Marijuana buds (Provided photo â Efiks, via Wikimedia Commons) LAKE PLACID North Elba Town Council members are mixed on whether to opt out of allowing marijuana sales. “My personal opinion on marijuana and drugs is I’d do anything to keep it out,” town Supervisor Jay Rand told the Lake Placid News on Monday. Rand said he’s against the sale of marijuana in the town of North Elba right now; however, as the board discusses it in the future, he is not ruling out changing his mind. He said having marijuana for sale on Main Street, Lake Placid, would be “a tough pill” for him to swallow.
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LAKE PLACID North Elba Town Council members are mixed on whether to opt out of allowing marijuana sales. “My personal opinion on marijuana and drugs is I’d do anything to keep it out,” town Supervisor Jay Rand told the Lake Placid News on Monday, April 12. Rand said he’s against the sale of marijuana in the town right now; however, as the board discusses it in the future, he is not ruling out changing his mind. He said having marijuana for sale on Main Street, Lake Placid, would be “a tough pill” for him to swallow.
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(Photo provided via Wikimedia Commons) Lake Placid officials are mixed on whether to opt out of allowing the sale of marijuana in their village. In Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake, boards have not discussed the topic yet, but mayors say they do not expect to opt out. A new state law legalizing recreational marijuana for adults 21 years old and over includes a provision that allows towns, villages and cities to ban dispensaries, decline to offer on-site consumption licenses to businesses and even impose civil fines for violations, although consumption of cannabis will still be legal.
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– “We have not had a public discussion yet,” new Lake Placid Mayor Art Devlin said Monday, the day he was sworn in. “I don’t have a position on that yet. I’d like to speak with legal counsel and our chief of police.”