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Show A-8 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, August 24-27, 2019 The Park Record BREAKFAST TOASTED WRAP STARTING AT 2 $ EACH FOR EGG & CHEESE CHOOSE FROM • EGG & CHEESE • BACON * (SHOWN) • CHORIZO* 1723 UTE BLVD., PARK CITY, UT ©2019 Del Taco LLC DTC-19525 * EXTRA CHARGE APPLIES. SERVED DURING BREAKFAST HOURS ONLY. PRICE AND PARTICIPATION MAY VARY. Utah moves to scrap state pot dispensary system plan New policy gets mixed reception from stakeholders MORGAN SMITH Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Utah legislators were moving Thursday to scrap a planned state-run medical marijuana dispensary system after county attorneys said it would put public employees at risk of being prosecuted under federal drug laws. Under the revised plan being written by Republican Senate Majority Leader Evan Vickers, medical cannabis would instead be distributed through as many as 12 private dispensaries. The changes to Utah’s medical marijuana law would have to be approved in a special session. Some cannabis advocates applauded the proposed change, saying it would increase patient access to pot. Others, however, worried that 12 dispensaries won’t be enough to meet demand when the program is rolled out next year for people with certain medical conditions who get a patient card from their medical provider. The law now calls for seven private dispensaries with a state-run “central fill pharmacy” to distribute the remainder of medical marijuana orders through Utah’s 13 local health departments. Some county attorneys argued that using health departments as pickup points could make the employees de facto drug dealers. Marijuana is banned at the federal level, though a congressional amendment blocks the Justice Department from interfering with states’ medical marijuana programs. Utah’s plan emerged when lawmakers made sweeping changes to the voter-approved law as part of a compromise involving the influential Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The compromise removed the ability for people to grow their own marijuana if they were far from a dispensary. The health-department system was aimed at helping rural residents. More than 30 other states allow medical marijuana, but none have state-run dispensaries because they fear the potential legal fallout, according to the Marijuana Policy Project, a Washington-based pro-legalization advocacy group. Luxury Real Estate, Legendary Services, Unrivaled Experience Overstock CEO resigns after comments tank stock Midvale tech exec claims role in Mueller probe ASSOCIATED PRESS Stein Eriksen Realty Group — a merger and expansion of Stein Eriksen Lodge Real Estate and Chateaux Realty SAN FRANCISCO — The CEO of Overstock.com has resigned, saying he’d become “far too controversial” to helm the e-commerce company known for selling discounted sofas and jewelry. Patrick Byrne’s resignation Thursday came after the company issued an bizarre statement last week in which the former CEO referred to the “Deep State,” called federal agents “Men in Black” and confirmed a journalist’s stories detailing his relationship with Maria Butina, a gun-rights activist who was sentenced to prison for being an unregistered agent of Russia. Overstock.com’s shares fell 36% in the two days after the statement was made public. Byrne, who founded the online discount retailer 20 years ago, said Thursday that he was “in the sad position” of having to step down. “Though patriotic Americans are writing me in support, my presence may affect and complicate all manner of business relationships, from insur- ability to strategic discussions regarding our retail business,” he said. Overstock.com based in Midvale, Utah, named company veteran and board member Jonathan E. Johnson III as interim CEO. The company’s shares jumped more than 10% Thursday. 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