Pubdate: Sun, 03 Apr 2016
Source: Reno Gazette-Journal (NV)
Copyright: 2016 Reno Gazette-Journal
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Author: Linda Harrison

COUNTY MOVES WILL ESTABLISH 'MARIJUANA HAVEN' IN WASHOE CITY

Medical marijuana establishments authorized to cultivate or dispense 
marijuana products were authorized in 2013 by Senate Bill 374. They 
had to be in unincorporated areas. On Washoe County's website, look 
up the MME map and you will find almost every parcel in Old Washoe 
City has been so approved! We have several grow facilities and a 
proposed 6,500-square-foot grow and dispensary building.

Why? Because we are centrally located, have a highway and lots of 
unused commercial zoning.

The county's position is, more businesses will follow. What kind of 
businesses will come to the newly established marijuana haven of 
Washoe County? There has always been a commercial corridor through 
Washoe Valley, but most of the area is now and has always been 
residential. Our legislators are salivating at the thought of 
recreational marijuana being passed and the tax revenue which will 
follow. They have assured the marijuana business will flourish and 
have no regard for the people who live here.

Linda Harrison, Washoe Valley
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