WATERTOWN â Itâs going to take a public referendum to determine whether pot shops will ever be allowed in the city.
As expected, the City Council on Monday night decided to opt out of the stateâs marijuana law and agreed to keep marijuana dispensaries from opening up in the city.
But that came after a more-than 90-minute public hearing during which 19 out of 26 people supported the city allowing dispensaries and on-premise pot shops opening in Watertown.
Many of the people who spoke in favor of allowing them said they are prescribed for medical marijuana for health reasons and find it difficult to drive to medical marijuana dispensaries in Syracuse and Plattsburgh.
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