Apparently those medical marijuana dispensaries have become targets of armed robberies by desperados seeking weed and/or cash as reported by Dennis Romero for LA Weekly: "there have been 10 dispensary shootings in a section of the Valley that covers the LAPD's Devonshire and Topanga stations since 2008." Moreover, LAPD Det. Robert Holcomb said that increasingly crimes against some dispensaries aren't reported but resolved through "street justice via 'organized crime, Mexican Mafia, cartels, Armenian mafia.'"
Meanwhile, Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard says drug policy is schizoid as reported by Daniel Hernandez for the Los Angeles Times: "'If the United States is legalizing marijuana and we're over here killing ourselves on the street over marijuana, that does not make sense,' Ebrard said Tuesday, referring to U.S. states, such as California, that have sought to decriminalize the sale and use of cannabis."
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