75A - PH - MEDICAL MARIJUANA - PROHIBIT

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In addition, legitimate candy bars were opened and the chocolate was laced with THC and then repackaged in the new Labeling. There was no explanation for " 3X," "6X," or "lOX" markings on the wrappers of edible products (according to operators of dispensaries the markings indicate The potency of THC in the product}. Lastly, there are no directions on the edible packages for the uses, dosage, warnings (allergy alerts, stomach bleeding and alcohol}, drug facts, expiration date and other information, as required for over the counter drugs. Lastly, the ordinance called for a security system and guards for each location. This requirement has not been an issue in th.e past. Medical marijuana dispensaries typically have had more extensive security systems than. Sav-On, Rite Aide or Walgreen drug stores, and yet they still have been. robbed and assaults and murders have occurred because they keep exorbitant amounts of cash. and marijuana on hand. In addition, the security systems and. guards do nothing for the surrounding businesses or area. Many of the dispensaries locally employ street gang members with. extensive crimina histories as security guards and many of them are armed. In addition, where medical marijuana dispensaries have sprung up, the surrounding area. has seen a 50 percent increase in Part I crime. Several unincorporated areas within the County of Los Angeles bordex the City of Los Angeles. Compounding this issue, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has a policy of not enforcing the law at medical marijuana dispensaries. Therefore, if the City of .Los Angeles does adopt the same ordinance, crime will significantly increase in these areas making it extremely difficult to enforce the law. (Source Det. Dennis Packer Asset I'orfeiture/Narcotics Vice Division L.A.P.D.) MEN~DOCINO COUNTY Marijuana: Marijuana Crop V1'orth $1.5 Billion in One California County Alone, Paper Estimates 1212/05 Northern California's Mendocino Cotu~ty has been known for marijuana growing for at least 30 years. Part of the state's legendary Emerald Triangle of high-grade pot production along with neighboring Humboldt and Trinity counties, Mendocino has long profited from the underground economy. Last week, a local newspaper, the Willits News, tried to gauge just how large the profits may be, and the result is startling. According to fhe News, the local marijuana industry will add $1.5 billion to the county's economy this year. With 1Vlendocino's legal economy estimated at about $2.3 billion, that means the pot economy is almost two-thirds as large as all other legal economic activities combined. When combining the aboveground. and underground economies, the marijuana industry is responsible for roughly 40% of all Mendocino County economic activity, a figure approaching the proportions of the Afghan opium economy. As the News is quick to acknowledge, because marijuana is an illicit commodity, no one really knows how big the industry in the county is, so the paper relied on extrapolations based on the number of plants seized and on information it acquired about current wholesale (pound level and up) marijuana prices in the area. The County of Mendocino Marijuana Eradication Team {COMMET) seized 144,000 plants this year, and District Attorney told the paper COMMET normally seized between five and eight percent of the crop, a little less than the ] 0% nlle of thumb for estimating all drug seizures. 15 75A-24