Comments on: The Great Los Angeles Marijuana Wars

By: maggie

maggie — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:53:13 +0000

Sorry for the confusing typo: I meant “replay” not reply.

By: maggie

maggie — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:51:53 +0000

I saw a reply of some of the City Council public comment, and the aftermath of the DEA arrests of people who were in those places. Way too much force, apart from the issue of who has jurisdiction. The Council wasn’t so much approving of the dispensaries, but wanting to stop their proliferation until they can determine which ones are operating legitimately and deserve the protection of the city. A number of dubious ones have sprung up, where sham doctors write out prescriptions, and supposedly some of them are illegal drug dens.

Of course, the crack dealers on the streets are far worse: and if reports are true, even the local churro or taco vendor might be making an extra buck selling drugs.

The DEA needs to give the city the one-year moratorium CC wants, while it tries to regulate itself. All in all, the CC is being put in a strange position, of drug enforcement.

By: listener_on_the_sidelines

listener_on_the_sidelines — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:22:35 +0000

I would never wish a Karma-Boomerang on a very nice, intelligent, reasonable woman, but I admit there are times when it would be justice-of-a-sort if enforcers of some laws, along with the developers of those laws, have an opportunity to experience the folly of those laws first hand. Just sayin’…

By: Woody

Woody — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:50:14 +0000

Excuses that done’t work with the police:

Excuse No. 86

“Officer, why aren’t you out arresting real criminals instead of wasting time pulling over speeding drivers?”