1. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO
KNOW ABOUT MEDICAL
MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES IN
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
The Dispensary Experts: http://www.thedispensaryexperts.com

2. INTRODUCTION
• California, keeping with its hip image, is one of the first states to think of legalizing
medical marijuana.
• The proposition for the act dates back as far back in time as 1996.

3. FACT
Fact: Many are assuming recreational use of cannabis will be approved within the
next 12 to 18 months.

4. The backbone of the program, the idea behind this whole endeavor has been to make
available requisite amounts of medical marijuana to people in need of palliative
treatment.

5. • The Department of Public Health for the State of California has often stated that
the moral burden of the availability of medicines to patients who genuinely need
them lies solely on the government.
• This has paved path for pertinent marijuana laws and acts in many other states
that followed.

6. • This law, termed as Compassionate Use Act of 1996, has been in the public
discussion ever since, nationwide.
• Another relevant bill was drafted and passed in 2004.
• This was termed as the Medical Marijuana Program Act (MMP).

7. The essence of this law transfers the onus of identifying, registering and maintaining
a record of medical marijuana seekers and their primary caregivers throughout the
State of California, on the Department of Public Health.

8. The Medical Marijuana Identification Card that the Department of Public Health
issues to the patients and caregivers is the sole method by which one can acquire
medical marijuana in Los Angeles and the rest of the State of California.

9. HOW TO OPEN A DISPENSARY IN LOS
ANGELES OR THE REST OF THE STATE?
• Another thing that most people are confused about regarding medical marijuana in
the State of California is use of the word ‘dispensary.’
• The State of California doesn’t recognize or allow for the operations of ‘dispensaries’
as of this date.

10. • This is a confounding fact especially when one has to just to take a look at some
prominent dispensaries that have been operating for years.
• What the State of California allows for “cooperatives and collectives” modes of
marijuana dispensation.

11. • This means that a regular dispensary storefront that sells medical marijuana to
patients who merely fill out a form is most likely going to be deemed unlawful.
• So, while to open a marijuana ‘dispensary’ in Los Angeles may not be possible under
current laws, one can still apply for cooperatives/collectives permit.

12. • Many believe this is just semantic and opening a dispensary in, for example,
Oregon, is very much the same as opening a dispensary in Los Angeles.
• You can learn more at the California (LA) website by following this link.

13. If you want to learn about dispensary ownership from A-Z, including step by step
blueprints and guides, you can do so here.