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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 NPA councillor Melissa De Genova calls for closure of all medical marijuana retail stores in Vancouver 🌿NPA councillor Melissa De Genova calls for closure of all medical marijuana retail stores in Vancouver
The Non-Partisan Association has taken another run at the city's handling of marijuana applications.
Coun. Melissa De Genova has presented a notice of motion calling for "an immediate moratorium on allDevelopment Permit Reviews and processes for Medical Marijuana-Related Uses".
The motion also calls upon council to "direct staff to proceed with the enforcement of closure orders for all existing medical marijuana-related retail businesses in the City of Vancouver".
De Genova's motion supports shutting down shops that are in compliance with the city's zoning and development bylaws by the end of April 2016.
In a news release, De Genova insisted that she supports the federal government taking steps to legalize and regulate marijuana. She also acknowledged that medical marijuana brings relief to people suffering from "a wide variety of conditions ranging from chronic pain to cancer".
But she claimed that the city's bylaw is "inherently flawed".
“Last year’s amendments to the zoning bylaw will force the...
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