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Despite restrictions, L.A. has more marijuana dispensaries

(From LAWeekly): Forget the so-called green mile along Pico Boulevard in Mid-City or South Robertson’s pot-shop row. 

The new hot spot for marijuana dispensaries appears to be South Los Angeles.

This is according to a recent brief on the number of weed shops in the city of Los Angeles. The UCLA Medical Marijuana Research team, led by Bridget Freisthler, found that more than three times the legal number of shops were up and running in L.A. last year.

That’s a total of 418, the team says. In 2013 city voters passed Proposition D, which grants immunity from prosecution only to 135 or so shops that existed before a 2007 city moratorium went into effect.

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Despite restrictions, more marijuana dispensaries crop in L.A.
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The UCLA Medical Marijuana Research team, led by Bridget Freisthler, found that more than three times the legal number of shops were up and running in L.A. last year.

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