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Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy Baca has referred to the Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary or the LACRC as a heroic endeavor. In 1996, shortly after passage of Proposition 215 - the Compassionate Use Act - patients, law enforcement, city officials, and the public health community came together and drafted the first set of rules and procedures for the Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary.

Each patient submitting an application to the co-op is required to provide valid photo identification, proof of California residency, a physician’s written recommendation for approval (confirmed by phone), signed consent, and agreement to follow the Rules and Co-Op Procedures of the Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary, and a personal interview with an intake counselor.

Every member, upon completion of the intake process and qualification of services, is issued an LACRC Photo Identification Card to be carried at all times while in possession of cannabis products acquired through the Co-Op programs. This card is presented to law enforcement in the case of any inquiries. An officer of the Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary is available at all times to verify for officers that a patient’s status is current. The Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary known as the LACRC is a non-profit patient-based organization that has been providing safe and affordable access to Los Angeles medical marijuana for almost 1,000 seriously ill and disabled residents of Los Angeles since 1996.

The DEA seized all of the Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary’s patient records, computers and plants, leaving no medication for the Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary almost 1,000 member-patients afflicted with cancer, AIDS, epilepsy, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis and other serious illnesses. For the patients, medical marijuana has alleviated their pain, allowed them to tolerate medication and treatment, and to hold down food every day.

Scott Imler, president of the Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary said, “It’s sad and wrong that at this time of national crisis and mourning, the US Justice Department has elected to use its resources and manpower to harass and hurt sick people…This action is effectively a death sentence for patients all across Los Angeles County.”

Along with Los Angeles medical marijuana providers, family members, caregivers, clergy and West Hollywood elected officials, a large number of chronically and terminally ill patients stood at West Hollywood City Hall, protesting the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) raid and seizure of the Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center (LACRC). The effective closure of the Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary’s distribution operation leaves patients no access to the medication they rely on for their well-being and very survival.

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