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LAKE PLACID — On the topic of whether to opt-out of allowing the sale of marijuana in Lake Placid, village officials are mixed.
The new state law legalizing recreational marijuana for adults 21 years old and over includes a provision that allows towns, villages and cities to ban dispensaries, decline to offer on-site consumption licenses to businesses and impose civil fines for violations, although consumption of cannabis will still be legal.
“We have not had a public discussion yet,” Mayor Art Devlin said Monday, April 5, when asked about the topic during the village board meeting. “I don’t have a position on that yet. I’d like to speak with legal counsel and our chief of police.”