TARGETTING MEDICINAL MARIJUANA A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY

I was quite shocked to read the article in the February 21 paper that
headlined "Council wants to choke off medicinal marijuana."

As I read on through the article I started to feel sick about the
fact that city council is willing to put in so much effort in finding
out where medicinal marijuana is grown and how to prevent this from
happening within city limits.

Council men and woman, have you taken a walk through our downtown
lately? Do you see many cancer patients walking around trying to
purchase marijuana from street dealers?

I'm not sure which city you live in, but in Prince George, the last
concern of council should be to provide some relief to our local
cancer patients by allowing them to purchase marijuana for medicinal
purposes if they so choose to.

As a resident, I would feel more comfortable knowing that Mr. Doe
down the street grows 25 plants of pot for the government of Canada
instead of cooking crack and having the addicts in and out of my
neighbourhood continuously.

You can't walk through any neighbourhood in this city and not see any
effects of crack cocaine, crystal meth or heroine.

City council, put your efforts and dollars where they're really
needed, don't waste your time and our money on authorized and petty
operations like medicinal marijuana.

Kelsey Fefchak

Prince George