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Patients and operators press CRC on accessibility, Metrc access, testing transparency and siting challenges
Summary
During the public‑comment period patients, disability advocates and operators urged the Commission to mandate wheelchair access at dispensaries, maintain virtual testimony options, allow Department of Agriculture growers Metrc access, require batch COAs online and help applicants find opt‑in municipalities.
A range of public commenters at the Cannabis Regulatory Commission meeting on June 17 urged immediate operational fixes to make the cannabis market more accessible and accountable.
Disability advocates said remote participation remains essential. Edward "Lefty" Grimes, founder of Sativa Cross, asked the Commission to require — not merely encourage — wheelchair access at dispensaries and other facilities, citing examples of dispensaries that opened without permanent ramps and calling temporary ramps…
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