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Perspective

Aug. 4, 2010

Are Medical Marijuana Dispensaries on the Chopping Block?

Will local governments be empowered to ban facilities that dispense medical marijuana? By Ellin Davtyan of Meyers Nave.

By Ellin Davtyan

Local governments throughout California are anxiously awaiting the ruling in Qualified Patients Association v. City of Anaheim (G040077). The issue before the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division Three, is one of first impression on whether local governments can enact regulations entirely prohibiting the operation of medical marijuana dispensaries.

In 1996, California voters passed Proposition 215, known as the Com...

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