Where’s the weed?
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. Many of the applications are no more than paper filed to secure future rights. Among those are the 58 registered at <a href=”” onclick=”gotoReseda();return false;”>8619 Reseda Blvd</a>.
Dispensary licenses and applications in the city of Los Angeles
Legally licensed 
Applied for exemption 
Application denied or withdrawn 
Story linkSources: Los Angeles city clerk, Times reporting
Map by: Thomas Suh Lauder, Doug Smith, Sandra Poindexter, Ken Schwencke, Ben Welsh
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