In an unexpected move, two members of the Los Angeles City Council rightfully stood up against the new City Attorney, Carmen Trutanich, and his attempt to eliminates medicinal marijuana sales in L.A. despite the citizens' desire for them to stay legal.
The City Council members voted after a hearing about the proposal, which "neighborhood activists" supported and medicinal marijuana providers and patients opposed.
The ban would have probably put Los Angeles' estimated thousand of dispensaries out of business with the threat of criminal prosecution. Thankfully, two City Council members were willing to thwart the City Attorney's attempt to make medicinal marijuana sales illegal in L.A..
The ban also would have created even more unemployed citizens in the place of medicinal marijuana providers, and patients would have been forced to venture outside the city's limits to obtain the medicine that they need..
Los Angeles citizens should be proud that their elected representatives are willing to stand up to the City Attorney's attempt to vanquish medicinal marijuana in spite of the citizens' obvious desire for dispensaries to continue to operate legally.
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