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This article seems to say Pinal County will have better medical marijuana regulations then most of the cities I have posted article about.
[Which is kind of like saying that Hitler was a wonderful guy compared to Stalin]
But it is pretty clear that the tyrants that rule Pinal County view users of medical marijuana as criminals, not as sick people who need the miracle drug marijuana - "Our intent was to have them in highly visible zones which can lead to monitoring by citizens and law enforcement and better access for patients"
The people have spoken and said they want medical marijuana, but our government rulers seem to be tyrants who want to prevent the people from having their medical marijuana.
Pinal may allow pot dispensaries in strip malls by Lindsey Collom - Feb. 9, 2011 03:57 PM The Arizona Republic Pinal County supervisors are expected to vote later this month on a medical marijuana ordinance that would allow dispensaries to operate in strip malls. A draft plan discussed Wednesday by county supervisors would put medicinal pot outlets in the same zoning category as general business, amusement or recreational enterprises. A number of Arizona communities have proposed or approved ordinances restricting medical marijuana dispensaries to industrial zones. That plan wouldn't work in Pinal County, deputy county attorney Seymour Gruber told board members "Industrial zones were too far from major streets," Gruber said. "Our intent was to have them in highly visible zones which can lead to monitoring by citizens and law enforcement and better access for patients." Under the proposed Pinal County law, medical marijuana dispensary, grow houses, and food producers must obtain special-use permits that are subject to renewal every two years and cost about $200 each. The Board of Supervisors would reserve the right to decline a special-use permit if "substantial evidence" indicates a dispensary would harm property values or "create unreasonable risk to the health, safety or general welfare in the area." The draft says a dispensary cannot set up shop within at least 10 miles of another medical-marijuana facility and must be more than a quarter mile from a school, childcare center, library, public park, church, or abuse treatment facility. [10 miles apart? That sucks! This government restriction will lead to high black market prices because Pinal County is effectively giving out monopolies that cover almost 80 square miles to each pot shop] Under the proposed rules, dispensaries cannot offer drive-thru service or home delivery [these rules will mandate the same krappy service from pot shops that you usually get from government agencies] , and smoking on dispensary grounds is prohibited. The ordinance also requires facilities used to grow or store medical marijuana must implement dust- or vapor-emission controls. The state health department last week released its second draft of medical-marijuana rules, which propose a process to select and distribute dispensaries. It suggests distributing one dispensary to each Community Health Analysis Area, which divides the state based on geography and population. There are 126 areas in the state, similar to the number of dispensaries allowed under the law. Pinal County has a dozen Community Health Analysis areas, but only eight may be subject to county rules. The other four are on tribal land. The health department anticipates completing a final draft of rules by late March. |