Middletown council takes first steps to permitting Marijuana businesses Image Cannabis News June 20, 2024 Middletown Council Takes First Steps to Permit Dispensaries, Debates Cap on Marijuana Businesses. Two weeks after Middletown City Council said no to extending a moratorium on recreational use marijuana businesses, the city is one step closer to permitting dispensaries and to repeal the 2017 ban on Marijuana Business News WCPO