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Cities, counties no longer mellow about pot dispensaries

Nov. 10, 2009
At least 120 cities and eight counties in California have banned medical pot shops, fearing crime and profiteering. Some cite the proliferation of dispensaries in L.A. As hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries have opened this year in a startling rollout across California, unnerved local...
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