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    Which Way, L.A.?

    The Pot Crackdown: From 400 to 41

    During years when the City Council was otherwise occupied, hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries sprung up all over Los Angeles. When the Council finally passed a restrictive ordinance , 169 applied to stay in business. Yesterday, the City Clerk announced that just 41 will be eligible .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    During years when the City Council was otherwise occupied, hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries sprung up all over Los Angeles. When the Council finally passed a restrictive ordinance, 169 applied to stay in business. Yesterday, the City Clerk announced that just 41 will be eligible. We hear from the president of a local medical marijuana collective and from the city attorney who helped draft the ordinance and is defending it in court.

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    City Cracks Down Hard on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
    1. 0:00The Pot Crackdown: From 400 to 41You’re reading this
    2. 14:24Predictive Policing: Next Frontier of High-Tech Crime Fighting?
    3. 25:28Coming Home from the Iraq War
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Sonya Geis

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      Yamileth Bolanos

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      Jane Usher

      Special Assistant City Attorney, City of Los Angeles

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    City Cracks Down Hard on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
    1. 0:00The Pot Crackdown: From 400 to 41You’re reading this
    2. 14:24Predictive Policing: Next Frontier of High-Tech Crime Fighting?
    3. 25:28Coming Home from the Iraq War
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