Omar Price has been in limbo since August, when a legal injunction kept him from opening his state-licensed recreational cannabis dispensary.
Not knowing when he would be able to move forward and open his shop has made it impossible to hire workers, even though there are a few he has his eye on.
The Office of Cannabis Management’s Cannabis Control Board on Monday voted to approve a resolution to settle a lawsuit brought by service-disabled military veterans and a coalition of medical cannabis dispensaries referred to as ROs, who say they were improperly kept from obtaining dispensary licenses.
“It has been one of the things that have been an obstacle or something that’s weighing on how we move forward,” he said.
Now that the injunction has been lifted and Price is hoping to open his shop 82-J by the end of the month, his next step after building out the dispensary at 1673 Hertel Ave. will be to hire staff.
“We have identified a couple of individuals that we believe will be a great asset because of their their current knowledge of cannabis, and