Lake Forest will not allow cannabis testing labs in its boundaries

Citing conflicts with federal law that classifies cannabis as a controlled substance, the Lake Forest City Council has chosen to not allow marijuana testing labs in the city.
“I can’t do anything in violation of the state or federal law. I can’t,” Mayor Mark Tettemer said at the Sept. 17 council meeting.
After a business owner approached City Hall wanting to expand into testing cannabis, staffers crafted an ordinance to allow up to four labs in the industrial zone along B