The Cannabis Control Commission has agreed to delay the launch of home delivery of marijuana and social consumption of marijuana products until at least this fall, a move that would address two of the most-criticized parts of the agency’s draft industry regulations.
The five-member commission early Monday afternoon voted 4-1 to launch a legal retail marijuana industry in July without licensing delivery services or establishments where people could use marijuana socially, aspects of a new industry that are authorized under the state’s legal marijuana laws.
Within two weeks, the CCC is to come up with a plan to move forward and have draft regulations on delivery and social consumption in place by February. Commissioner Kay Doyle was the only commissioner to vote against the plan.
Under the terms of a compromise that originated with commissioner Shaleen Title on Monday morning, the CCC would put off until October the decision of whether to license delivery services and social consumption establishments like pot cafes. The CCC would not allow delivery except for medical patients during the delay.
Title, an attorney who was a leading proponent of social consumption policies during the regulation-writing process, said it was clear from the comments and criticisms the CCC received about its plans for delivery and social consumption that the agency was not able to do enough to explain its intentions.
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