How would medical marijuana be sold — and controlled?

June 3, 2014
robomayor
Florida, Policy & Legal
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Los Angeles once had about 1,000 storefront dispensaries unrecognized by state law. A loose system allowed people to stroll in, tell a doctor they couldn’t sleep, and stroll out with bud.

It’s little wonder that dispensaries gained a bad name.

In five months, Floridians will vote on a medical marijuana system built around controlled dispensaries. Under a proposed constitutional amendment, no one could grow his own. Smokable pot, infused food and liquids could come only from licensed dispensaries.

This strategy follows the premise that licensed dispensaries are easier to monitor than thousands of backyard plots and that problems with early dispensaries stemmed largely from their operation outside the law. [Read More]

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