why they put them where they put them...

**sterbo** · 04-04-2007, 01:20 PM

I'm interested if other people might confirm what I have typically seen. That is that dispensaries / co-ops are almost always made to occupy locations in a given city that are less than desirable.
For instance, in the area adjacent to where I live there are + - 40 dispensary locations and all but 4 or 5 are in areas of town that are "low income".
The purpose of this question has nothing to do with people's lifestyles and while comments and opinions as to why dispensaries are made to operate in certain areas would be interesting my main interest with this question is to confirm whether or not this is the typical situation throughout California, or, the U.S. for that matter...
The following article is an example of why I'm asking the question -

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Originally Posted by newgrowerNY

Officials seek to ban medical marijuana outlets
04.02.07|Contra Costa Times - Annotated -

Months before a moratorium is due to expire, Pleasanton's police chief and city attorney are proposing an outright ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in town.

Citing incidents of armed robberies, burglaries, vagrancy and resale to non qualified persons in other communities with marijuana dispensaries, Police Chief Michael Fraser and City Attorney Michael Roush will recommend Tuesday that the City Council adopt an ordinance making it illegal to operate a dispensary in the city.

When Pleasanton extended its moratorium last summer, the council asked for information on whether the community's needs for medical marijuana were being met, about Alameda County's identification card program and dispensaries operating in the county, and whether any communities with dispensaries did not have criminal problems.

According to the city staff, the only local organization prescribing medical marijuana is Tri-City Health Center in Fremont. The staff at the health center said some patients do not feel comfortable going to dispensaries in Hayward or Oakland, due to other unsavory customers and vagrants outside the establishments.

The staff report lists other communities with dispensaries, including Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, Berkeley, Pacheco, Santa Clara and San Francisco.

Of communities that allow dispensaries, officials from Berkeley and Arcata reported no significant increase in police calls in those areas, but added that there is a problem with medical marijuana resold to non qualified persons, including minors.

Based on the information gathered, Fraser and Roush contend that medical marijuana dispensaries should not be allowed to operate in Pleasanton.

From Electricreason

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LEO wants to make sure of this, it seems with the many zoning restrictions they try to come up with in their council meetings. They want to make sure the area is high in crime so they can point to the clinic and say they created the mess . There are some areas that I wouldn't leave my car if not for the security guards.

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