D.A. ASKS DEA TO RELENT ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Dist. Atty. Terence Hallinan asked the federal Drug Enforcement
Administration on Monday to rethink its campaign against California doctors
and medical cannabis providers.

"I urge Administrator [Asa] Hutchinson to respect our city's approach to
medical marijuana, which has reduced crime, saved money and contributed to
public well-being," Hallinan said. "Any move to close the dispensaries will
result in sick people trying to get marijuana from street vendors."

On Oct. 22, DEA agents searched the Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center
and seized computers, financial documents, 400 marijuana plants and medical
records of about 3,000 current and former patients, a center spokesman said.