Los Angeles City Hall

This just in, from Americans for Safe Access:

“The Los Angeles City Council vote on fees for the medical cannabis ordinance has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April 13. Once the fees are approved, the clock will start ticking towards the effective date of the toughest medical cannabis regulations in the state. These regulations will force most of the city’s patients’ associations to close.

“There is still a lot of work to be done to make the ordinance workable for patients in LA. Can you take a moment to contact your representative on the Los Angeles City Council before Tuesday and let them know this important work is not finished?  Ask your representative to let legal collectives with no neighborhood complaints stay where they are. Get contact information and details at:

http://safeaccessnow.org/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=5102″

Tuesday’s City Council meeting starts at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, April 13, and takes place at City Hall, 200 N. Spring St. @ Temple St., Room 340. If you’d like to attend, arrive early to fill out a card that will allow you to address the Council during the public comments portion of the meeting. For more info: http://safeaccessnow.org/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=5137

Time to move to Canada. LA Weekly has reported that the Nova Scotia Supreme Court recently ruled that a citizen’s local social services department must pay for her medical marijuana.

Canada’s health-care system provides its citizens with free or low-cost medical treatments and prescriptions. Sixty-one-year-old Sally Campbell’s doctor had prescribed medical marijuana to treat her medical condition. Her social services department had initially  refused to pay for her treatment, leading to the lawsuit. But now Canada’s high court has given Campbell the “green light.” Oh, Canada!