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Government

Jan. 18, 2012

LA officials defend meeting on medical pot ban

Los Angeles officials are defending a decision not to hear public comment at a meeting over a proposed ban of medical marijuana dispensaries.


By Ben Adlin


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The alacrity with which Los Angeles is moving forward with a proposed ban on medical marijuana dispensaries is drawing fire from the drug's proponents, who say the city's handling of the matter amounts to "legislation by ambush."


The advocates say a decision to exclude public comment at Friday's meeting of the City Council's public safety committee stifled patients' p...

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