“High Peak” Dispensary

Park City has always been a renegade town that couldn't quite ever live within the tight boundaries of Mormon ethics. After its last houses of ill repute were closed and its gambling hall reluctantly shut down in the late 50's, Park City rebounded with a nascent ski business and its out-of-control parties like the Beconta Freestyle Cup in the early 70's. In the 80's Wasatch Brewery went through the hoops of the Beehive State's Liquor Commission and began operations on top of Main Street.

This year saw the beginning of High West Distillery on the opposite side of old town, and if a whiskey maker wasn't enough to quench the thirst of our 8,000 full-time residents, another one is rumored to jump in the fray pretty soon. So today, what's missing to complete Park City ideal picture? I know what is; after Breckenridge voters legalized the use of pot earlier this month, our little town doesn't simply needs to follow into their footsteps, but also has a moral responsibility to provide good medicinal supplies to its suffering Californian clientele that, after all, constitutes its primary source of business.

That's right, Park City now needs its own dispensary, not for healthy folks like you and I, but for these countless “medical cannabis patients” that populate the Golden State. I already have a name to suggest for that new storefront: “High Peak Dispensary” and all we need now is seat down with the State of Utah officials to find common ground and make sure that all the sick Californians can continue to get their medicine while carving turns or shredding our famous Utah powder. Nothing outlandish, just some grass and an outpouring of compassion!