Garden Grove Says No to MMJ, I Say Boo
September 24th, 2008 by Perry
In a giant step back for MMJ users in Orange County, the Garden Grove City Council voted to ban its only medical marijuana dispensary.
Their logic? Mayor Bill Dalton said he doesn’t support it because it is not ‘regulated right.’ He states:
I just don’t think this is the way marijuana should be dispensed.
What a horse’s ass.
Councilwoman Dina Nguyen said she sympathizes with patients who need marijuana to ease their pain, but believes the clinics would put more strain on the Police Department, which is short-staffed. Not to mention, the article states there were no incidents at the dispensary in the months prior to its shutdown.
Well, at least she’s sympathetic. Apparently chronic pain sufferers just aren’t pulling hard enough on the heart strings to not be put in jail. Luckily, sympathy is an alternate treatment to chemotherapy recovery, nausea, bone pain, etc… Thanks, Dina.
Looks like the business tax and other sales taxes will be going to the coffers of a different Orange County city. Too bad.
