Title:
Los Angeles: Zealously oppose the 'gentle ban'
Message:
Last November, L.A.
Councilmember Jose Huizar proposed banning
all medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles. This represented a sudden departure from the
previous work of the council, which sought to allow, yet regulate, medical
marijuana dispensaries. Last week, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office proposed
that the council enact a 'gentle ban' on marijuana dispensaries. Please call your
councilmember to tell him or her that no ban is 'gentle' and ask that he or
she oppose the proposal.
The city attorney
recommends that L.A. ban
medical marijuana dispensaries while allowing the seriously ill and their
caregivers to cultivate plants. But many patients cannot grow their own due to
a lack of resources, knowhow, or time. Banning dispensaries removes a safe and regulated channel through which
patients can access their medicine. This proposal would drive many to the
criminal market, depriving patients of a safe and constant supply of medicine
and the city of vital tax revenue.
Los Angeles is the
largest city in California, and its sick and suffering residents should not be
banned out of safe access. Make sure that the city council
knows that Angelenos prefer safe access to a ban.
