A NEW BILL WANTS TO KEEP MARIJUANA COMPANIES AT LEAST 1000 FEET AWAY FROM SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES. 116 IS A BILL TO MOVE. MAKE SURE THAT MARIJUANA GROWS ARE NOT WITHIN 1000 FEET OF A PLACE OF WORSHIP. BUT THE BILL DOESN’T JUST NAME CHURCHES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP FOR THAT DISTANCE RULE. WE NEED TO MAKE THE MODIFICATION SURE THAT IT’S A COMPOSITE NATION. THAT WILL BE FINE. IT ALSO SAYS MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES AND COMMERCIAL GROVES CANNOT BE WITHIN 1000 FEET OF PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND RECEIVE 12 EYES AND ZERO NAY VOTES. AND A CLEAR SENATE BILL 1162 HAVE PASSED. THE BILL WAS PASSED IN THE SENATE BUSINESS AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE TO DISTANCE WOULD BE MEASURED FROM THE NEAREST PROPERTY LINE OF THE CHURCH OR SCHOOL TO THE NEAREST PERIMETER WALL OF THE MARIJUANA LOCATION. I DON’T NECESSARILY THINK THAT REQUIRING DISPENSARIES TO BE A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM CHURCHES MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE. THIS DISPENSARY OWNER TOLD ME HE THINKS THERE COULD BE FINANCIAL IMPACTS TO THE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY IF LESS BUSINESSES CAN OPEN DUE TO DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS. I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON IF THEY SHUT DOWN DISPENSARIES THAT ARE ALREADY OPERATING OR IF THEY ALLOW CURRENT ONES THAT ARE 900 FEET AWAY FROM A CHURCH. NEW DATA FROM THE OKLAHOMA MEDICAL MARIJUANA AUTHORITY SHOWS JUST UNDER $6 MILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL SALES TAXES WERE COLLECTED FROM MARIJUANA SALES LAST MONTH. I THINK WE’VE SEEN HIGHER MONTHS THAN THAT. THE BILL TEXT DOES SAY EXISTING MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES AND GROWERS…
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