Pubdate: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) Copyright: 2012 Los Angeles Times Contact: http://www.latimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/248 Author: Arthur Armstrong Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n477/a08.html SOME CLARITY ON POT POLICY Of course our pot policy is a shambles. Medical marijuana is a shabby joke, one that provides a fig leaf for the illicit distribution of pot. We already have lots of businesspeople running clean, safe stores serving sick people. We call them "drugstores," and Los Angeles is simply awash in them. During Prohibition, people who could obtain a note from their doctors were able to buy booze at drugstores. Today, "businesspeople" have added hundreds of dispensaries to serve the multitudes suffering the kinds of ailments for which the only cure is a joint. That's as credible as "student athletes." Arthur Armstrong Manhattan Beach - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom