For people anxious to get rolling in the retail marijuana business, it is another day and another delay.
On Friday, a State Supreme Court judge blocked the state’s marijuana retail licensing program after siding with complainants who argued that limiting the first dispensary licenses to people with prior convictions violated state law.
The injunction is part of a civil suit filed by service-disabled veterans, who argue that allowing “justice-involved individuals” to have the first recreational dispensary licenses is unconstitutional.
The decision by Justice Kevin Bryant, who had temporarily halted the program last week while legal arguments were heard, creates another hurdle in the fledgling marijuana industry that has been beset with delays in getting licensing off the ground…