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Oshawa considers accessibility issues around medical marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 03/13/2015 - 09:04

OSHAWA -- Oshawa council got a crash course on the issue of medical marijuana at a recent council special education session by members of the Oshawa Accessibility Advisory Committee.

In 2013 the committee created a medical marijuana working group and members of the group addressed council on March 2 and delivered a slideshow presentation on issues related to medical marijuana.

Working group members Ben Fudge and Marko Ivancicevic outlined the history of medical marijuana in Canada and highlighted some of the issues that affect municipalities, including zoning for legal marijuana production facilities and the licensing of vapor lounges.

Mr. Ivancicevic explains the motivation behind asking for a special council meeting.

“Since medical marijuana had become an accessibly issue in 2011, there really hadn’t been an official discussion between OAAC and council on medical marijuana,” he said, noting there have been changes to the federal government’s medical marijuana regulations in recent...

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