US CA: Sides Prepare For Complete Marijuana Collective Ban Deadline

Grunion Gazette, 08 Aug 2012 – The medical marijuana landscape in Long Beach will shift again, if just a little bit, this Sunday, when an exemption runs out and all dispensaries will be considered illegal in the city. The issue, however, is far from finished. Currently, the original Long Beach medical marijuana regulation law is before the California Supreme Court. The City Council decided earlier this year that until a decision comes from the high court, they would enact a ban ordinance, with a six-month exemption for about 18 dispensaries that had gone through the lengthy city approval process, which included a lottery.