It looks like the fight continues in California. Garden Grove, famous from the Sublime song of the same name, has decided to ban medical marijuana dispensaries. Not too cool, man.

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—Medical marijuana dispensaries won’t be allowed in the northern Orange County city of Garden Grove.

The City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday night to ban the pot stores. The ordinance takes effect in 30 days.

Councilman Mark Rosen cast the lone dissenting vote, saying the ban is “mired in mid-20th-century thinking.”

He noted the Unit-D dispensary, which has a conditional-use permit, has been operating for seven months without problems.

Councilman Steve Jones says he does not want the city to become exposed to liability for poor-quality pot.

California’s Compassionate Use Act permits marijuana use for medical reasons.

This goes against every reason why patients need safe access, not make it more difficult for people to acquire the much needed medicine. With gas prices the way they are, people need to be able to drive there or have someone drive them to local dispensaries. If you make people have to drive hundreds of miles to acquire their prescribed medicine, how will that help them?

California’s Compassionate Use Act allows patients access, it’s time to stop with these types of bans on dispensaries. The taxes paid by them benefits the city, and from what we’ve seen elsewhere in California, it does not encourage any more crime in the area. In fact, it cuts down the black market drug trade in the city, people with safe access, no longer have a need to buy drugs on the street. They can drive to the local medical marijuana dispensary and pick up their prescription like any patient. Help stop the drug deals on the street by fighting for your local medical marijuana dispensary.