7/18: West Hollywood to Vote on Dispensaries

Don Duncan reports:

The West Hollywood City Council will vote on
interim guidelines for the six remaining medical
cannabis dispensing collectives on Monday, July
18. The proposed guidelines are much improved
from the first draft, which called for banning
the sale of edibles among other things.

Patients and advocates are still concerned about
to provisions in the proposed guidelines. One
would require a dispensing collective to keep the
original copy of the doctor's letter of
recommendation for each member. Another
provision would require the collective to keep
records of individual sales to patients. Both of
these provisions raise serious concerns for
patient privacy and safety. I will be meeting
with West Hollywood Mayor Abbé Land this
afternoon in one last effort to have these
provisions removed or modified.

The interim guidelines are intended to be in
place until the City of West Hollywood creates a
final ordinance at some point in the next nine
months. However, many advocates believe that the
final guidelines will be nearly identical to the
interim guidelines.

Patients will be speaking in support of the
guidelines and calling for a few last
improvements at Monday night's meeting.

I will let you know how it turns out.

Don Duncan, Executive Director
Los Angeles Patients and Caregivers Group
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