While medical marijuana dispensaries passed the Legislature, they were still a topic of debate at the Reno City Council meeting on Wednesday.

How the new law translates to Reno is still being worked out, from where the dispensaries can be built to whether Reno will have them at all.

The use of medical pot has been legal in the Silver State since voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2000, but until the Legislature approved dispensaries, no legal way existed to purchase the drug.

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