Marijuana Dispensaries

Green "Dispensary Now Open" banner on tan/orange building.

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Marijuana

Zoning Change to Create More Marijuana Business Opportunities in Chicago

By opening more of downtown Chicago to pot shops, the city hopes that more minority businesses owners can get in on the lucrative business of marijuana.

September 9, 2021 - The Chicago Tribune

Green Cross

Detroit Legislation Limits Number of Pot Shops

Detroit has been fighting some of the provisions of a statewide voter initiative while trying to control an expected proliferation of pot shops around the city.

August 1, 2018 - Detroit Free Press

Marijuana

Detroit Approves Moratorium on New Marijuana Dispensaries

Michigan voters decided that the Detroit City Council shouldn't have as much power to limit marijuana in their city, so the Detroit City Council shut it all down.

February 15, 2018 - The Detroit Free Press

Marijuana

San Francisco Creates 'Office of Cannabis'

A "one-stop shop" for marijuana businesses will open in time for the statewide legalization of the industry this January.

August 3, 2017 - San Francisco Chronicle

Marijuana Manufacturing Sets Up Shop in Denver's Communities of Color

Advocates are concerned that too many of Denver's new retail marijuana business are locating in neighborhoods with mostly minority and low-income residents.

January 7, 2016 - The Denver Post

Medical Marijuana Protest

Over 500 Medical Marijuana Shops Shuttered in Los Angeles

In Los Angeles, Proposition D has done its job over the past two years, putting a damper on new medical marijuana shops and dispensaries. Meanwhile, California inches toward decriminalization.

April 29, 2015 - Next City

Small City Braces for Marijuana Dispensaries with New Zoning Restrictions

Burlington, Massachusetts is considering a zoning bylaw to determine the location of “Registered Marijuana Dispensaries” before a state deadline for creating land use controls for dispensaries. The legal distinctions in zoning for RMDs are tricky.

March 27, 2014 - Daily Times Chronicle

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