Quiz #1 Marijuana Dispensaries

I am against having the marijuana dispensaries located within 1000 feet of schools, parks, and libraries. I believe that marijuana dispensaries should not be within 1000 feet of schools is because, using ArcGIS to create the map above, you can see that many dispensaries are located within the 1000 feet, majority of them being schools. I created 1000 foot buffers around the Los Angeles schools, public parks, and public libraries. As shown on the map, many dispensaries overlap over the schools buffer zones alone and only a handful shown in the map are located outside of the buffer zones. Clearly, majority of the dispensaries would be affected if the LA city council decided to require the dispensaries to be 1000 feet away from such locations. It affects the owners business, having to relocate to another location, which wouldn’t be feasible especially in our economy today. It hurts the business owners and our economy equally.  Even though it seems like a good idea for the dispensaries to be 1000 feet away from schools, parks, and libraries, it isn't a feasible because children are exposed to many things and just putting things like dispensaries farther away wouldn't solve the problem. The ordinance is unnecessary and would just hurt more.

Cites-
for schools
http://gis.ats.ucla.edu/Mapshare/

for Los Angeles
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/
for parks and libraries
http://egis3.lacounty.gov/eGIS/