Written stuff for post

Analysis part:

I agree somewhat with the city ordinace, because as my map shows, there are still plenty of dispensaries in LA outside the 1000 ft buffer around schools, parks and libraries. I think that people have the right to decide if they want their kids to be constantly exposed to weed. And it is true that weed dispensaries have been popping up all over the place. they are everywhere! For my project, i couldn't even geocode all of them in LA, i had to limit myself to 86!
The issue of weed is a very sensitive one, and very relevent to us here in California, the "weed capital" of the country. I personally don't see anything wrong with weed, and in fact believe that in general it is a lot safer than alcohol. However, there are many who are adamantly opposed to weed, as it is illegal, and think that it attracts criminals, etc. These people should be able to send their kids to the park and to school without worrying they will be overexposed.
However, perhaps 1000 ft is a little extreme? These weed dispensaries are very discreet (there are some in Westwood, and they usually have shades on the windows, and don't smell like weed from the outside), and the weed industry is a very profitable one for the state of California. therefore i would propose limiting the buffer to 500, so as not to force more dispensaries to close.

My map is a closeup of the area where the highest concentration of weed dispensaries are, west/downtown LA.