US (CA): Ventura bans medical marijuana cultivation
The 7-0 vote upset medicinal marijuana advocates who attended the meeting.
"As a medical cannabis patient I can tell you that I wouldn't be alive without it," said Monica Lindsay. "I currently have breast cancer, and I truly believe using this plant stopped it from spreading."
Lindsay, who broke into tears while she spoke in front of the City Council, said she doesn't want to buy marijuana from the kid down the street.
"I am not able to grow my medicine," she said. "I don't want to go to the black market."
Like other California cities, Ventura rushed to adopt an ordinance before a state law approved in October goes into effect. Cities that do not have an ordinance regulating or prohibiting cultivation by March 1 will lose the authority to regulate or ban cultivation within their limits and will fall under state rule.
Read the full report at the Ventura County Star