City Council discusses marijuana regulation

The Havre City Council Ordinance Committee began discussion Tuesday night on whether medical marijuana storefront dispensaries should be allowed, banned outright or regulated through zoning.

"That is the conversation we have to have for the patients, for the providers, for anybody who wants to move to Havre and be a provider," Committee member Andrew Brekke said. "We have to settle this, in my opinion, and not let it blow up, to an extent, and try to fix it after the fact."

The issue is not whether businesses should be able to sell marijuana to patients, but whether dispensaries should...