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Perspective

Aug. 16, 2011

Beware the legal risks of leasing retail space to medical marijuana dispensaries

Landlords can face costly penalties, a one-year loss in rental income and even jail time. By Laura L. Crane of Best Best & Krieger LLP


By Laura L. Crane


Since California voters passed the California Compassionate Use Act of 1996, also known as Proposition 215, hundreds of store-front dispensaries selling medical marijuana have opened throughout the state. In Southern California's Inland Empire alone, some 175 dispensaries are operating across Riverside and San Bernardino counties.


While legal battles erupting between the dispensaries and the many cities in which they are located h...

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