By creating this ordinance, a large number of dispensaries are found to be outside of compliance, which will force many of them to close, making this decision a negative one. Due to time constrictions I was unable to accumulate a large sample of dispensaries, instead getting only a few major ones. While it is difficult to tell from this scale, many do in fact fall within the forbidden buffers upon zooming in. This means that many of them would have to shut down due to the new law, as they fall within the buffers, seriously restricting those that rely on the them for medicine Los Angeles is so densely populated and there is so little free space, that it is almost impossible to follow restrictions such as this, as the map clearly shows. The few available areas within the city that do not fall under this law are difficult to access and much less populated. .
It appears from reading the article that the issue is not with the dispensaries themselves, but the ones that do not follow other laws about how they may distribute their products. If all of the regulations are being followed, marijuana should not fall into the hands of children, who are not legally allowed to purchase from the clubs. The problem instead appears to be with a few clubs who are not following regulations and allowing the product to either go to those who do not need it for medical usage but only for recreation, and the fact that it is becoming an activity in the clubs late at night as opposed to being used for medicine.
Stricter restrictions need to be put on the distribution of the product, but the placement of them should not be an issue. If the 1000 foot ordinance does come to fruition, it will cause many of the clubs to shut down unnecessarily and negatively effect many of their patients.
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