Marijuana Factions Join Forces to Fully Legalize L.A. Pot Shops

A group representing a number of quasi-legal pot shops in the city of L.A. will throw its considerable weight behind a City Hall–sponsored effort to make those dispensaries fully legal. The organization, the United Cannabis Business Alliance, is scrapping its own measure, which already had qualified for the March ballot. Instead of potentially splitting the pro-pot vote with initiatives that essentially seek the same thing, the UCBA announced this afternoon that it will support Proposition M, which was approved for the ballot by the City Council last month.

"In the spirit of collaboration, the UCBA board of directors determined that the best approach to ensure uniform cannabis regulations for patients, communities and cannabis businesses is by working with the Los Angeles City Council rather than continuing to seek voter approval for our own initiative," UCBA president Jerred Kiloh said in a statement.

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