Denver city council moves to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries

The Denver City Council is considering an ordinance that required medical marijuana dispensaries to obtain business licenses. It's part of a proposal to regulate the dispensaries in Denver.
As part of the ordinance, shops that sell marijuana-laced food products would have to follow health regulations. Owners would also have to undergo criminal background checks.
Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown said he believes it's important to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries because they are providing a medical service. "We're going to regulate their hours, their locations, in terms of schools. Not only in terms of schools, but also in terms of spacing. Do we really want five dispensaries on the same block?" said Brown.

Can you believe this discussion is even happening? And so marijuana becomes part of the regulatory machine.

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Posted By jamesk at 2009-12-04 11:37:41 permalink | comments

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Anonymous. : 2009-12-04 14:56:51

Sounds reasonable to me! I mean, I don't really get the "these things can't be near schools!" thing, but other than that... it seems reasonable that a business would have to have a business license, that someone selling food would have to meet health requirements, etc.

And yes, it's a great thing that these things are being discussed now. It's a great step towards respectability.

I don't know if we'll see legalization any time soon, but it looks like we're moving towards de facto legalization in many localities.

I live in a very poor state -- literally, we're always in the bottom one or three in per capita income. It's a rural state, and MJ is already our largest cash crop (albeit illegal). It would be totally visionary if our state legislatures would get on the bandwagon and get a few year jump on the neighboring states and become the MJ mecca for a bit in the region. I doubt it'll happen though; there are reasons why were so poor, and lack of vision amongst our politicians is one of them.

I spoke about this with a friend of mine who is a County Commissioner a little while back, and he thought it was a good idea, but it'll never fly state-wide.

Greg. : 2009-12-04 14:11:30

yes we want them on every block. capitalism at its finest.

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