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Judge and residents urge Bellefontaine council to keep moratorium on marijuana dispensaries
Summary
A family-court judge and multiple residents urged Bellefontaine City Council to maintain its moratorium on retail marijuana dispensaries, saying they see links between local youth drug use and family harms; the Rules Committee recommended keeping the moratorium pending zoning rules and other cities' experience.
Bellefontaine family-court Judge Kim Kellogg Martin told the City Council she and another family-court judge strongly oppose allowing marijuana dispensaries in the city, saying increases in youth truancy and positive THC tests are already straining the court's docket.
"We have a high rate of truancy now that's occurring in our city," Judge Kim Kellogg Martin said. "Most of our kids who can't get to school...are testing for THC. It's…
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