Wall Street Journal, 06 Sep 2012 – LOS ANGELES – A ban on storefront pot dispensaries here won’t go into effect Thursday after advocates for medical marijuana successfully petitioned to block it, the latest skirmish in the battle over how local governments around the nation should regulate pot businesses. After years of failed attempts to control the number of pot shops and their operations here, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed an ordinance in late July that made storefront dispensaries illegal by modifying language in the city’s municipal code.
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US VT: Pot Bill Is Signed Into Law
Times Argus, 03 Jun 2011 – MONTPELIER — Gov. Peter Shumlin on Thursday signed into law a bill that allows up to four medical marijuana dispensaries to set up shop in Vermont. The bill passed the Legislature this year amid opposition from some leaders in the state’s law enforcement community, and Vermont is now the eighth state in the country to give registered medical marijuana users a place to get the drug.
