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City of Weed reinforcing pot dispensary ban
WEED What? No weed shops in Weed?
It might be hard to imagine considering this citys name, but Weed is looking to prohibit any medical marijuana dispensaries from ever doing business here.
Although the city voted in 2010 to ban the establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries through its business license process, its now looking to, in effect, tighten up that ban through its zoning regulations.
Although there are no dispensaries in Weed, there are shops in Mount Shasta and Dunsmuir.
In whats been a hot-button issue for numerous municipalities throughout the state and elsewhere, the Weed Planning Commission recently voted to recommend to the City Council that it adopt an ordinance banning medical marijuana dispensaries from all land use zones within the city.
I dont think it (marijuana shops) is a good thing to have around, said Weed Planning Commission Chairman Virgil Tuman, who noted that marijuana use is still prohibited under federal law.
And, he said today, most of those living in Weed, which was named after its founder, Abner Weed, agree with him.
The community is very much against it, he said.
Not Jim Striegel, who moved to Weed from Las Vegas in 2011 to take care of his parents, long-time Weed residents.
Striegel, who hasnt smoked marijuana for years, said Weed should capitalize on its name to try to reap the economic benefits.
That call has not fallen on deaf ears. Weed business have long marketed their towns name through coffee cups, T-shirts and buttons, and the Mt. Shasta Brewery gained national publicity when it imprinted the slogan Try legal weed on its beer caps.
Allowing medical marijuana dispensaries within the city limits would provide much-needed revenue to this city, Striegel said.
The poor town of Weed is in economic trouble, he said, citing a large number of vacant storefronts in the city and high unemployment.
He said Weed and weed are a match made in economic heaven, although Tuman, 76, and others would surely take issue with that.
Still, the 62-year-old Striegel said its only a matter of time before marijuana medical and otherwise are legalized, and Weed should be ahead of the curve when and if that day comes.
Legalization is coming as sure as the sun comes up in the East, he said.
But, he says, city leaders are what he called old school and refuse to recognize legalization of pot may be on the not-too-distant horizon.
They think Reefer Madness is a scientific documentary, he said, referring to the 1930s-era film.
Tuman, who questions claims that pot dispensaries would provide a revenue bonanza to the city, believes they could instead bring law enforcement problems and other woes.
Its (marijuana) not the thing to be putting out there, he said.
Although the ordinance has been sent to the City Council for its consideration, planning commissioners are continuing to grapple with proposed rules governing the cultivation of medical marijuana.
Commissioners are scheduled to hold a public hearing on Feb. 19 on an ordinance that would allow for two plants to be grown outdoors and up to six indoors.
City of Weed reinforcing pot dispensary ban
WEED What? No weed shops in Weed?
It might be hard to imagine considering this citys name, but Weed is looking to prohibit any medical marijuana dispensaries from ever doing business here.
Although the city voted in 2010 to ban the establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries through its business license process, its now looking to, in effect, tighten up that ban through its zoning regulations.
Although there are no dispensaries in Weed, there are shops in Mount Shasta and Dunsmuir.
In whats been a hot-button issue for numerous municipalities throughout the state and elsewhere, the Weed Planning Commission recently voted to recommend to the City Council that it adopt an ordinance banning medical marijuana dispensaries from all land use zones within the city.
I dont think it (marijuana shops) is a good thing to have around, said Weed Planning Commission Chairman Virgil Tuman, who noted that marijuana use is still prohibited under federal law.
And, he said today, most of those living in Weed, which was named after its founder, Abner Weed, agree with him.
The community is very much against it, he said.
Not Jim Striegel, who moved to Weed from Las Vegas in 2011 to take care of his parents, long-time Weed residents.
Striegel, who hasnt smoked marijuana for years, said Weed should capitalize on its name to try to reap the economic benefits.
That call has not fallen on deaf ears. Weed business have long marketed their towns name through coffee cups, T-shirts and buttons, and the Mt. Shasta Brewery gained national publicity when it imprinted the slogan Try legal weed on its beer caps.
Allowing medical marijuana dispensaries within the city limits would provide much-needed revenue to this city, Striegel said.
The poor town of Weed is in economic trouble, he said, citing a large number of vacant storefronts in the city and high unemployment.
He said Weed and weed are a match made in economic heaven, although Tuman, 76, and others would surely take issue with that.
Still, the 62-year-old Striegel said its only a matter of time before marijuana medical and otherwise are legalized, and Weed should be ahead of the curve when and if that day comes.
Legalization is coming as sure as the sun comes up in the East, he said.
But, he says, city leaders are what he called old school and refuse to recognize legalization of pot may be on the not-too-distant horizon.
They think Reefer Madness is a scientific documentary, he said, referring to the 1930s-era film.
Tuman, who questions claims that pot dispensaries would provide a revenue bonanza to the city, believes they could instead bring law enforcement problems and other woes.
Its (marijuana) not the thing to be putting out there, he said.
Although the ordinance has been sent to the City Council for its consideration, planning commissioners are continuing to grapple with proposed rules governing the cultivation of medical marijuana.
Commissioners are scheduled to hold a public hearing on Feb. 19 on an ordinance that would allow for two plants to be grown outdoors and up to six indoors.
