10Nov/090
Cities, counties no longer mellow about pot dispensaries

CREDIT: Genaro Molina, Los Angeles Times
As hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries have opened this year in a startling rollout across California, unnerved local officials have started to push back aggressively.
Many cities and a few counties have banned them. Others have imposed emergency moratoriums. And some have started to sue dispensaries to force them to close. So far, the state's courts have sided with local officials.
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