Despite what Long Beach Councilwoman Suzie Price asserts, her recent campaign to maintain the ban on storefront dispensaries and implement a "delivery-only" approach is a study in inept public policy, irrational taboos and political carelessness.

Her current proposal establishes a system that does not adequately address demand, creates far more public safety problems than its proponents claim and guarantees that future license holders will be functionally unable to recoup their investments.

Delivery -only is a bad model for a variety of reasons, all of which were explained in detail to Price before she decided to pursue it.

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