Dear Editor,
Re: “This bud’s for you?” Feature, Oct. 20.
With money laundering being “uncovered” at our largest casino, a burgeoning birth tourism industry displacing tax-paying Canadians requiring a hospital bed and the expanding opiate (fentanyl) addiction crisis, this “Marijuana Legalization Concern Group” and the city councillors who support them (Mr. Au and Mr. McNulty), all need a reality check as to what the real issues are today within Richmond. Their list of demands to the federal government regarding cannabis legalization demonstrate a collective ignorance towards addiction, the negative effects prohibition has had on society, and the root causes of criminality.
I cordially invite all members of the Marijuana Legalization Concern Group (and its supporters) to spend a morning at the Richmond Provincial Courthouse. It is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m, Monday to Friday.
Inside the courthouse, you’ll see first-hand what substances are actually causing harm to our community. You’ll quickly learn that marijuana is not one of them.
Jason Tarnow
Richmond
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Re: “This bud’s for you?” Feature, Oct. 20.
This honestly makes me laugh. We’re OK with corruption, illegal money laundering, buildings built without proper zoning, misuse of our ALR, shootings of gang members, birthing “hotels” in residential and agricultural lands, passport babies, etc. Yet, some are overly concerned about the legalization of marijuana?
Council should be protecting our citizens from the illegal things going on in Richmond, and prepare properly for the eventuality of the legalization of pot because it will no longer be the ‘underground’ activity it has been for decades.
Debra ‘Dee’ Wells
