Two dispensaries OK'ed, one denied
Northeast Patients Group, the nonprofit that will operate four of the first medical marijuana dispensaries in Maine, moved one step closer to establishing facilities in Portland and Thomaston, but was blocked from setting up a dispensary in Waterville.
Waterville city councilors unanimously approved a moratorium barring consideration of applications for a dispensary for six months, saying they wanted more time to determine where dispensaries should be sited and to set up regulations, according to the Kennebec Journal. Northeast Patients Group had expressed interest in locating in a former KFC on Water Street, which neighbors opposed.
Meanwhile, the city of Portland approved Northeast Patients Group's plan to locate a dispensary in a former Key Bank on Congress Street, after questions arose about its proximity to a church school, according to the Portland Press Herald. Catherine Cobb, director of licensing for the Department of Health and Human Services, said the Deliverance Center, which consists of a church and small private school, does not officially qualify as a school.
Also yesterday, the Thomaston Board of Appeals voted unanimously to approve the nonprofit's request to operate a dispensary on Route 1, according to the Herald Gazette.
For more on medical marijuana, read "Popping the lid off pot."
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