City Makes Move to Pull Cannabis Club’s License
Despite last-minute pleas by medicinal marijuana users that the city allow a cannabis club to operate within its limits, City Council members gave final approval to an amended ordinance that will force the group out of Garden Grove.
In approving the ordinance on second reading Tuesday night, the city opened the door to legally pull the club’s business license because it violates federal drug laws. The revised ordinance allows the city to revoke licenses for companies violating local, state or federal laws.
The cannabis club, which operates as the Orange County Patient, Doctor and Nurses Support Group, supplies marijuana to patients suffering from a variety of painful and terminal diseases. Donations for the deliveries are accepted.
“The ordinance has nothing to do with cannabis,” Councilman Ken Maddox said. “It has to do with businesses operating outside the law. If the cannabis club isn’t operating outside the law, they have nothing to worry about.”
Voters approved Proposition 215 in 1996, which legalized the medicinal use of marijuana with a doctor’s prescription.
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