Los Angeles voters OK move to curtail medical marijuana outlets

A man stands in front of a medical marijuana dispensary in Los AngelesBy Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Voters strongly supported a ballot measure to sharply curtail the number of medical marijuana dispensaries permitted to operate in Los Angeles while boosting taxes on the sale of pot for health reasons, election returns early on Wednesday showed. The proposal appeared headed for passage. Returns showed 63 percent of voters supporting it compared with 37 percent opposed, after tabulation of more than 40 percent of ballots cast at polling stations on Tuesday, and all of the mail-in ballots received as of last Friday. …