The city of Garden Grove, California has been ordered to close over 60 medical marijuana facilities or else they will be issued a daily $1,000 fine and potential criminal charges.
Local television station KNBC reports that last week city officials distributed letters to 63 medical marijuana dispensaries in the area, which has the largest concentration of dispensaries in Orange County.
"This medical marijuana stuff in this particular city has gotten out of hand. There's over 70 of these medical marijuana facilities and this stuff has been easier to get than my cardiac medication," said dispensary opponent Doug Beard.
Local television station KABC reports that some dispensary owners are hoping that the city will find a way to regulate the dispensaries so that they can eventually reopen.
"When the federal government takes a look at it and decides what they're going to do with it, then we'll all get that answer. But right now, it's against the law for the city of Garden Grove to even consider legalizing it," said Garden Grove Mayor Bruce Broadwater.
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