Court: California cities can ban pot shops
The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities and counties can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, a ruling likely to further diminish the state's once-extravagant network of storefront pot shops and fuel efforts to bring greater oversight to the quasi-legal industry.
In a unanimous opinion, the court held that California's medical marijuana laws - the nation's first and most liberal - neither prevent local governments from using their land-use powers to zone dispensaries out of existence nor grant authorized users convenient access to the drug. (AP)
