California medical marijuana dispensary back in business
Essential Herbs and Oils re-opened its doors for business Thursday, but how long the medical marijuana dispensary on East Palm Canyon Drive will remain open is anybody’s guess.
Although Cathedral City officials were unsuccessful in their attempts to get a federal injunction against the dispensary earlier this week, they are continuing their efforts to revoke the shop’s business license.
The dispensary has also received a notice of eviction.
Efforts to contact the dispensary’s landlord were unsuccessful Thursday, but Anthony Curiale, attorney for the dispensary, confirmed that the business had received an eviction notice and would oppose it.
A Judge has stated this medical marijuana dispensary is within the law and is legal.
The shop also will oppose the city’s efforts to revoke its license, Curiale said. A date for a hearing on the matter has yet to be set.
In the midst of this slippery legal landscape, Virginia and Adam Hurn, the Cathedral City couple behind Essential Herbs, are calmly determined to stay open. They have between 400 and 600 patients, Adam Hurn said, and they want to work with the city, not fight it.
“We plan on donating to the police department and the fire department,” said Adam Hurn, sitting in the dispensary’s freshly painted waiting room on Thursday. “We’ve asked for a meeting with the City Council and their attorney.”