QUESTION OF THE WEEK: WHAT SHOULD THE CITY DO WITH MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES?

LOS Angeles has been cracking down on the hundreds of medical
marijuana dispensaries that somehow flourished in the city during a
two-year moratorium on new dispensaries.

The new dispensaries that the city is trying to shut down are crying
foul, noting that use of medical marijuana was sanctioned under the
1996 state ballot initiative, Proposition 215.

It's a sticky situation made all the stickier because so many
activities related to marijuana are still illegal. And it will likely
end up in court.

City officials say the pot clinics are magnets for crime and unsavory
activities, which is why they enacted a moratorium and are working on
a city policy regulating them.

The dispensary operators say they have a right to operate in the city
and shouldn't be discriminated against.

What do you think? Should the city lighten up on medical marijuana
dispensaries, or crack down even more? Should they be limited to a
certain amount in the city, or should the free market prevail? Or
perhaps the city should create certain marijuana commercial zones to
better keep an eye on the clinics.

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