You are here

Home 🌿 Marijuana Business News 🌿 Public Weighs In On Vancouver’s Plans To Regulate ‘Marijuana Related Businesses’ 🌿

Public Weighs In On Vancouver’s Plans To Regulate ‘Marijuana Related Businesses’

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 06/15/2015 - 21:18

Vancouver City Council began their public hearings this past Wednesday, June 10th to get public input on their proposed guidelines to regulate ‘marijuana related businesses’.

With over 200 people registered to speak, Council met Wednesday and Thursday night from 6-10pm, and 10-4 Saturday, making their way through over one hundred speakers. Not all those registered to speak opted to in the end. Council has announced they intend to reconvene Monday, June 22 at 6pm.

Wednesday’s first public hearing started off with City Manager Penny Ballem explaining the proposed regulations and the changes made based on council’s past requests in April when the proposed regulations were first released. The city’s proposal is extensive, but in essence, the city’s objective is to bring ‘marijuana related businesses’ under a regulatory framework, under the auspices of protecting the public.

In general, the proposed regulations seek to: (1) minimize risk to youth by keeping ‘marijuana...

Rate this article: 
Region: 
British Columbia
Canada

This marijuana news is brought to you by 420 Intel. For the latest breaking cannabis industry news, subscribe to the 420 Intel newsletter. If you'd like to promote your product or service in this area after every article, contact us.


URL: 
http://blog.liftcannabis.ca/2015/06/15/vancouver-public-hearings-regulating-marijuana/

420 Intel is Your Source for Marijuana News

420 Intel Canada is your leading news source for the Canadian cannabis industry. Get the latest updates on Canadian cannabis stocks and developments on how Canada continues to be a major player in the worldwide recreational and medical cannabis industry.

420 Intel Canada is the Canadian Industry news outlet that will keep you updated on how these Canadian developments in recreational and medical marijuana will impact the country and the world. Our commitment is to bring you the most important cannabis news stories from across Canada every day of the week.

Marijuana industry news is a constant endeavor with new developments each day. For marijuana news across the True North, 420 Intel Canada promises to bring you quality, Canadian, cannabis industry news.

You can get 420 Intel news delivered directly to your inbox by signing up for our daily marijuana news, ensuring you’re always kept up to date on the ever-changing cannabis industry. To stay even better informed about marijuana legalization news follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.