Concord Files Injunction Against Pot Dispensary
CONCORD (AP) -- Concord officials are trying to shut down the city's only medical marijuana dispensary.
The city filed an injunction in Contra Costa County Superior Court on Thursday against Herbal Essence. City officials say the business is operating in violation of a city ban on medical marijuana dispensaries and misrepresented itself on its application for a business license.
The city wants the court to fine Herbal Essence $1,000 per day for each day it has been in violation of the city code.
An employee who answered the phone at the dispensary on Thursday declined to comment to the Contra Costa Times.
California law allows collectives to grow medicinal marijuana though there are limits on what they can charge.
But some cities have banned dispensaries. Concord's ban survived a 2005 court challenge.
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