Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
Were marijuana really the scourge it's so often portrayed to be, one would think that the opening of the Vallejo Patients Cooperative would have generated significant resistance from the local community.
Yet aside from the complaints expressed by Vallejo Assistant City Attorney Claudia Quintana who, predictably, reiterated that federal officials stubbornly continue to deny the plant's therapeutic value, it seems that few others are even raising their eyebrows. According to the Times-Herald's report, police have received "no calls or complaints" about the establishment, which neighboring business owners admit has "breathed new life" into Boss Plaza.
Since 1996, when California voters approved the state's first-in-the-nation medical marijuana use law, it has been clear that the public's views on this issue are far ahead of their politicians. (After all, California's law only went before the voters after then-Gov. Pete Wilson had vetoed a similar proposal.) Twelve years later, little has changed. The public continues to support the rights of qualified patients to use and access medical cannabis, and a majority of lawmakers and law enforcement personnel continue to warn that any change in policy will invariably cause "the sky to fall."
Has the opening of the Patients Cooperative caused the sky to fall in Vallejo? Apparently not.
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Source: Times Herald Online
Copyright: 2008 Times Herald
Contact: Home - Vallejo Times Herald
Website: Sky isn't falling - Vallejo Times Herald
Yet aside from the complaints expressed by Vallejo Assistant City Attorney Claudia Quintana who, predictably, reiterated that federal officials stubbornly continue to deny the plant's therapeutic value, it seems that few others are even raising their eyebrows. According to the Times-Herald's report, police have received "no calls or complaints" about the establishment, which neighboring business owners admit has "breathed new life" into Boss Plaza.
Since 1996, when California voters approved the state's first-in-the-nation medical marijuana use law, it has been clear that the public's views on this issue are far ahead of their politicians. (After all, California's law only went before the voters after then-Gov. Pete Wilson had vetoed a similar proposal.) Twelve years later, little has changed. The public continues to support the rights of qualified patients to use and access medical cannabis, and a majority of lawmakers and law enforcement personnel continue to warn that any change in policy will invariably cause "the sky to fall."
Has the opening of the Patients Cooperative caused the sky to fall in Vallejo? Apparently not.
News Hawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: Times Herald Online
Copyright: 2008 Times Herald
Contact: Home - Vallejo Times Herald
Website: Sky isn't falling - Vallejo Times Herald
