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Los Angeles and medical marijuana

A bud of legally grown marijuana is held by a cancer patient, in Portland, Maine AP Photo
Do you have a back ache, really... you better be sure. Carmen Trutanich, the newly elected city attorney promises a crackdown, arguing that there is a whole lot of recreational use under the guise of medical need.
Trutanich, has proposed an ordinance that would provide for dispensaries to have renewable permits, submit to criminal record checks, register the names of members with the police and operate on a nonprofit basis.