City Council Talks Zoning for Marijuana Dispensaries

The city will be updating its zoning code to permit the facilities in specific areas.

Massachusetts voters spoke loud and clearly on Election Day by overwhelmingly supporting the legalization of medical marijuana starting January 1. Now Boston has to figure out where the medical marijuana dispensaries will be located within the city.   District 5 City Councilor Rob Consalvo led the charge at Wednesday's Boston City Council meeting, saying while they don't know how many facilities the city will get yet, it's clear they will get some.  "I’m proposing what we do regularly—update our zoning code," Consalvo said. "This will be my seventh effort of amending the zoning code. Clearly this is a new use and a new change in front of us."  But first the state needs to provide regulations. "We don’t know how the state regulations will …

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