Even with 12 current medical marijuana retail facilities and prospects for three more, the town of Carbondale still is not of the mind to put a cap on the number of such facilities it will allow.
"While a cap would benefit the facilities already in existence, it would be an artificial constraint on the market," according to one of the findings of Carbondale's specially appointed Medical Mari*juana Facility Advisory Group.
The group, made up of citizens, business owners, medical marijuana dispensary owners, medical and mental health professionals, and a school board representative, presented its findings, along with several recommendations for a variety of local regulatory controls to the Carbondale Board of Trustees on Tuesday night.
Recent new state legislation does allow communities to place a cap on the number and size of medical marijuana facilities.
However, one of the new state laws also requires dispensaries – now referred to under the law as medical marijuana centers – to produce at least 70 percent of their own product. That, in itself, may end up limiting the number of sales operations that can exist.
"If you own a dispensary, you have to have a grow operation somewhere," Sherry Caloia, an attorney working with the town to craft zoning and other regulations around the industry, said at Tuesday's meeting.
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Source: Steamboat Today
Author: John Stroud
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Copyright: 2010 Steamboat Pilot & Today
Website: Carbondale won't cap pot dispensaries
* Thanks to MedicalNeed for submitting this article
"While a cap would benefit the facilities already in existence, it would be an artificial constraint on the market," according to one of the findings of Carbondale's specially appointed Medical Mari*juana Facility Advisory Group.
The group, made up of citizens, business owners, medical marijuana dispensary owners, medical and mental health professionals, and a school board representative, presented its findings, along with several recommendations for a variety of local regulatory controls to the Carbondale Board of Trustees on Tuesday night.
Recent new state legislation does allow communities to place a cap on the number and size of medical marijuana facilities.
However, one of the new state laws also requires dispensaries – now referred to under the law as medical marijuana centers – to produce at least 70 percent of their own product. That, in itself, may end up limiting the number of sales operations that can exist.
"If you own a dispensary, you have to have a grow operation somewhere," Sherry Caloia, an attorney working with the town to craft zoning and other regulations around the industry, said at Tuesday's meeting.
NewsHawk: Ganjarden: 420 MAGAZINE
Source: Steamboat Today
Author: John Stroud
Contact: Steamboat Today
Copyright: 2010 Steamboat Pilot & Today
Website: Carbondale won't cap pot dispensaries
* Thanks to MedicalNeed for submitting this article
