Medical marijuana guidelines

As California Attorney General Jerry Brown rolled out medical-marijuana guidelines Monday, state agents wrapped up a rare dispensary bust in which the owner of a Northridge pot shop and an associate were arrested.Brendan Lowrey in the Daily News.

The guidelines say marijuana dispensaries shouldn't operate for profit and ought to keep detailed and accurate records on patients.

The news was hailed by medical-marijuana advocates, who saw it as an acknowledgment that dispensaries can be legal under California's vaguely worded pot laws and hoped for fewer federal raids, as long as they're not operating for profit.