I personally would hope that there is a difference between a dry cleaner and a recreational marijuana dispensary. I understand the medical uses of marijuana, but I have real reservations for its merely recreational use. I know this position is scoffed at by many these days, but I wonder do we really follow the science? Have you looked at what is on the CDC website concerning the health effects of marijuana? Are we to excoriate people who do not "follow the science" as we have witnessed with the recent COVID pandemic, or is it only the "science" we agree with? This is not a well settled issue by any means. I suggest folks interested should visit the CDC's website on the health effects of marijuana: https://www.cdc.gov/marijuana/health-effects.html
I don’t think we are a society that is very good at following the science. While the science on marijuana - Is it a gateway drug? - may not be settled, it is pretty clear that alcohol is lethal to many people, so is the science settled on alcohol. I imagine there would be quite an uprising if we took away a cold beer or a glass of wine with dinner.
I don't disagree, but when you see the damage Marijuana can apparently due over time, especially to young people, I do think more thought should be given to the issue. That said, we must also remember that federal law still sees the issue somewhat differently. And the marijuana of today is not the marijuana of the 60s and 70's.
I was quite shocked to see that medical marijuana is still not covered by insurance companies because of the federal law against it. Seems like everyone should get on the same page.
How long ago was it that Hillary Clinton came to town and held a packed town hall even at the library? She was so popular that speakers were set up in a window so that the overflow crowd outside of maybe 100 could hear the discussion. Robin asked a question about hemp legalization at the time. Hillary dodged the question but many years later hemp growing was legalized and there are businesses locally growing hemp. Then came medical pot and CBD. Both are in high demand and haven’t caused any significant problems. It seems Robin is in the thoughtful, progressive forefront on this issue and city leaders should listen very carefully to what he has to say because he has been the one who’s been right on this each step of the way.
I personally would hope that there is a difference between a dry cleaner and a recreational marijuana dispensary. I understand the medical uses of marijuana, but I have real reservations for its merely recreational use. I know this position is scoffed at by many these days, but I wonder do we really follow the science? Have you looked at what is on the CDC website concerning the health effects of marijuana? Are we to excoriate people who do not "follow the science" as we have witnessed with the recent COVID pandemic, or is it only the "science" we agree with? This is not a well settled issue by any means. I suggest folks interested should visit the CDC's website on the health effects of marijuana: https://www.cdc.gov/marijuana/health-effects.html
I don’t think we are a society that is very good at following the science. While the science on marijuana - Is it a gateway drug? - may not be settled, it is pretty clear that alcohol is lethal to many people, so is the science settled on alcohol. I imagine there would be quite an uprising if we took away a cold beer or a glass of wine with dinner.
I don't disagree, but when you see the damage Marijuana can apparently due over time, especially to young people, I do think more thought should be given to the issue. That said, we must also remember that federal law still sees the issue somewhat differently. And the marijuana of today is not the marijuana of the 60s and 70's.
I was quite shocked to see that medical marijuana is still not covered by insurance companies because of the federal law against it. Seems like everyone should get on the same page.
How long ago was it that Hillary Clinton came to town and held a packed town hall even at the library? She was so popular that speakers were set up in a window so that the overflow crowd outside of maybe 100 could hear the discussion. Robin asked a question about hemp legalization at the time. Hillary dodged the question but many years later hemp growing was legalized and there are businesses locally growing hemp. Then came medical pot and CBD. Both are in high demand and haven’t caused any significant problems. It seems Robin is in the thoughtful, progressive forefront on this issue and city leaders should listen very carefully to what he has to say because he has been the one who’s been right on this each step of the way.