Medical marijuana advocates threaten to sue Mountlake Terrace

Submitted by Associated Press on Sunday, November 15th, 11:16am

Two men are threatening to sue Mountlake Terrace after the city rejected their request to open a medical marijuana dispensary.

Todd Madison and Aaron Panagos applied for a business license in September to open the for-profit Botanical Urban Dispensary Service.

They say they've been using medically authorized marijuana to manage pain for years and have run their business out of their homes since the beginning of the year.

The city maintains that Washington's medical marijuana law doesn't allow storefront dispensaries. The law says patients can grow their own or designate someone to grow it for them, but such providers can only supply to one patient at any one time - not the many customers who would be served by a dispensary.

The Everett Herald has more information on this story.

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Submitted by ANONYMOUS (not verified) on Sunday, November 15th, 10:27pm.

AS A MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENT IN BRIER, I HAVE NO OPTIONS TO OBTAIN MEDICINE, BUT TO HIT THE STREET TO ILLEGALLY PURCHASE MY MEDICINE, BECAUSE DUE TO LAX LAWS, THEY SAY "FIND IT FOR YOURSELF" I DONT KNOW HOW TO GROW, NOR WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE OF GETTING MY HOUSE RAIDED, WE NEED OUR MEDICINE!! OUR MEDICINE IS MARIJUANA! LISTEN TO OBAMA! WE NEED CHANGE, AND GIVING US ACCESS TO SAFE, CONFLICT FREE MEDICINE IS THE LEAST THEY CAN DO, BECAUSE INSURANCE SURE AS HELL DOESNT! PLEASE HELP URGE THE CITY TO HELP THE THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS IN THE NORTHWEST.