A comprehensive review of the
pending medical marijuana
regulations for Los Angeles City
from a West LA perspective

Nathan Donahoe, Chair of the Medical Marijuana Committee,
under the PLUM committee under Chair Tim Dagodag and
President Jay Handal
10/6/2009

WLANC would like to thank the following for their help and inspiration in the creation

of this paper: Jay Handal, Tim Dagodag, the entireWLA N C board, the Alliance of
Community Organizations and Neighborhood Activists, WLAPD Captain Evangelyn
Nathan, Lt Mark Garza, CPCA, Councilman Bill Rosendahl, Peter Tejera, Jennifer
Palais, Don Duncan and Americans for Safe Access and Fix Los Angeles.

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents....................................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . 2 Definitions............................................................................................................................ 3 Brief History........................................................................................................................ 5 West LA Perspective........................................................................................................... . 7 Option 1............................................................................................................................... 8 WLANC Medical Marijuana Committee Recommendations for Future Actions............. 10 Regulations Comparison Chart.......................................................................................... 10 Regulations

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Adverse Secondary Effects of Marijuana Dispensaries and Similarly Operating
Cooperatives........................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
References................................................................................................................... . . . . . . . 45
Behind the Scenes of a West Los Angeles Medical Marijuana Dispensary...................... 46
Herbalcure Exhibits................................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Definitions

Medical Marijuana Collective/Co-op/Dispensary: Shall be referred to as MMC, MMCC,

dispensary, etc.

Executive Summary

Los Angeles City is in the middle of a health crisis. Seriously ill Angelenos are being
provided unregulated and potentially toxic medical cannabis, from medical marijuana
collectives (MMC’s) with minimal oversight from the City, operated by individuals with
little professional experience in health care who likely have connections to illegal
activity. Not only does this extreme lack of regulation impair the public health, but it
also allows profiteers to take advantage of the sick who are most in need of effective
medicine. Additionally, according to a wide range of experts and white papers, these
issues correlate with other adverse secondary effects.

This is an extremely critical time in the medical cannabis industry. With outdoor harvest season beginning in October, historically thousands of pounds of unregulated cannabis will be flooding the streets of Los Angeles City. This is compounded by other variables:

As the “Green Rush” gains momentum and the economy suffers, more Angelenos