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Government

Jan. 3, 2015

18 years after medical pot law, a patchwork of rules

Cities and counties are limiting dispensaries and the state has refused to get involved


By Kibkabe Araya


Daily Journal Staff Writer


It's been 18 years since the Compassionate Use Act legalized medical marijuana in California, but the long fragmented nature of state and local implementation of the law became ever more visible in 2014. Attorneys grappled with the effects of a 2013 state Supreme Court decision allowing municipalities to regulate their dispensaries, while the state Legislature declined to pass two bills that would have cr...

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