House Government and Oversight Committee Chairman Chris Hurst today proposed a 500-foot rule to replace the rule in pot-legalizing Initiative 502 to keep marijuana stores at least 1,000 feet from schools, parks, community centers and other areas where children might gather.
“The 1,000 foot rule, of course, just doesn’t work,” he said in an interview. “There won’t be a market.”
Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2013/03/12/groups-lawmakers-getting-down-to-the-details-on-legal-marijuana/
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