Medical marijuana rules on Calgary city council agenda

Two Calgary city councillors are calling for land use rules for medical marijuana businesses before the new shops begin opening in the city.

Diane Colley-Urquhart and Gian-Carlo Carra want the city to address issues such as 'clustering' or 'proliferation' of the businesses and also to ensure there is separation from schools, as there is for liquor stores.

Ward 9 Councillor Gian-Carlo Carra wants new land-use rules for businesses related to medical marijuana, such as the 420 clinic in Inglewood.

"You can imagine if you have a whole bunch of these in Inglewood for example and then people start lining up, going there, wanting to get access, wanting to see if they would qualify, this can fundamentally change the nature of a neighbourhood with this amount of activity going on," said Colley-Urquhart.

In Vancouver over the past few months, dozens of businesses related to the medical marijuana industry have opened. 

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