Cannabis Event Misses Local Clinic Community
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Photo by Jessica Lux of Landa Prisoner Outreach Program
The THC Expose, held last weekend April 23-25th, 2010 was well attended, though numbers appeared diminished from their first event in June 2009. What may have been most remarkable was the absence of the hundreds of Los Angeles medical cannabis dispensing clinics. A few, the largest clinics returned, like Herbal Solutions and The Farmacy, each have multiple locations. However, the majority stayed away. Was it because the show was marketed to the overall population and not to specifically medical patients? Possibly. However what’s more likely is that operators of Los Angeles medical cannabis dispensaries are so frightened for their existence that any event right now seems frivolous. Los Angeles citizens who are medical cannabis patients are also bracing for major changes to access, and increased law enforcement activities.
This June when the city’s newly passed Medical Marijuana Regulations come into effect every person who gets medicine from any but 4 dispensing clinics (only 4 locations meet the city zoning standards) in this major metropolitan area may lose their right to safe access. This is a disappointment for all of us, especially those members of the community like, Yamileth Bolanos, who worked tirelessly on behalf of patients at City Hall and in the community at large for the last 4 years.
