Montana - A unanimous Eureka Town Council will allow medical marijuana distributors in the city, but with tight controls on the number and placement of dispensaries.
According to Krista Tincher of the Tobacco Valley News, the new rule forces distributors to steer clear of schools and churches, and it limits the number of dispensaries to just one per 2,000 residents.
Debbie Gwynn, who already has approached the city for a dispensary business license, said her outfit - to be located behind Heaven's Peak, on Dewey Avenue - will not be signed and will play host to a "legitimate" physician once each month.
"My feeling on the whole thing," said Mayor Ethel White, "is that it's better to have an ordinance that controls where we have (a dispensary), than to let it go willy-nilly wherever it goes."
Town attorney Clif Hayden called dispensary controls a "complicated issue," adding that it put the city "between a rock and a hard place."
Although the state allows medical marijuana, Hayden said, "we can't control what the federal government does."
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According to Krista Tincher of the Tobacco Valley News, the new rule forces distributors to steer clear of schools and churches, and it limits the number of dispensaries to just one per 2,000 residents.
Debbie Gwynn, who already has approached the city for a dispensary business license, said her outfit - to be located behind Heaven's Peak, on Dewey Avenue - will not be signed and will play host to a "legitimate" physician once each month.
"My feeling on the whole thing," said Mayor Ethel White, "is that it's better to have an ordinance that controls where we have (a dispensary), than to let it go willy-nilly wherever it goes."
Town attorney Clif Hayden called dispensary controls a "complicated issue," adding that it put the city "between a rock and a hard place."
Although the state allows medical marijuana, Hayden said, "we can't control what the federal government does."
NewsHawk: Ganjarden: 420 MAGAZINE
Source: Missoulian.com
Contact: Missoulian.com
Copyright: 2010 missoulian.com
Website: With conditions, Eureka council votes to allow medical marijuana dispensaries
