Calif. Town Votes to Ban Medical Marijuana

[Ganjarden]

The city council in one southern California town has voted to close down medical marijuana dispensaries.

Garden Grove, Calif., has one dispensary, which opened seven months ago. One of the owners of Unit-D said that the dispensary plans to remain open as long as it can, The Orange County Register reported.

California voters passed a medical marijuana referendum in 1996. While marijuana remains illegal under federal law, under state law clinics can dispense it to patients with notes from doctors.

Councilman Steve Jones said that the city could be sued for poor-quality marijuana dispensed by clinics.

"As a city, we have no control over the quality of products sold in these places but we still have to assume liability for them," he said.

Mark Rosen, who voted against the ordinance, told the Register he had talked to police who reported no problems with Unit-D.

The ordinance, approved 4-1, takes effect in 30 days.


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[FreakNature]

Perhaps councilman Steve Jones should have a few sessions with Trainwreck and then respond as to the quaility of the medicine. His claim is just smoke and mirrors; an attempt to perpetrate one more lie about Cannabis in the war on people. He should be ashamed of himself. The city can be sued by anyone for anything. How do you choose a harmless medicine to be the target of you paranoiac wrath? To hell with the sheeple on the Garbage Grove city council, except for the one dissenting voter, Mark Rosen.

 

[Keith Lake]

It's a damn shame the town has chosen to disallow dispensaries.

At least they let them know up front, instead of that chickentsh*t through the backdoor call the DEA crap the other towns are doing