Real Talk: Up in Smoke-Medical Marijuana

Real Talk, the public affairs program hosted by Jerry Roberts, and which airs on The Santa Barbara Channels, Channel 21 is tackling the topic of local pot dispensaries and is looking for studio guests who might want to be part of the conversation.

Medical marijuana has been legalized by the State of California. Local dispensaries are licensed by the City of Santa Barbara, while other municipalities are considering how to handle them. Should they be regulated and monitored more closely? Why do we have more than the city of Oakland? Should they be taxed? How do neighbors of medical marijuana dispensaries feel? Should local government limit the number of them and make sure the locations are spread over town or allow them to be concentrated in just a few neighborhoods? Will taxing marijuana dispensaries legitimize marijuana and lead to its legalization? Or has it already been effectively legalized by lax regulations on medical marijuana prescriptions?

These and other related topics will be the focus of the next edition of Real Talk, a Santa Barbara Forum: “Up in Smoke- Medical Marijuana” which will be recorded on Wednesday, August 12th, 10 am-12 noon. Citizens wishing to be studio guests and possible participants should contact the station at forum@sbchannels.tv. Viewers having questions to ask the panel should send them to the same email address.