Santa Barbara's Proposed Marijuana Ordinance Would Ban Local Growers From Selling To Dispensaries

Santa Barbara’s proposed medical marijuana ordinance will allow people to grow marijuana at their homes for their own personal medical use, but if they buy the drug at a dispensary, it must come from outside of Santa Barbara.

That’s one of the ironies of the city’s new effort to regulate growth and distribution of marijuana in the city — Santa Barbara won’t allow people who grow marijuana for personal use to then sell it to a dispensary in the city. 

“Why do I want a guy in a car with a trunk full of 100 pounds of marijuana driving into our city to supply a dispensary rather than 50 people that are members within the city limits giving 8 ounces to the dispensary?” said Michael Jordan, a member of the city’s Planning Commission.

“I am personally more comfortable with the source being within our city limits for members of a collective at a...

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