Massillon City Council ready to consider marijuana districts, where businesses can open

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : If passed by council, some areas where recreational marijuana would be allowed are Towne Plaza, Massillon Marketplace and the former Kmart plaza, which is now anchored by Space Shop Self Storage.
56% : Last year, voters throughout Ohio approved an initiative to regulate and legalize recreational marijuana -- Issue 2, which allows adults 21 and older to possess and use it for recreational purposes.
55% : Amazon, Goodyear, hospitals respondThe Massillon Planning Commission agreed last week to change city code, allowing recreational marijuana as a permitted use in the city -- falling in line with the state issue -- and well as assigning certain areas where marijuana businesses can open.
50% : Mayor Jamie Slutz acknowledged that it's right for Massillon to take action and set a proper boundary due to the majority of state and city voters favoring recreational marijuana.
46% : New buds: What do Ohio employers say about recreational marijuana?
43% : The state has said recreational marijuana businesses are not to be located near facilities frequented by youth, such as schools, parks, playgrounds, churches and daycare centers.

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