UNINCORPORATED MILL VALLEY IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR POT DISPENSARIES
The County of Marin is currently reviewing 10 applications for pot dispensary licenses in areas of Unincorporated Marin County. Four are in the Tam Shoreline area:
THESE LOCATIONS LIE WITHIN PROXIMITY TO COMMUTE ROUTES AND SCHOOLS FOR THE CHILDREN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
Applicants claim their facilities will take a low key approach, BUT KIDS AREN'T STUPID.
They'll know of the facilities and be elevated in their awareness of pot use in the area.
The potential for children to see - and smell - pot use off site of dispensary facilities at places such as the Good Earth Market parking lot and at other businesses is a concern that has not been sufficiently addressed by the applicants.
They'll know of the facilities and be elevated in their awareness of pot use in the area.
The potential for children to see - and smell - pot use off site of dispensary facilities at places such as the Good Earth Market parking lot and at other businesses is a concern that has not been sufficiently addressed by the applicants.
SAY NO FOR OUR KIDS HEALTH AND SAFETY"According to the most recent data from the California Healthy Kids Survey, ALMOST HALF OF ALL MARIN 11TH GRADERS AND MORE THAN A QUARTER OF NINTH GRADERS DRINK OR USE DRUGS, while a third of all 11th graders and 10 percent of ninth graders qualify as heavy drug users."
Marin Magazine, September 2016 |
"...this is an ongoing public health crisis for us here in Marin. Our numbers for teen drug and alcohol use are way higher than the state average..."
MATT WILLIS, Marin County Chief Of Public Health |
SAY NO BECAUSE OF INCREASED TRAFFICApplicants claim their customers will have little or no effect to traffic when compared to the current businesses in these locations. However, with only two medical cannabis dispensaries allowed in the entire East side of Marin, a dispensary would draw new regional traffic to the area and further exacerbate the already hazardous traffic conditions. As any local resident will attest, the current business use, tourist, school and commute traffic has already made it extremely difficult to travel at many times of the day.
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A MEDICAL POT DISPENSARY THAT ALLOWS PATIENTS TO HAVE EASY ACCESS TO A DISPENSARY IS NOT THE ISSUE...
But every attempt should be made to keep these businesses away from our children and high traffic use areas, as well as addressing the potential for conversion of the facilities to recreational pot sales in the future.
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