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Council fines dispensary $1,000, imposes three-day suspension after underage THC sale

3865249 · June 19, 2025
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Cottage Grove approved a $1,000 fine and three-day suspension for High North Dispensary after a May 21 compliance check found staff sold THC to an underage decoy; it was the business’s second violation in 24 months.

The Cottage Grove City Council imposed a $1,000 scheduled penalty and a three-day suspension on High North Dispensary following a police compliance check that resulted in an underage sale on May 21.

Sergeant Mike McCormick explained that the city’s compliance checks use trained underage decoys accompanied by officers. McCormick said the decoy in this case was a 17-year-old male who entered the business at 8711 East Point and asked for ZYN tobacco pouches. The clerk told the decoy the store did not have those pouches but offered THC gummies instead.…

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