The Kent City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday night to ban medical marijuana dispensaries and collective gardens.
The Kent City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday night to ban medical marijuana dispensaries and collective gardens.
Many of the 150 people at the meeting pleaded with the council to allow the drug. Council members said the state medical marijuana law is too vague.
KOMO reports the group Cannabis Action Coalition plans to sue the city.
The Associated Press
The Centralia City Council agreed this week to extend the 18-month moratorium on medical marijuana collective gardens another six months, citing the city’s need for more direction from the Legislature and federal government on the issue.
The Olympia City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to place a one-year moratorium on new medical marijuana collective gardens and other marijuana-related land uses.
The Olympia City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to place a one-year moratorium on new medical marijuana collective gardens and other marijuana-related land uses.
The Kennewick City Council unanimously decided to end its moratorium on collective gardens for medical marijuana patients.
But that doesn't mean that collective gardens will be allowed in Kennewick city limits.
In its place, the council amended city code Tuesday to say that the city will not allow a land use that violates state or federal law.
As the state prepares for today's release of draft rules to control the marijuana market, Pierce County is slowly developing its own plans to zone where pot can be legally grown, processed and sold.
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