“We have lollipops for $7, chocolate bars to help you relax for $13, and ‘cosmic dust,'” said Bill Harrison, a seller who also stocks plain old smokable marijuana.
The Heritage Farmer’s Market — held over the July 4th long weekend — was the first of its kind in Los Angeles. Despite the scorching sun, the line to get in stretched hundreds of yards (meters).
The crowd was diverse and multigenerational, interspersed with hippies, rockers, hipsters and some nondescript suburban types.
But they all have at least one thing in common — they all have, as required for entry, a doctor’s prescription.