Quiz #1: Marijuana

The above map depicts 12 schools and 13 churches that are currently within the 1000 foot buffer.


I am in favor of the proposed medical marijuana ordinance. Although few dispensaries are located 1000 feet away from areas where children congregate, restrictions should cap where no development can occur. As many Los Angeles residents have found, the growth of these stores from 2007-2009 years was extremely rapid. The ban would serve to prevent these stores from percolating into urban clusters.


A brief google search of ‘medical marijuana dispensaries’ shows that thirty one dispensaries exist within Los Angeles city alone. This suggests that even if some dispensaries are forced to close under the ordinance, patients that need medical marijuana have many other substitutes. The one thousand foot buffer from schools, churches, and other areas when children aggregate would also serve to relocate them from urban centers. In accordance with the ordinance goals, this would have the likely effect of reducing recreational pot use.