L.A.'s marijuana stores take root
Increase in 'dispensaries' alarms police, medical-use supporters
By William M. Welch
USA TODAY

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — A decade ago, the Rev. Scott Imler co-wrote and organized the ballot initiative that made California the first state to legalize marijuana for medical use.

Now Imler shakes his head with dismay over what his law has wrought: scores of storefront marijuana shops across Southern California with menus of pot varieties for sale to anyone with a doctor's note. the rest