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� <br />WHEREAS, a requirement for a cannabis retailer permit will not unduly burden <br />legitimate business activities of retailers who sell or distribute cannabis or cannabis <br />products to adults, but will allow to regulate the operation of lawful <br />businesses to discourage violations of state and local cannabis-related laws; and <br />WHEREAS, has a substantial interest in promotin� compliance with state <br />and local laws intended to regulate cannabis sales and use; in promoting compliance <br />with laws prohibiting sales of cannabis and cannabis products to underage persons; and <br />WHEREAS, low prices are known to facilitate use of tobacco by minorsSD and while prices <br />of cannabis should not be so high as to promote illicit sales, they should also not be <br />artificially lowered through discounting or depressed by overproduction; and <br />WHEREAS, research demonstrates that youth are particularly price sensitive and <br />responsive to changes in price,sl and in the case of tobacco, when cigarettes cost more, <br />fewer adolescents start smoking,5z and similar findings are expected for cannabis; and <br />NOW THEREFORE, it is the intent of the ' in enacting this <br />ordinance, to ensure responsible cannabis retailing, allowing legal sale and access, <br />without promoting increases in use, and to discourage violations of cannabis-related <br />laws, especially those which prohibit or discourage the marketing, sale or distribution of <br />cannabis and cannabis products to youth under 21 years of age. <br />These sample findings were prepared by the Public Health Law Center, located at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law in <br />St Paul, Minnesota. This publication was funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. <br />The Public Health Law Center provides information and legal technical assistance on issues related to public health. The <br />Center does not lobby nor does it provide direct legal representation or advice. This document should notbe <br />considered legal advice. <br />so US Department of Health and Human Services (2012), ibid. <br />sl Chaloupka F. Tobacco Conb-ol Lessons Learned: The Impact ofState and Local Policies. Chicago, IL: University of Illinois at <br />Chicago; 2010. a _.�,. . , �� .b 4 x , � _� �c.� �.� a�_ > ,, °a m...�<�. ,rx:.. .� �., �.. __ .�.. %.. ;��R��..��,�c <br />Accessed September 19, 2017. <br />Sz US Department of Health and Human Services (2012), ibid. <br />R: 651.290.75Q6 F: 651290.7515 875 Summit Avenue. St. Paul, <br />W: www.PublicHealthlawCenter.org Minnesota 55105 <br />