If all goes according to plan, the city of McFarland will open its first legal marijuana dispensary this summer.
Local leaders including City Manager Kenny Williams and Mayor Saul Ayon, both former law enforcement officials with the Kern County Sheriff's Office, said they can hardly wait.
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