Criminal
Jul. 7, 2012
Bribery busts show medical marijuana's growing shadows
A cluster of cases in Southern California highlights what appears to be a growing trend: local officials allegedly accepting bribes from medical marijuana operators eager to keep their doors open in the face of growing legal uncertainty.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In January, at a Mexican restaurant in Montebello, a small business owner sat down to talk shop with two Cudahy city officials. With a local moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries set to expire and the city council reportedly looking to allow one or two shops to open, the competition was stiff. What, the business man asked, would it take to win the council members' support?
"Let's just...
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