Marijuana and the will of the voters.

From TheCentristOc.com:

Say what you will about marijuana. Call it the 'devil's weed.' Bring up 'reefer madness.' Tell me you didn't vote for Prop 215. Spout off whatever propaganda you like, but remember this: the initiative that California voters approved is 12 years old already. So why are dispensaries still illegal in most of Orange County? I'll tell you why: the will of the voters - on the City Councils that is.

Alan Bock over at Orange Punch posted a few days ago that Seal Beach just became another community which has unilaterally banned safe access to many patients' much-needed medicine. He says:

One of the purposes of Prop. 215, which voters passed 12 (!) years ago, was to allow a small “white” market in medical marijuana to emerge, thereby weakening the black market. Banning dispensaries discourages this healthy development.

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