Jacob Redmond
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City officials are weighing whether to bring medical marijuana to a neighborhood near you.
The Zoning Board began crafting a proposal in March that would allow medical marijuana factories and dispensaries in certain sections of the city. The Land Use and Urban Redevelopment Committee of the Board of Representatives will review the concept this month, though the legislative process will occur entirely within the Zoning Board.
If passed, the regulation would provide the opportunity for the first factories and dispensaries to open in Stamford.
"There are none now," said Norman Cole, who heads the Land Use Bureau. "This would be a regulation that would permit them."
Any new regulation is still a long way off, however.
"They're creating rules to apply for a permit - it has not been launched as a proposal," Cole said. "It's probably a month and a half to two months away from having a public hearing on it."
Factories and dispensaries need to apply to the state Department of Consumer Protection for operating permits.
The General Assembly made medical marijuana legal in Connecticut in 2012. By August 2014, the first dispensary in the state opened in South Windsor. According to a March report from the DCP, there are now six dispensaries and four factories statewide.
Thousands of Connecticut residents have registered as patients to use palliative marijuana, including 716 in Fairfield County.
Detractors of medical marijuana have pointed to the drug's status as a Schedule I controlled substance as a reason to prohibit expanded use, since federal authorities could still prosecute practitioners acting under the auspices of state law.
Notwithstanding the federal prohibition, 23 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws permitting medical marijuana use.
Washington and Colorado have legalized recreational marijuana, and the District of Columbia permits its residents to possess up to two ounces.
But U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Rand Paul, R- Ky. and Cory Booker, D-N.J., have proposed a bill that would put marijuana onto the Drug Enforcement Agency's list of Schedule II substances.
While not permitting marijuana use outright, the move would get the substance out from its current classification, which reads that it has no valid use as medicine.
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The Zoning Board began crafting a proposal in March that would allow medical marijuana factories and dispensaries in certain sections of the city. The Land Use and Urban Redevelopment Committee of the Board of Representatives will review the concept this month, though the legislative process will occur entirely within the Zoning Board.
If passed, the regulation would provide the opportunity for the first factories and dispensaries to open in Stamford.
"There are none now," said Norman Cole, who heads the Land Use Bureau. "This would be a regulation that would permit them."
Any new regulation is still a long way off, however.
"They're creating rules to apply for a permit - it has not been launched as a proposal," Cole said. "It's probably a month and a half to two months away from having a public hearing on it."
Factories and dispensaries need to apply to the state Department of Consumer Protection for operating permits.
The General Assembly made medical marijuana legal in Connecticut in 2012. By August 2014, the first dispensary in the state opened in South Windsor. According to a March report from the DCP, there are now six dispensaries and four factories statewide.
Thousands of Connecticut residents have registered as patients to use palliative marijuana, including 716 in Fairfield County.
Detractors of medical marijuana have pointed to the drug's status as a Schedule I controlled substance as a reason to prohibit expanded use, since federal authorities could still prosecute practitioners acting under the auspices of state law.
Notwithstanding the federal prohibition, 23 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws permitting medical marijuana use.
Washington and Colorado have legalized recreational marijuana, and the District of Columbia permits its residents to possess up to two ounces.
But U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Rand Paul, R- Ky. and Cory Booker, D-N.J., have proposed a bill that would put marijuana onto the Drug Enforcement Agency's list of Schedule II substances.
While not permitting marijuana use outright, the move would get the substance out from its current classification, which reads that it has no valid use as medicine.
News Moderator: Jacob Redmond 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Stamford to consider medical marijuana - StamfordAdvocate
Author: Alex Gecan
Contact: alex.gecan@scni.com
Photo Credit: Anthony Souffle
Website: StamfordAdvocate: Southwest Connecticut Area News, Fairfield County News, Sports, Business, Entertainment, Real Estate, Classifieds - StamfordAdvocate
