Didn’t anyone realize that ethical business men are not going to suddenly rush to open up dispensaries that provide marijuana?  The same vendors that were selling illegally are likely to go from the illegal side to the legal side of sales, but unless they have a serious education about ethics, there is going to be trouble.

These are not individuals who are used to working within the law or having ethical business practices.

Many of their customers are now in drug treatment for cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and other drugs.

Marijuana is the gateway drug, no matter who is selling it.

“Medical-marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles ask for “donations” from customers who want to buy the drugs, but the city’s new district attorney and others call the transactions sales that are illegal under state law.

The Los Angeles Times reported Oct. 1 that the huge profits being pulled in by some dispensaries — which are supposed to be nonprofit entities — have increased scrutiny by law enforcement and are threatening to undermine the state’s medical-marijuana law.

“The people who are simply trying to make a profit are the ones messing it up for those people that need it and those legitimate distributors who are trying to help people,” said Los Angeles City Councilman Dennis Zine. The council has been working for two years to draft a medical-marijuana ordinance for the city.”

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