Cooley: Almost all L.A. pot dispensaries operating illegally
City News Service reports:
District Attorney Steve Cooley said Thursday that nearly all of the medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles County are operating illegally.
"About 100 percent of dispensaries in Los Angeles County and the city are operating illegally. The over-the-counter sales of marijuana for money is illegal. It's that simple," District Attorney Steve Cooley told ABC7.
"They'll be on notice. They better know we're coming," the county's top prosecutor said.
Outside a law enforcement seminar in Montebello on medical marijuana, Cooley noted that it is "absolutely legal" if the dispensaries are giving marijuana to people with chronic or serious illnesses.
A ballot measure approved by California voters in 1996 allows the use of marijuana for those seriously ill and with a doctor's recommendation. It "does not provide for over-the-counter sales of marijuana for profit," according to a statement issued by Cooley's office.
"As law enforcement officers and prosecutors, it is our job to ensure that the law is followed as written and approved by California voters," the statement says. "Current and future enforcement and prosecution actions are directed at illegal over-the-counter sales for profit operations."
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So, when I go to the pharmacy to fill my prescription(s), whether it be for anti-depressant, high blood pressure, etc. The pharmacy should just be giving them to me???
Doesn't L.A. have a huge gang and violence problem the DA should be focusing their efforts on? They could start a sweep at Dodger Stadium and work their way through the rest of L.A.
Just think how great this city will be when rapes, murders, and assaults are at all time high, but we finally stopped that EVIL VEGETATION!!!
lol...Cooley is a dirty fascist coont.