Farmers market marijuana.

• Author: Shackford, Scott
• Position: Artifact - Brief article

For one lovely Los Angeles weekend--Independence Day weekend to be exact--legal medical marijuana users shopped for cannabis the way they might shop for fresh strawberries, avocados, and flowers: at a local farmers market.

The West Coast Collective in East L.A. launched the Los Angeles California Heritage Market at its dispensary, allowing medical marijuana users to purchase wares directly from vendors. Customers, all with medical marijuana cards, lined the block waiting to make their purchases.

The collective and organizer Paizley Bradbury planned additional market days, but then the city of Los Angeles stepped in. At the center of the dispute is Proposition D, a local ballot initiative passed in 2013. Pushed on voters by the L.A. City Council, the proposition caps the number of dispensaries at 135, protecting the earliest...