Appendix B

MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSARY ORDINANCE EVALUATION SURVEY QUESTIONS

1.    What is your name and position?

2.    How important is safe access to medical marijuana in your community?

3.    On what date did your city/county pass its ordinance?

4.    Were there medical cannabis dispensaries in your district before the ordinance? How many?

5.    If any, were there any complaints against them before the ordinance was passed? If yes, who made the complaints? What were the specific complaints that were made? How frequently were complaints made?

6.    Were there any objections to passing an ordinance to regulate medical cannabis dispensaries?

7.    If so, what were the primary objections? Who were the main objectors?

8.    Has the ordinance implementation allayed or amplified those concerns?

9.    How many medical cannabis dispensaries are there now? What is the estimated population of the area that may utilize them? Do you think the current number of dispensaries is enough to address the needs of the community?

10. Has there been an increase or decrease in criminal activity related to dispensaries since the regulations were implemented?

11.    How has the ordinance improved the public safety in your community? Has it worsened the public safety? How?

12.    Has the existence of dispensaries affected local business? How do neighboring businesses view dispensaries?

13.    What would you advocate be changed in the current regulations?

14.    Do you have anything else you would like to say in evaluation of the medical cannabis ordinance?