Medical Marijuana Rally In Los Angeles
Joe | Sep 08, 2010 | Comments 1
On Tuesday afternoon about 80 medical marijuana dispensary owners and advocates gathered at Los Angeles City Hall to stage a rally in defiance of the city’s decision to close all but 41 medical cannabis dispensaries and collectives.
Heather Boswell, who cradled a Jack Russell terrier she has for emotional support, said she uses marijuana for manic depression, to balance out the medication she takes. “My motto is, I don’t get high, I get even,” she said. She noted that the ordinance restricts patients to one dispensary, and she said the one she prefers, Cornerstone Research Collective, was declared ineligible because of management changes. If it closes, she said, “I will be in a very bad situation.”
But the worries of patients mean nothing to the L.A. City officials. It makes one wonder whether the political machinery in this country has broken apart. When elected officials will close 700 businesses in the midst of an economic downturn, all the rules have been thrown out the window.
Hopefully the courts will rectify what the politicians have broken. If not, the patients of Los Angeles are in for a bad time.
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