“Humpty Dumpty formed a nonprofit Org, had a great collective and paid taxes,
Humpty Dumpty had a great shove off the wall (by the L.A. City Council)
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t stop Humpty from opening again.”
- while that may not be the way this colloquial 15th century English nursery rhyme goes… it works for me in this instance.
The tides of politics are a very fickle thing. Yesterday July 24, the L.A. City Council will go down in history as a complete and unfathomable joke. Spineless to the end and unfit to serve.
The fact that the nation’s 2nd biggest city and their lawmakers felt they were being held hostage by hundreds of medical marijuana collectives which had cultivated deep roots within the downtown Los Angeles area. Lead the City Council to wallow a grip of hubris so powerful that they voted for an outright ban on all MMJ clubs in a 14 – 0 vote. Forgetting or ignoring, I’m not sure which about Ca. state prop 215 and SB 420, which clearly states that local municipalities cannot just “Ban” collectives.
· Clarify the scope of the application of the act and facilitate the prompt identification of qualified patients and their designated primary caregivers in order to avoid unnecessary arrest and prosecution of these individuals and provide needed guidance to law enforcement officers.
· Promote uniform and consistent application of the act among the counties within the state.
(3)Enhance the access of patients and caregivers to medical marijuana through collective, cooperative cultivation projects.
The lopsided 14 to 0 vote angered the already excited and under medicated crowd into a nearly pitchforked mob like frenzy. Releasing angry, profanity laced verbiage directed at the Los Angeles city Council for their moment of ignorance. Words like “devious” and “treachery” were heard throughout the city council chambers.
The mayor of Los Angeles – Antonia Villaraigosa; just after the meeting adjourned had mumbled something about his willingness to sign the ordinance, that would ban the medical marijuana collectives from the downtown area. So 30 days from the moment the ink dries on paper, this ban will go into effect and the local marijuana collectives will be a thing of the past. Minus of course… the lawsuits.
So now the monumental task is faced by the city of Los Angeles, to notify the more than 900 medical marijuana collectives within the affected area. That its time to batten down the hatches, ‘cause there’s a storm front on the horizon… and it’s closing in on them quickly. In order to receive shelter from the coming legal storm, the time has come for them to plunk down fat wads of cash, lawyer up, and hope that the California 2nd District Court of Appeals comes to their rescue.
In the past the city council has had many opportunities to deal with the inconsistencies between an mmj collectives words and their actions. Yet – when the opportunity has arisen for them to show leadership, they instead have chosen to be A.W.O.L., M.I.A., absent from the helm of this community. No guidance in providing safe access to affordable medicines, for which legitimate medical marijuana patients will now desperately be in need.
This most recent ban on the medical marijuana industry in a state which allows for marijuana collectives caps off a very few confusing time for California medical marijuana patients. In 1996 medical marijuana was approved by the voters for medicinal use, by patients of who have seen a CA. state board certified doctor and have received a medical marijuana recommendation. Since that time it is been a confusing patchwork of local municipalities along with the four state attorney generals, in conjunction with the Department of Justice causing much confusion. The three governmental entities working together, to create an atmosphere of confusion and anxiety for those that have chosen to operate one of these medicinal clubs. After watching many states, waste millions of dollars, on senseless lawsuits the U.S. Supreme Court has finally decided to step into the fray and attempt to put some parameters around medical marijuana and just what type of access its sick citizens shall have to it.
Word to the wise… the last time I checked these were publicly elected officials and can be held accountable on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. … make sure to “let ’em know how you feel.”
Source: Marijuana.com
Sad, pathetic and wrong. Does the L.A. city council not understand that it is their job to provide laws that fall within state guidelines. i.e Prop 215 / SB 420 where are our rights as tax paying citizens. I thinking that they can just fuck right off when it comes to me paying my city taxes. You wont protect my rights…. I wont pay your taxes
Have corrupt and stupid enemies not yet learned to mess with the American public? Protect the rights of people or the reset button is going to be pushed on all politicians.
The domestic threat to our God given rights and freedoms must stop.
I would say 90 percent of the people that attend collectives, I have absolutely no idea why they’re there. 10 percent were told by the doctor that marijuana will cure their ailment. Sadly the other 90 percent are jobless and or uneducated. Because consumers can not be functional while medicating and rehabilitation requires your incompetence, a 14-0 vote to ban does not suprise. I had a patient tell me once that they will not work or get a job because they don’t have to… talk about lack of motivation look at the guy with the pta wearing a ball cap and hoodie at this “formal” event. Cartoon banners drawn up while symmetrical lines are being drawn with a word from your government. Cannabis may cure every sickness but it also causes a very passive lazy society. and the issue, your average american can not control even the simplist of task, being productive. If everybody thinks that they are sick then everybody will be sick. Truth is we are striving for a healthy society free from suffering while collective owners bank on the illness I call American Ignorance. GROW YOUR OWN (like prop 215 says) & STOP Complaining!
If you’re jobless and uneducated then you probably don’t have money to spend on drugs in the first place. Secondly, I have no idea how you came up with this 90% figure and why you claim marijuana is demotivating. Just because you met one idiot who happened to smoke pot does not equate to all pot smokers being idiots. People who smoke cannabis are just like any other group; a few smart ones, a few dumb ones, and vast ocean of mediocrity in the middle. These people have been, and will continue to smoke regardless of the law. It’s better to tax the consumption than not.
The CA Supreme court will strike this down due to fair access, just like they have done with all other outright bans,
i also think the supreme courts will just crush this one like they always do
I’m crying a river of tears for the poor bastards. Too bad, so sad. Now they’re in the same boat as the rest of us. Fuck em.