For a moment two years ago, Los Angeles officials thought they knew how many marijuana dispensaries the city had: 186. That’s how many registered to operate under the city’s moratorium. The city quickly lost control, and the number soared: 500, 600, 800, now perhaps 1,000. …….CONTINUE

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – The United States’ first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration’s move to relax policing of medical use of the drug…………CONTINUE

Before a 2007 moratorium, the city of Los Angeles had issued 186 medical marijuana dispensary licenses. Since the moratorium, nearly 800 applications for hardship exemptions have been filed.
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