Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Policy Brief

     Medical marijuana dispensaries should be at least 1,000 feet away from places where children congregate. It is potentially dangerous to expose children to drug related activities and stores. Children are vulnerable to peer pressure and inappropriate activities. Drugs can affect growth and learning abilities. Drugs can prevent a child from maturing into a adult. Children on drugs will perform poorly in school and have problems socially and physically. Marijuana slows the memory growing process. It is unsafe for children to have access to these types of stores in their neighborhood.
     The map shows various medical marijuana dispensary and elementary school locations in East Los Angeles. Medical marijuana dispensaries are labeled as green points. Elementary schools are labeled as school symbols. Evidently, medical marijuana dispensaries are definitely 1,000 ft away from local elementary schools. Buffers defining the distance from medical marijuana dispensaries are in red.
     Elementary school children will become corrupted. They will not behave properly at home nor at school. As a matter of fact, they will behave poorly. They will start fights with other children. Perhaps, they will join a gang or spend days throughout their lives doing nothing but playing computer games. They are in danger of ruining their futures and health. Smoking at an early age is hazardous to the health. Parents are strongly urged to keep children away from dangerous areas such as areas with medical marijuana dispensaries. Marijuana leads to other more harmful drugs that children are better off not knowing about. Children at a young age need to experience the world by playing with friends and doing educational activities. It is not a bright future for children if they only do drugs and not have a goal in their life. Drugs are not the right toys to play with for children.
     Medical marijuana dispensaries need to ignore the costs involved in keeping their stores away from children. The stores need to collaborate and work together to maintain a safe neighborhood for children. 

References
http://gis.ats.ucla.edu/Mapshare/
http://local.yahoo.com/CA/Los+Angeles/Education/K-12/Elementary+Schools
http://legalmarijuanadispensary.com