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Controlling Air Traffic and Distributing Medical Marijuana
Another effort to regulate medical marijuana in the City of Los Angeles. On our rebroadcast of To the Point, existing technology could make air travel faster, more fuel efficient and cheaper, but the air traffic control system won’t be updated until 2025. We hear why and what passengers can expect in the meantime.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenTomorrow, the Los Angeles City Council is scheduled to take another stab at a question other cities resolved long ago -- or did they? Is it legal or not to sell medical marijuana at California’s nonprofit dispensaries? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, existing technology could make air travel faster, more fuel efficient and cheaper, but the air traffic control system won’t be updated until 2025. We hear why and what passengers can expect in the meantime.
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Read the story28 minLA City Council Takes Up Medical Marijuana Ordinance
Since California voters approved Medical Marijuana 13 years ago, the legislature has passed a law intended to lay out a process for distribution. Many cities have limited the number of dispensaries and regulated sales. Not so the City of Los Angeles.
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