Medical marijuana here to stay, zoning can regulate

The question of whether to allow medical marijuana operations in Havre is obsolete under state law, but the city can use zoning to address residents' concerns. The question was raised during a City Council meeting several weeks ago when Mayor Tim Solomon announced that he had been approached with a request to locate a business in the city. Operations are already in place in the area, though, with several providers growing and distributing marijuana for medicinal purposes to more than 100 residents. Concerns about an operation's proximity to schools and other public gathering places, traffic an...