Statement: “Not a single place has been able to obtain a permit to open in the county since the ordinance was adopted,” Eugene Davidovich, a local medical marijuana advocate with Americans for Safe Access, wrote to the San Diego Reader for a story published Jan. 23.
Analysis: Local medical marijuana advocates, led by Davidovich, have called the county’s approach to permitting dispensaries overly restrictive. They’re technically allowed to open shop, but only in a few remote places.
Fact Check: A Medical Marijuana Desert?
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