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California Police Chiefs' Association
President of the California Police Chiefs Association, and co-sponsor of a bill seeking to regulate medical marijuana from the state level
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Chris Boyd
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FROM Chris Boyd
Which Way, L.A.?
Will California Finally Regulate Medical Marijuana? "Law and order may soon be coming to the Wild West of weed." That's according the Associated Press — 18 years after California voters approved medical marijuana , leaving oversight up to dozens of cities and local communities. Now, AP reporter Lisa Leff says the California legislature may finally be ready to enact new restrictions on farmers, dispensaries and the doctors who write prescriptions.
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