RIVERBANK - Despite passionate objections from people worried about problems from commercial marijuana, city leaders this week approved a second dispensary.
Mayor Richard O'Brien said City Hall has received seven more applications, none of which will get anywhere. The first two—one at busy Patterson and Oakdale roads, and the second downtown—will serve as Riverbank's guinea pigs, he indicated.
"Just because we're trying to control a dangerous situation doesn't make (our decision) immoral," the mayor said.
Neither has yet to open. The council on Tuesday upheld last month's approval for Flavors, at Patterson and Oakdale, then reversed the city Planning Commission's denial for Riverbank Cannabis Collective, allowing it to open in a few months in the former Riverbank Hotel, now vacant, at 6609 Third St.
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