OCEAN CITY, Md. —Zoning and locations of medical marijuana dispensaries are major concerns amongst local lawmakers.
Maryland state lawmakers approved the use of medical marijuana to bring relief to patients suffering from a variety of ailments, but what role will cities and counties play in overseeing the facilities that provide it?
The topic garnered a standing-room only crowd Thursday morning at the conference of the Maryland Association of Counties in Ocean City. County and municipal leaders wanted to know more about the regulation, growing, distribution and dispensing of marijuana for medicinal use.
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4 comments:
They don't seem as worried about all the heroin dealers.
"free approval of licenses expected by the end of the year." FREE???????
They are upset in OC as it will cut into their profits.
How nervous were or are they about putting pharmacies on every commercial block? Or doctors who write prescriptions for narcotic pain meds, ADHD meds and tranquilizers, when the stats show huge abuse numbers of all of these drugs?
Get a grip, legislators. Put them where they're not a traffic nuisance and provide adequate regulation and enforcement. And remember that the tax benefits will be handsome.
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