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March 3, 2010 — Americans For Safe Access, the nation’s leading nonprofit medical marijuana advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit alongside two dispensaries, noting that the medical marijuana ordinance recently passed by the L.A. County Superior Court “severely restricts access to medical marijuana by effectively forcing plaintiffs, as well as the vast majority of collectives in the city, to close their doors.

Medical marijuana advocates sue Los Angeles
Plaintiffs say the city’s new ordinance, which hasn’t yet taken effect, is too restrictive and violates California law. They seek a court injunction and restraining order to stop it from being enforced.

By Tony Barboza

March 3, 2010

Medical marijuana advocates upped the ante in the legal battle over Los Angeles’ pot dispensaries by suing the city Tuesday, saying the recently adopted ordinance is so restrictive it will cause even law-abiding businesses to shut down.

Americans for Safe Access, the nation’s main medical marijuana advocacy nonprofit group, filed the lawsuit along with the Venice Beach Care Center and Pure Life Alternative Wellness Center, two dispensaries that have operated in Los Angeles since 2006 — before the city’s moratorium on dispensaries took effect.

Read the full story at LATimes.com.