Horn Lake denied a request by a medical marijuana dispensary to consider changing the requirement to have a full time security guard at the business and to allow them be able to sell drug paraphernalia and also to allow for Sunday sales.
Lucas Todd, manager of Wyze Medical Dispensary, which has two dispensaries in Horn Lake, said the restrictions are hurting their ability to make a profit.
“We have made, in my opinion, substantial changes to try to avoid having to come back and ask for certain amendments to be made,” Todd said.
Horn Lake allows for the sale of medical cannabis, but put restrictions in their ordinance when they oped-in to the state’s medical marijuana law in 2023 to require that all dispensaries have a full time security officer be present on-site during hours of operation. The city added further restrictions banning Sunday sales and sales on some holidays, and prohibited the sale of drug paraphernalia.
Alderman Jackie Bostick said the city spent months and worked hard to come up with an ordinance that would allow citizens who need medical marijuana the ability to buy it, but also placed additional restrictions to protect the safety and welfare of