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(101 votes) 6:30 pm
June 17, 2009
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If marijuana is classified as a prescription medication then why is it being sold from specialty boutiques? Why not just have it at regular pharmacies that require the scripts be signed by reputable doctors like other prescription medications? If marijuana is a recreational type of substance then why not sell it at liquor stores with all the same regulations as alcohol? I think one part of the problem is in deciding how the substance is classified. And, in Venice, a large part of the problem is the selling of it from specialty shops that are often located in residential neighborhoods, close to playgrounds & schools. I don't have the answers as I've never used the stuff but I think the questions may be valid for all involved. If it's medication then people who need it should have no problem getting their prescriptions filled at CVS or wherever. If it's recreational then the corner liquor store shouldn't be too out of the way & abiding by the same laws that apply to alcohol ought not be much of a problem. It's not rocket science. Is marijuana a medication, a recreational substance or an illegal psychoactive drug? Perhaps a conclusive answer to that question ought to have been decided upon first so people would know where the most appropriate place for the substance might be.
11:25 am
April 13, 2012
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BAN pot shops and marijuana docs from the boardwalk. Medical Marijuana is NOT for tourists. We don't want to be known for drug tourism like Amsterdam was before the stopped letting travelers partake…
2:18 pm
July 19, 2010
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Medical marijuana … why isn't it regulated and sold as adjuncts to pharmacies and/or doctors offices? WHY are any allowed to advertise on the Boardwalk (along with botox, teeth whitening and toe rings)? There are limitations on proximity to schools and parks – isn't some amount of the Boardwalk a park – for liquor stores and other adult businesses. It's rather third-world, not of the romantic poetic Venice but of far-away countries with looser standards, for green-coated people to hawk their wares "Oh The Doctor Is In" as though it were Pizza or Ice Cream?
I highly doubt that many people who have a need for medical marijuana would wander up and down the Boardwalk to buy from these low-class swanky people.
And whatever one's views on marijuana and bongs and that whole culture of products, it doesn't feel good to see young children walking by.
And why are there more weed shops than shoes shops? How is that even possible?
3:17 pm
June 16, 2009
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"And why are there more weed shops than shoes shops? How is that even possible?"
It's a little harder to smoke a shoe than a joint?
5:27 pm
November 6, 2011
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Shane said
"And why are there more weed shops than shoes shops? How is that even possible?"
It's a little harder to smoke a shoe than a joint?
You CAN, on the other hand (well, foot, really) make perfectly serviceable shoes from hemp.I think we have a winner, here, folks – weed clearly trumps shoes.
5:28 pm
November 6, 2011
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CallaLilly101 said
Medical marijuana … why isn't it regulated and sold as adjuncts to pharmacies and/or doctors offices? WHY are any allowed to advertise on the Boardwalk (along with botox, teeth whitening and toe rings)? There are limitations on proximity to schools and parks – isn't some amount of the Boardwalk a park – for liquor stores and other adult businesses. It's rather third-world, not of the romantic poetic Venice but of far-away countries with looser standards, for green-coated people to hawk their wares "Oh The Doctor Is In" as though it were Pizza or Ice Cream?
I highly doubt that many people who have a need for medical marijuana would wander up and down the Boardwalk to buy from these low-class swanky people.
And whatever one's views on marijuana and bongs and that whole culture of products, it doesn't feel good to see young children walking by.
And why are there more weed shops than shoes shops? How is that even possible?
A human being has billions of brain cells – and only two feet.
7:32 am
October 7, 2010
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Bar K said
You people gotta be kidding me. Thought we had enough scarry marijuana stories in the 1950's. These collectives are the most low key bussinesses .Until they adopted the green crosses you would not even know most were there. They are actually doing a service to the community by trying to stay open despite the danger from the govt.and real criminalsI also don't like the idea of over taxing items deemed "evil vices" by the govt.There is already taxes and fees being paid by all the collectives. Using cigarettes, alcohol or marijuana as cash cows is actually a form of punishment for all the "wayward souls" who are supposed to feel guilty and effects lower income people far more.
You haven't taken a walk on the beach in a while. There is absolutely nothing "low key" about the dispensaries being run down there. They have a bunch of stoned young kids that get in your face and almost demand that you go inside to see a doctor and get a prescription for pot. It's definitely hard sell, and very offensive to me.
There are dispensaries that are being run in a very professional manner, and I applaud them. But there are many that need to be shut down. The bad ones eventually ruin it for the good ones.
7:35 am
October 7, 2010
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not native said
Bar K said
Until they adopted the green crosses you would not even know most were there.Trust me. I live VERY close to 4 of them (as opposed to 2 coffee beans and 1 starbucks, and that is saying something.) and we are very aware of their presence and their clientele and the impact that comes with it. To say they have NO impact on the very neighborhoods they are located in is a joke. Within 24 hours of another opening, we see the impact on a residential neighborhood. Imposing a local tax to SOMEHOW benefit the neighborhood and Venice as a whole is the very least they could do. Otherwise it's just a cash grab till the feds shut them down. Again.
What I noticed most was the increase in vandalism and property crime. The easy availability of marijuana attracted the gutter punks in droves. They don't work for a living, cause a job would interfere with their ability to lay around and get stoned all day long. To support their habit, they break into cars and steal what they can. (Not all of them, but definitely a percentage.)
There is little doubt that the current system for dispensing medical marijuana has a harmful impact on a neighborhood if it is not handled correctly, and for many of them here in Venice there are issues.
5:31 pm
June 16, 2009
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The Los Angeles City Council has voted overwhelmingly to ban medical marijuana dispensaries, but it also approved a measure that may keep about 180 of the more than 850 outlets operating under new regulations, according to news reports.
The vote to make medical pot dispensaries illegal was 13-1. The council then voted, 9-5, to have the city attorney draw up a new ordinance that could allow 182 existing shops to continue operating, NBC Los Angeles reports.
5:49 pm
September 2, 2010
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Shane said
The vote to make medical pot dispensaries illegal was 13-1. The council then voted, 9-5, to have the city attorney draw up a new ordinance that could allow 182 existing shops to continue operating, NBC Los Angeles reports.
The one vote changed his so it would be unanimous going forward. Just noticed yet another shop on Washington. It's 50 feet from 2 others. That's basically 3 on one city block. Seriously people? Be honest, this is way out of control and miles away from what people voted for when they voted to let truly sick people has access to weed. If you are truly sick and cannot live without, there will still be legitimate dispensaries or you can cut the man completely out of the deal and just cultivate your own plants. Hopefully some long over due sanity will come from this.
10:52 pm
March 22, 2010
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i have some very responsible dispensary neighbors. the situation on the boardwalk, however, is out of control. hopefully if some shops are eventually allowed, the kids in green--a couple pictures of whom i did send in--will not be allowed to return, they make a mockery of what these laws were supposed to represent.
1:53 am
November 22, 2009
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Banning the dispensaries would force law abiding citizens to seek out illicit drug dealers to get natural pain medication that works. It is practically impossible to overdose on marjiuana, it is safer than alcohol and even aspirin. There is no reason to sell it at a pharmacy with a prescription. People who say that have no clue and probably have never tried marijuana in their lives. It is on the same level as alcohol, and actually safer than alcohol. There is no reason for the demonization of marijuana except 1930's hysteria that some uninformed people today still hang on to.
The situation on the boardwalk with the people hawking for medical marijuana licenses will disappear overnight if the government does the right thing and regulates marijuana the same as alcohol. There should not be any doctor's prescription needed to consume something as benign and beneficial as marijuana. There should be age limits set, same as alcohol, it should be taxed fairly, and dispensaries should be allowed to continue selling it.
The dispensaries are not supporting mexican drug cartels, and if the dispensaries close, then guess what, it's likely that the money starts going back to the drug cartels and not to honest local growers that produce the highest quality product.
Complaints about the clients of dispensaries are ridiculous if you consider the type of people you might run into at any local bar, and I don't hear people wanting to close local bars. I wish I had a dime for every drunken fool that stumbles out of james beach at 2am and heads towards the beach laughing up a storm, raising holy hell, vomiting on sidewalks, and waking people up. The customers of local dispensaries are nothing compared to these drunken douchebags as far as having a negative impact on our community.
