Los Angeles Pressures Scientists Into Retracting Medical Pot Study →
Last month, we wrote about a new study by Santa Monica think tank RAND, which demonstrated that neighborhood crime actually increased after a number of medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles were closed. These data flew in the face of the anecdotal claims of California’s law enforcement community, which has argued for years that such dispensaries are a magnet for crimes like burglary. Well, in an illustration of what happens when scientists produce research that doesn’t serve the interests of the state, fierce criticism from LA’s city attorneys has led RAND to pull the study report from their website. According to spokesman Warren Robak, “As we’ve begun to take a look at the report, we decided it’s best to remove it from circulation until that review is complete.”
