Windsor’s experience highlights evolving marijuana regulations

WINDSOR – Tina Valenti thought her medical marijuana dispensary, In Harmony Wellness, was on its way to being accepted as part of Windsor’s business community and health-care landscape.

Valenti’s business opened in June 2009 and eventually had 300 regular patients buying marijuana for their medical needs. But last year things changed.

A petition drive during the summer put the issue of whether or not MMDs should be allowed to operate within Windsor on the November ballot. And that’s when residents voted decisively to require the town board to adopt an ordinance to ban MMDs.

Now, Valenti is facing a May…