RAINIER, Ore. (AP) — A Rainier, Ore., man says he still plans to open a new marijuana collective even though city officials denied him a business license.
Nick Clark plans to turn an old video store into a resource center for medical marijuana in this city located across the Columbia River from Longview, Wash. Clark runs a similar center in Astoria, Ore. He plans to open April 17, even though he’ll face a $500 daily fine.
Rainier Mayor Jerry Cole says the city doesn’t want to be liable for issuing a business license in an illegal matter.
KATU-TV reports (http://bit.ly/Hk7vqW) it’s against the law in Oregon to sell or dispense medical marijuana. But Clark says patients reimburse the grower for costs at his resource center so they’re technically not buying it.
