http://www.dssrookie.com/forums/ en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:07:56 GMT vBulletin 180 http://www.dssrookie.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.dssrookie.com/forums/ http://www.dssrookie.com/forums/health/126503-los-angeles-gets-tough-medical-marijuana-shops-new-post.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:10:03 GMT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Past the security man and his pit bull and through a haze of eye-watering smoke, two youths load up a pipe next to a row of... LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Past the security man and his pit bull and through a haze of eye-watering smoke, two youths load up a pipe next to a row of shiny glass jars with two dozen varieties of marijuana bud displayed like candy.


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