Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) – On the KGVO City Talk segment of Talk Back on Friday, Ward 3 City Councilor Gwen Jones revealed there are now 55 legal recreational and medical marijuana dispensaries in Missoula.
“What we’ve seen happen is we have a lot of (legal marijuana) stores in Missoula right now,” began Jones. “We have, I think, 55 as of last month, which is a huge amount when public health recommendations state that we should have four or five, or actually up to 12 maximum.”
City Councilor Gwen Jones Was on Friday’s Talk Back for City Talk
Jones said the rapid increase of marijuana dispensaries in Missoula has brought what she called ‘unintended consequences’.
“What we’ve heard for a couple of years now is, oh, there’s going to be attrition,” she said. “That’s typically what happens, and that’s what the law of economics would dictate. I’m sure they are all fighting for market share, but yes, we do have a lot. However, I think we have seen some pretty severe unintended consequences, starting slowly with medical marijuana, but then really exacerbated by recreational marijuana, and that is the topic of today’s City Talk.”…