State regulators have given up for now on a contentious rule requiring a hefty fee from medical marijuana suppliers.
The Department of Health, which regulates the drug through its Office of Medical Marijuana Use, had first proposed in April a “supplemental licensing fee” of $174,844 from each provider.
But the office on Monday, without explanation, announced it was withdrawing the proposed fee from further consideration.
It already had drawn a legal challenge from Liberty Health Sciences, a state-licensed “medical marijuana treatment center” (MMTC).
Its lawyer had argued the state set the fee too high.
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