# In a state with legal recreational cannabis, could a bar sell edibles?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 23, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-state-with-legal-recreational-cannabis-could-a-bar-sell-edibles/963321 "2022-04-23T17:07:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-state-with-legal-recreational-cannabis-could-a-bar-sell-edibles/963321/21 "2022-04-25T17:39:16Z")

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[MT Cannabis Law](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0701.pdf)

Page 8, “(6) The department shall charge a dispensary license fee for an initial application and at each  
renewal. The dispensary license fee is $5,000 for each location that a licensee operates as an adult-use  
dispensary or a medical marijuana dispensary.”

That’s the state fee. You still have business license, taxes, city fees, etc.

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**Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-state-with-legal-recreational-cannabis-could-a-bar-sell-edibles/963321/22 "2022-04-25T17:45:02Z")

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So to answer the OP’s question, there is no reason a State _couldn’t_ allow bars to sell cannabis products, but no State has done so.

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I don’t think that that’s true. Some States expressly forbid it and would have to change the laws.

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**Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-state-with-legal-recreational-cannabis-could-a-bar-sell-edibles/963321/24 "2022-04-25T18:13:25Z")

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And the liquor license deal is complex. The Tavern Owners Association is very powerful, and has basically lobbied to cap the number of liquor licenses, so it’s akin to the NYC cab situation. You can’t get a new license, so you have to buy an existing one. Very expensive.

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**Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-state-with-legal-recreational-cannabis-could-a-bar-sell-edibles/963321/25 "2022-04-26T00:28:30Z")

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> [@Dallas\_Jones](#):
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> The OLCC in Oregon was formerly called the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. Next time you are in a bar in Oregon look at the seal on the permits. The OLCC is now the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission.

I had to look this up…wow! You’re right about the [OLCC](https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/Pages/default.aspx). I did not know this…

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