Medical Marijuana Advocacy Group Asks LA City Attorney To Drop Lawsuits
the420times | Feb 25, 2010 | Comments 0
Feb. 24, 2010 — Noting that Carmen Trutanich is misreading the law and recent court decisions, Americans for Safe Access, the nation’s leading medical marijuana advocacy group, has asked the City Attorney to drop the lawsuits he recently filed.
Medical marijuana advocates ask L.A. prosecutor to drop lawsuits
Americans for Safe Access says City Atty. Carmen Trutanich is misreading California law and court decisions, but he has not budged on his legal assault over sales at dispensaries.
By John Hoeffel
February 24, 2010
The nation’s main advocacy group for medical marijuana threatened Tuesday to challenge Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich’s legal assault on dispensaries, saying it is “unlawful, unconstitutional, and contravenes the spirit and letter of the governing laws.”
The city prosecutor’s office filed three lawsuits last week seeking court injunctions to force Organica in the Venice area and two Holistic Caregivers stores in South Los Angeles to stop all sales. Trutanich maintains that state law authorizes collectives only to grow marijuana and recover their actual costs, not to sell it.
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