Recently the LA City Council approved that Medical Marijuana locations need to be 1000 feet away from places where children are present. Places such as schools, parks, and libraries are areas where children are most present. I am in favor of this proposal because marijuana does give off a potent aroma and if the locations are near schools this will make it easier for children to obtain marijuana. However, parks are public places and they are open environments. I would think the LA City Council should see that there is a smoking zone such as in place for cigarettes. Lastly, using GIS to produce the map above. I found out of a sample of ten medical marijuana locations that only about three were in violation of the decision and some were cutting it quite close but the overall majority of medical marijuana locations in LA seem to be far away from parks, schools, and libraries.
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