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Hamilton residents press council to lift ban on marijuana businesses; staff to brief ordinance review commission May 14
Summary
Several residents urged Hamilton City Council to lift the city's ban on marijuana businesses and asked that a share of local excise tax revenue fund parks. City staff said it will update the Ordinance Review Commission on May 14 and cautioned any change be carefully vetted amid litigation in a neighboring jurisdiction.
Several residents urged Hamilton City Council on an open-comment agenda to lift the city's ban on marijuana businesses and to consider earmarking part of local excise tax revenue from adult-use sales for parks and conservation.
David Stark, a downtown resident and organizer of the Hamilton Can Cannabis campaign, said it had been "some 533 days since the citizens of Ohio voted overwhelmingly in support of legalizing marijuana," and asked council to "lift this ban on marijuana businesses within our city limits." Stark spoke with several supporters present,…
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