By Jan Lovett | The New York Times
The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of local governments to ban medical marijuana dispensaries. As dispensaries have proliferated since 1996, when California became the first state to allow medical marijuana, many municipalities across the state have used zoning laws to prohibits dispensaries from opening inside city limits. Patients and dispensary owners have argued that these local laws violate the state medical marijuana statutes by reducing patients’ access to the drug. But the court unanimously upheld a ban in the City of Riverside, paving the way for more municipalities to prohibit marijuana dispensaries.
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If you’d like to discuss medical marijuana, contact Ryan Hurley, director of the Rose Law Group Medical Marijuana Dept., rhurley@roselawgroup.com
