"?How 'bout "overkill"?

Ultimatebandgirl

That's a bit of a exaggeration.

Xnewfaces

Your right! I meant to say 3-4 pot shops on every "major" block and this is NOT exaggerated. Count 5 shops on 1 single block on Vineland Ave. between Victory & Oxnard streets. You don't see 5 CVS's. liquor stores,etc...on that one block but you do see 5 pot shops. Total overkill and this is the normon ALL the major streets in the SFV. Inside of 3 of the 5 shops on Vineland Ave.they never asked me to show them a doctors rec and let me in the shops with no ID whatsoever. It's a total and complete free for all and they will sell to anybody and their mother if you have some cash and no doctors recommendation. 100% fact!

Xnewfaces

On Vineland Ave.

Joyce

Where do you come up with this stuff?

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Martin Truther

"prosecutorial discretion" means "pay to play" in the real world.

Willies Email

Exactly

Sasha Dowding

Why do neighborhoods need 'protection' from medical marijuana dispensaries? What conceivable threat do they pose? I can't think of a single one.

jackiegleason

Well Sasha,

Let me see if I can explain it to you. I live a block away from multiple dispensaries in a lovely hillside town called Eagle Rock. With my home perched higher on the hill, I can see the so called "patients" leave the dispensaries, smoking in their car, running the stop sign on my corner and throwing their trash on my sidewalk as they leave. Did I mention we have plenty of children in our neighborhood who play outside on their bikes and skates, and plenty of jogger and people walking their dogs? I'm sure they all really appreciate these dispensaries and the "patients" they have attracted.

Ken Ferguson

They have lost the argument (if they were ever winning it), and the only thing they can do is keep up this ridiculous political posturing. It is monstrous that we allow this to happen and more monstrous that we have allowed it to happen at all. Disgusting and corrupt!

jsinkeywest

If they ban weed shops that would be good for me because I would sell weed on the street so they better THINK about what they are doing before they do it :)

Michael Larsen

Other than you not having a cash register and display cabinets, what exactly do you think is the difference between you selling on the street and the stores?

Patrick Duff

The difference is it is done in a controlled environment where people under 18 do not have access without a parent or legal guardian present. Taxes are being paid and empty commercial spaces are being filled. Business licenses are purchased, insurance, health care, security, advertisers and many more businesses are supported by this being legitimate and not being a street deal, as you say.

Can you tell me of one street dealer that pays workers comp insurance for their employees? Do you understand the socioeconomic effect that driving this back to black market will so negatively have on our communities? We are in a major budget crisis. People are having trouble making ends meet. Landlords, tenants, banks, it's hard on everyone right now. Forcing this back to the streets will create the same environment as when alcohol was made illegal with the 18th amendment. Is that what you want, Mr.Larsen?

Michael Larsen

well said

Embezzelmentbusiness

Embezzlement business? Isn't that just called standard business? Lawl, kidding.

Firstly, there is nothing wrong with prostitution (you get what you pay for and call sell whatever is yours), gambling (same philosophy) or weed (c'mon, the hypocrisy is killing me). Alcohol and cigarettes are scientifically proven to be more damaging and addictive than marijuana, so if you in any way support the legality of those two drugs, then you support weed, logically, and I will not listen to you as you mumble ignorant nothings to yourself.

As for embezzlement business: you're confused, and the United States wouldn't have all these issues with its sociopolitical economics if it wasn't a brazen beacon of lies and greed itself. "Embezzlement business" is the only thing you listed that isn't morally acceptable.

Michael Larsen

So if I do all of these things you mention for my prostitution business, or my embezzlement business, or my gambling business, does that make it ok? Mr. Duff?