Should Portland Create a Marijuana Retail Zone?
Portland Commissioner Dan Saltzman has proposed a measure that would limit regulation on newly functioning recreational marijuana facilities by creating a “marijuana retail zone” in the city’s downtown area. Members of the community sounded off to GoLocal about the idea of a “green-light district.”
Saltzman said he wants to eliminate a rule that forbids two marijuana businesses from operating within 1,000 feet of one another in Portland’s central city, which includes downtown Portland and the Lloyd District. Marijuana businesses and dispensaries would still be required to be at least 1,000 feet away from a school.
Mark Pettinger, with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, the State agency charged with coming up with the rules for recreational marijuana, said that because the proposal does not violate state law, the Commission has no comment on it.
Saltzman said the creation of a marijuana retail zone in downtown Portland would have...
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