PHOENIX -- The House took steps on Monday to push medical marijuana growers farther away from schools, churches and neighborhoods.
Rep. Bob Thorpe, R-Flagstaff, said he sponsored the bill on behalf of constituents worried about growing facilities near their homes. Residents should be able to have input on the locations when it could lower nearby property values, Thorpe said.
"The local voters had no opportunity to voice their opinions on whether they want to see it there or not," he said.
One homeowner living near a proposed marijuana cultivation facility voiced concerns that it would not only lower property values, but increase crime.
