Judge upholds city marijuana bans

COSTA MESA, Calif., May 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. judge has ruled two California cities can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, despite a challenge by the disabled.

The Newport Beach (Calif.) Daily Pilot reported the judge ruled the federal Americans with Disabilities Act does not protect the dispensing of marijuana to the disabled in Costa Mesa and Lake Forest.

The newspaper said Marla James, Wayne Washington, James Armantrout and Charles Daniel DeJong had filed a federal lawsuit under the ADA saying the two cities were violating their access to public services.