Topic: DRUGS - on July 4, 2013 at 5:50:00 PM CEST
High hopes for new pot laws
California led the nation in allowing marijuana to be used for medical purposes, but last month residents of Los Angeles said enough is enough.
Tired of a proliferation of lightly regulated marijuana dispensaries that made pot available to any "patient," voters approved a measure to drastically scale back the number of shops allowed -- to 135 from 805.
In Colorado, state officials had trouble keeping up with -- and collecting taxes from -- many of the 1,000-plus marijuana farms, while people who were not sick easily obtained pot registration cards. The widespread availability of medical cannabis accelerated the movement toward full legalization of the iconic weed, which was approved last year.
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