Under increased legal pressure, 'Ricky' closed his dispensaries and resumed selling marijuana — but only to those with a doctor's recommendation. A stocky onetime mortgage broker is speeding through Costa Mesa in an old pickup with two pounds of weed in a paper bag. He wears gray cargo shorts and flip-flops and a faded cap with the image of a marijuana leaf stitched on the front.
Medical Pot Returning To Underground
By Joe Mozingo, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times
Thu, 09/06/2012 - 5:25pm
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