Huizar to Argue for Banning Medical Marijuana on KCRW show Wednesday

will make a case for his proposed ban on medical marijuana dispensaries across Los Angeles on KCRW’s radio show, Which Way L.A.?, at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Also on the show, which was pre-recorded Wednesday afternoon, will be James Shaw, director of Medical Marijuana Patients, a not-for-profit organization devoted to the “defending and asserting the rights of medical cannabis patients.”

Huizar, whose proposal was unanimously approved by the L.A. City Council Planning Commission last month and is headed for a vote by the Council, has said that deserving patients will still have the right to produce and obtain medical marijuana even if marijuana dispensaries are banned in the city.

Shaw is expected to argue on tonight’s radio show that a ban is a “radical and very risky move,” according to his MMP colleague Scott Smith. “There are lots of tools to regulate [marijuana] without running into high court challenges,” Smith added, referring to potential lawsuits that a citywide ban could face.

To hear the show online, go to the KCRW website's home page and click on "Listen Now."