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We do not need marijuana

EDITOR:

For several months now I have been advocating the need to be more informed on not commercializing or selling recreational marijuana in the city limits of Escanaba.

As we all know by now this industry is a very fast paced Wild West entity. We need to open our eyes and ears to the outcomes of the now legal states. Particularly Colorado, California and Oregon. They are our examples.

The ever-changing laws, policies and regulations are almost unlimited. Similar to those of Michigan. At first it all sounds good. We need to be very careful where this information comes from. The marijuana and Big Tobacco industries are very good at misinforming the public as well as our state lawmakers. A very good resent example of this is the handling of the nationwide crisis of vaping to include the products in particular, some with high THC levels. Oregon has stated several months ago “that they don’t even know if their recreational marijuana products are even safe for human consumption.” This has been a proven fact. Just look at that direction the industries are promoting. In the more recent months.

The bottom line is we do not need, I say again need this drug to become more readily available in our city. Which already has a big drug issue. We all should ask ourselves is it wanted or is needed?

The answer is perhaps a big no brainer. Please say no to selling and commercializing of this drug in Escanaba.

Thank you again for your time.

God bless America

William A. Gasman

Escanaba

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