Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Don’t Boost Local Crime: Study

<p>WEDNESDAY, Jun 6 (<span>HealthDay News</span>) — <span>Neighborhoods</span> with medical
marijuana dispensaries do not have aloft crime rates than other<span>neighborhoods</span>, according to researchers who examined 95 opposite areas of
Sacramento, Calif., in 2009.</p>
<p>As some-more U.S. states have ratified a use of pot for medical
reasons, some people have voiced regard that outlets that allot the
drug and their clients will turn targets for crime.</p>
<p>But that’s not a case, according to a investigate in a Jul emanate of
the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.</p>
<p>The researchers found no justification that neighborhoods with a higher
density of medical pot dispensaries had aloft rates of violent
crime or <span>property crime</span> than other neighborhoods.</p>
<p>The investigate authors added, however, that serve investigate is needed
because they looked during ne...