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1 <br />Carrasco, Yolanda <br />From:Handa, Marian <br />Sent:Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:37 PM <br />To:Carrasco, Yolanda <br />Subject:FW: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Proposal <br />  <br />  <br />From: Lee, Benny <br />Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 12:52 PM <br />To: Handa, Marian; Chiu, Vivian <br />Subject: FW: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Proposal <br /> <br />FYI. <br /> <br />From: leeaj@comcast.net [leeaj@comcast.net] <br />Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 10:54 PM <br />To: Lee, Benny <br />Subject: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Proposal <br />Dear Mr. Lee, <br /> <br />I want to thank you for serving the residents and businesses of San Leandro as our mayor. I am writing to you to <br />express my strong opposition to the proposal to allow the licensing of medical marijuana facilities to do business in the <br />city of San Leandro. While I am sympathetic to a patient who is undergoing serious medical issues and a physician’s <br />desire to help ease the discomfort of the patient’s ailment, I think it is important to separate a physician-patient issue <br />from that of the allowance of a marijuana dispensary facility being allowed to do business in San Leandro. <br /> <br />By allowing these type of facilities into San Leandro will greatly encourage increased crime including armed robberies, <br />burglaries, drug dealing, murders, and other violent crimes. In addition, the allowance of these type of facilities will be <br />a cause for potential structural fires, increase in traffic, loitering and noise. It also increases the potential for more <br />drivers being on the road who will be driving while under the influence of marijuana. <br /> <br />By allowing these type of facilities into San Leandro, it is also encouraging usage of this substance among minors <br />which could lead to possible substance abuse and other long term health problems for these minors as they get older. <br />The lack of rigid regulation and the many possible loopholes for the criminal element of society to manipulate makes <br />the idea of a medical marijuana facility a very bad proposition for San Leandro. <br />I am asking that you and our other council members not move forward with this proposal. There are existing facilities <br />in Oakland and San Lorenzo. It is not necessary to place one here in San Leandro. <br />Thank you for taking the time to review and take under consideration my request for you to oppose the medical <br />marijuana dispensary idea. <br />Sincerely, <br />Aaron Lee