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Small operators and patients urge changes on fees, testing and licensing delays at CRC public comment period
Summary
During the commission's public-comment period, small-business owners, patient advocates and industry groups urged the CRC to reduce medical fees, clarify event/testing rules, address slow licensing timelines (notably consumption-area approvals), and act on perceived preferential treatment of larger multistate operators.
The CRC allocated time for a public-comment period that drew a range of operators and patient advocates who urged policy changes and additional clarity from staff.
Lisa Grama, founder and CEO of Noble Valley Harvest Company, told commissioners the medical program is shrinking (she said patient counts have fallen from a peak of ~130,000 to under 60,000) and that medical operators face fee and structural disadvantages compared with the adult-use market. "We need to change or for Noble Valley and its employees, we will be out of business," Grama told commissioners, urging lower expansion fees and…
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