NM Dispensary gets green light to sell marijuana near school
A drugstore in New Mexico has received unanimous approval to sell both medical and recreational cannabis despite being near a school, Las Cruces Sun-News reported.
Las Cruces City Council gave the green light to a near-total waiver motion from Mesilla Valley Pharmacy and Pharmtrue. The move represents an exception to the city rule that requires marijuana dealers to be at least 300 feet from a school with students under the age of 18.
The dispensary, located at 227 South Main Street in downtown Las Cruces, is appealing to the city council in relation to a previous decision by the City Planning and Zoning Commission to ban the dispensary from selling cannabis near the New America School .
“We really didn’t expect the result today,” says the pharmacy manager Joaquin Acosta said the Sun News. “We were just hoping to inspire our community to feel what we were feeling and we really appreciate that they did and showed up. I think the city council got the message.”
This Tennessee officer treats marijuana as a dangerous drug
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation still considers cannabis a dangerous drug, writes WPLN News.
David RauschThe agency’s director said he was “adamantly opposed” and “will continue to fight against it.”
While the district attorney for Nashville and Shelby County has given up prosecuting those caught with less than a half ounce of marijuana, Rausch remains firm on his stance. He recently insisted that the cannabis industry was using hemp legalization efforts to make room for other products, such as Delta-8 and Delta-9 gummies, to be sold as made from hemp, citing a bust in the US Last week at the State Fair in Lebanon, products with THC in them were covered with stickers.
“We’re seeing higher levels of youth use, which is dangerous because they say continued youth use leads to mental health issues,” says Rausch continued. “Those are facts.”
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