A bill moving through the Minnesota Legislature could affect how duluth, lakeville, others consider whether to ban smoking weed in public parks is handled in Pine Springs.
Cities across the state are scrambling to adopt ordinances that take families and businesses into account when it comes to where it is acceptable for people to smoke marijuana in public.
The latest issue cities are taking on with regard to imminent legalization of marijuana use is where the substance can and cannot be smoked by those age 21 and older.
Or more accurately, where city officials think individuals should be prohibited from lighting up a joint.
And what their community members are willing to tolerate.
On Monday, the Duluth City Council took more than an hour of public testimony from concerned citizens as the state’s fifth largest municipality considers whether it should prohibit people from smoking marijuana in its public parks.
Paul, Alexandria, Inver Grove Heights, Apple Valley, Prior Lake, and Detroit Lakes are considering or have approved similar ordinances.
Many residents who have been advocating for an end to marijuana prohibition look at such ordinances as an attempt to continue criminalizing a now legal substance.
As the measure advances, residents of Pine Springs can follow amendments and contact Leon Lillie regarding the final language.
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