Permit Allowing Marijuana Dispensary In Same Complex As Children’s Clinic Being Appealed
“Given the services we provide, to very at-risk and vulnerable youths, working with them in schools and at the clinic as an after-school service, for them to be exposed to marijuana dispensaries creates a tremendous risk," said Moises Baron, the CEO of a La Mesa clinic.
The San Diego Union-Tribune:
County-Contracted Clinic Concerned With Coming Medical Cannabis Shop In La Mesa
The CEO of a La Mesa mental health clinic for children says he was stunned to learn last week that the city’s Planning Commission had given approval to a medical marijuana dispensary to open in the same complex. Moises Baron, who runs the San Diego Center for Children, says his agency was never contacted by the city nor was it given notice of a public hearing on the dispensary’s application. Instead, he found out about the Planning Commission’s decision from an article in the The San Diego Union-Tribune. (Pearlman, 4/4)
In other news from across the state —
Sacramento Bee:
Federal Agents Are Seizing About 100 Homes They Say Are Used To Grow Pot For A Chinese Crime Syndicate
In the largest operation of its kind, federal agents swept across the Sacramento region Tuesday and Wednesday targeting about 75 homes serving as suspected marijuana growing sites that authorities say are operated by a Chinese organized crime syndicate. (Stanton and Kasler, 4/4)
Capital Public Radio:
Most Sacramento Employers Say Recreational Pot Not A Workplace Issue
It looks like relatively few Sacramento area companies have had to deal with legalized recreational pot in the workplace. A survey of the Sacramento region's top employers asked if recreational marijuana use in the first three months of 2018 resulted in any workplace issues. (Milne, 4/4)