Gatsby Cannabis Co. plans to open up a nearly 13,000-square-foot marijuana processing, growing, and retail facility in Royal Oak.
Sounds pretty boss — except that the company’s targeted location is at 5130 Meijer Dr., right across the street from Oakland Schools Technical Campus.
The proposed facility’s proximity to the vocational school, which serves students in grades nine through 12, has left some people in the community with a bad taste in their mouths, WXYZ-TV reports.
“Oakland Schools is strongly opposed and even offended by the [marijuana] retailer’s request to operate near one of our campuses,” Oakland Schools Superintendent Wanda Cook-Robinson said in a letter to parents and district officials last Thursday.
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