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California medical pot advocates call for statewide regulation


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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee

Alarmed by a police backlash against pot dispensaries in some California cities, lawmakers and advocates for medical marijuana are calling for statewide regulation of medical cannabis stores and new laws to clarify rules under which they operate.

Additionally, some medical marijuana advocates are pushing lawmakers to consider regulations – similar to those in Colorado – that would permit medical marijuana providers to operate as for-profit businesses.

Currently, under California law, dispensaries providing medical marijuana must operate as nonprofit “collectives” of registered medical marijuana patients who reimburse dispensaries for the costs of providing medicinal pot.

But medical cannabis in California has boomed into an industry generating an estimated $1.3 billion in transactions and paying hundreds of millions of dollars in salaries, rent and overhead costs.

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  1. Skibum says - Posted: February 16, 2011

    Not to mention all the other “money laundering” business that open up to hide profits such as Motorcycle and Tattoo shops that operate at a loss. Or how about buying houses and cars for cash and laughing all the way to the bank at at the powerless City unable to collect any tax. Non profit my keester.

  2. HARDtoMAKEaLIVINGinTAHOE says - Posted: February 16, 2011

    What you think the eagles were singing about?
    Washing cloths or cash?

    I make my living off the evening news
    Just give me something-something I can use
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    They love dirty laundry

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    Give us dirty laundry

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    Kick em when theyre down
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    She can tell you bout the plane crash with a gleam
    In her eye
    Its interesting when people die-
    Give us dirty laundry

    Can we film the operation?
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    Running bet
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    We need dirty laundry

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    Just leave well enough alone
    Eat your dirty laundry

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    Kick em when theyre down
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    Kick em when theyre down
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    Kick em all around

    Dirty little secrets
    Dirty little lies
    We got our dirty little fingers in everybodys pie
    We love to cut you down to size
    We love dirty laundry

    We can do the innuendo
    We can dance and sing
    When its said and done we havent told you a thing
    We all know that crap is king
    Give us dirty laundry!

  3. fpogen says - Posted: February 16, 2011

    That song is completely out of context for this topic….