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
