500 Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Los Angeles Have Been Shut Down Since 2013
Los Angeles officials have closed 500 medical marijuana dispensaries since voters in 2013 approved a measure to cap the city's dispensaries at about 130. Estimates for the number of dispensaries currently operating in the city vary.
- "Los Angeles Closes 500 Medical Marijuana Shops, but Hundreds Remain" (Dobuzinkis, Reuters, 4/9).