\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/medical-marijuana-states.gif\" "\\"medical-marijuana-states\\"")
<\/a>\nMTV\u2019s Real World versus the real world. What\u2019s the difference? There isn\u2019t much if you look at the restrictions both lawmakers and the producers of MTV\u2019s Real World have placed on marijuana. SaferChoice.org, a site that advocates a safer alternative to recreation than alcohol, began a petition last year to let MTV know it should \u201cstart getting real\u201d with marijuana. According to the site, the network has aired reality shows that feature young people consuming large amounts of alcohol that has almost always resulted in violent, destructive, and even illegal behavior. Yet MTV has never once showed a cast member consuming marijuana on its shows, which every objective study has shown that it is a far safer alternative than alcohol. Not too long ago, SaferChoice.org reports that things have grown more out of control on one of the network\u2019s more popular reality shows, Jersey Shores, when a drunken young man punched a cast member in the face after she had accused him of stealing her drink. The Safer petition asks that future cast members on The Real World and Jersey Shores and any other MTV reality shows allow marijuana to be used as a safer recreational alternative to alcohol. According to the site, millions of adults enjoy using marijuana responsibly in the real world, and the site goes on to say that MTV should stop driving cast members to drink and instead start being real.<\/p>\n
Ironically, what is known to be the Music Television\u2019s network policy on marijuana has become a pseudo-reality to the real world\u2019s new rule, which inhibits the use of medical marijuana within San Diego County. According to NBCSanDiego, the San Diego City Council voted to place \u201crestrictions on where dispensaries can conduct business, barring pot sales within 600 feet of places of worship, parks, schools and other sensitive locations\u201d on Monday, March 28, 2011. NBCSanDiego reports that the council listened to four hours of public commentary before voting 5 to 2 to restrict dispensaries to industrial to light commercial areas of the city. Originally, the ordinance proposed to bar pot sales within 1,000 feet of certain areas, but city councilman, Todd Gloria, amended it to 600 feet restriction after more than 3,700 people voiced their concern via email that the proposed regulations would have pushed clinics out near the U.S.-Mexico border and to other remote areas that will make medical cannabis hard to reach by AIDs patients and veterans, and other patients who use marijuana for medicinal purposes.<\/p>\n
It looks like the restrictions placed on dispensaries last month will also affect the newly installed marijuana dispensing machines called, Canna-Medboxes. Found inside the El Cajon Medical Group and the Redwood Collective, these machines that dispense marijuana products will have to be moved along with the clinics if the 1,000 feet ordinance was passed. The regulations would\u2019ve limited the dispensaries and the Canna-Medboxes since few landlords would allow clinics space for rent.<\/p>\n
It appears that Proposition 215, which was passed in 1996 to allow marijuana to be used for medicinal purposes, is undergoing some tough opposition. According to NBCSanDiego, the so-called \u201cCompassionate Use Act,\u201d did not specify how to distribute marijuana that is not grown by qualified patients themselves. Cannabis dispensaries happen to fill in this void, and medical marijuana supporters are battling to keep enforcers from regulating the process.<\/p>\n
Major critics of the dispensaries say that the clinics have enabled \u2018reefer madness\u2019 to invade their neighborhoods, since apparently \u201canybody could get a card to smoke weed,\u201d and want marijuana banned altogether.<\/p>\n
With the amount of opposition being received, it looks like cannabis dispensaries won\u2019t be having a breather anytime soon. And with such regulations in the works, what was once a legalized act will be pretty soon have patients who consume medicinal cannabis routinely turn to other means for treatment. Not quite criminals themselves, patients pretty much have to act like criminals in order to pick up medicine if the 1,000 radius proposal had been enforced. Although this is not something law proposers might have intended to happen\u2014like the MTV\u2019s Real World and Jersey Shores\u2019 fiasco\u2014both the MTV producers and lawmakers know that there is an alternative to this process, yet it still seems like the reality to this common denominator is that the real world is not yet ready for such changes.<\/p>\n
Works Cited<\/p>\n
1. Cubbison, Gene. \u201cMedicinal Marijuana Showdown.\u201d NBCSanDiego.com, 2011, March 28. http:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/news\/local\/Medicinal-Marijuana-Showdown– 118788609.html<\/p>\n
2. Maass, David. \u201cMarijuana Dispensing Machines Comes to San Diego.\u201d CityBeat., 2011, March 10.
\nhttp:\/\/www.sdcitybeat.com\/sandiego\/blog-237-marijuana-vending-machines-in-san-diego.html<\/p>\n
3. \u201cNew Rules for Pot Sales.\u201d Associated Press. NBCSanDiego.com, 2011, March 29.
\nhttp:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/news\/health\/San-Diegos-New-Rules-for-Medicinal-
\nMarijuana—118833154.html<\/p>\n
4. \u201cThe Un-Real World.\u201d SaferChoice.org. http:\/\/salsa.wiredforchange.com\/o\/5559\/p\/dia\/action\/public\/?action_KEY=896<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cannabis Culture Rehashed By My Nguyen MTV\u2019s Real World versus the real world. What\u2019s the difference? There isn\u2019t much if you look at the restrictions both lawmakers and the producers of MTV\u2019s Real World have placed on marijuana. SaferChoice.org, a site that advocates a safer alternative to recreation than alcohol, began a petition last year to let MTV know it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2915,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2010\/10\/05\/legalizing-marijuana\/","url_meta":{"origin":4483,"position":0},"title":"Legalizing Marijuana","author":"lauren","date":"October 5, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Legal Cannabis in California and Consumer Reality Pot's Epic Journey Towards Legalization In The Golden State Continues By Lauren Westerfield The Ocean Beach Wellness Center looks like any other retail establishment lining OB\u2019s eclectic Newport Avenue: plate-glass windows reveal hip, eco-friendly wares for sale -- and invariably young, attractive women\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "food"","block_context":{"text":"food","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/food\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Humbolt Kief, from The Ocean Beach Wellness Center","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/HumboldtKief1z-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15021,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2018\/01\/04\/2018-california-cannabis-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":4483,"position":1},"title":"New Year Weed Laws & California Cannabis News","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"January 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"[Repost] 2018 New Year Recreational Cannabis Guide \"FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR PEOPLE NEW TO CANNABIS\" What\u2019s the difference between cannabis, marijuana, flower and weed? Nothing! These words are interchangeable, but cannabis is the scientific term. Marijuana, flower, and weed are all used in a variety of conversational situations to refer\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "archive"","block_context":{"text":"archive","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/archive\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12432,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2015\/10\/04\/marijuana-meme-harry-anslinger-legalize-the-leaf-and-stop-the-pot-race-war\/","url_meta":{"origin":4483,"position":2},"title":"Marijuana Meme: Harry Anslinger, Legalize The Leaf and stop the pot race war","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"October 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Marijuana Meme: Harry Anslinger Legalize The Leaf and stop the pot race war Editorial by Bob Yunger Harry Anslinger was the first head of the Drug Enforcement Agency, retiring at age 70 during Kennedy\u2019s term. He died at 83 in his hometown of Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1973, completely blind and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "cannabis coverage"","block_context":{"text":"cannabis coverage","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/cannabis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Harry Anslinger, First head of the D.E.A.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cmyk-most-marijuana-smokers.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cmyk-most-marijuana-smokers.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cmyk-most-marijuana-smokers.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11201,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2015\/02\/12\/growing-multi-billion-dollar-industry-ushers-international-cannabis-business-conference-to-san-francisco\/","url_meta":{"origin":4483,"position":3},"title":"GROWING MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY USHERS INTERNATIONAL CANNABIS BUSINESS CONFERENCE TO SAN FRANCISCO","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"February 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"[Press Release]Second International Cannabis Business Conference MEDIA ALERT announcing the 2nd ICBC conference in San Francisco: GROWING MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY USHERS INTERNATIONAL CANNABIS BUSINESS CONFERENCE TO SAN FRANCISCO Business leaders and legal experts to offer guidance for budding entrepreneurs in advance of expected legalization in 2016 San Francisco, CA (February\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "cannabis coverage"","block_context":{"text":"cannabis coverage","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/cannabis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10721,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2014\/10\/06\/lev-six-the-marijuana-apologist\/","url_meta":{"origin":4483,"position":4},"title":"Lev Six The Marijuana Apologist","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"October 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[Cannabis Reviewer]Lev Six The Marijuana Apologist Rides the Train To See Doctor Anti-Weed Lev, dialog after riding the train to the doctor's office:by Lev Six When I am seeking medical treatment and a neocon starts espousing useless lies to me, I will go off every fucking time! Yes, I have\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "cannabis coverage"","block_context":{"text":"cannabis coverage","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/cannabis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9841,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2013\/12\/01\/marijuana-mnemonics\/","url_meta":{"origin":4483,"position":5},"title":"Marijuana Mnemonics","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"December 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"[The Secret Grower]Cannabis ReviewerLearing out to tell your weed the easy wayby CannabisReviewer.com There\u2019s this confusion some people have, a kind of cannabis dyslexia, perhaps, about what kind of weed is the type that will mellow you out and which will hype you up. Is Sativa the mellow out pot\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "cannabis coverage"","block_context":{"text":"cannabis coverage","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/cannabis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4483"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4494,"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483\/revisions\/4494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}