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1 <br />Carrasco, Yolanda <br />From:Handa, Marian <br />Sent:Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:49 PM <br />To:Carrasco, Yolanda <br />Subject:FW: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Proposal <br />  <br />  <br />From: Lee, Benny <br />Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:47 PM <br />To: Handa, Marian; Chiu, Vivian <br />Subject: FW: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Proposal <br /> <br /> <br />From: Carise Fong [carise@gmail.com] <br />Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:33 AM <br />To: Lee, Benny <br />Subject: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Proposal <br />Dear Benny Lee, <br /> <br />I want to thank you for serving the residents and businesses of San Leandro as our council member. I am writing to you <br />to express my strong opposition to the proposal to allow the licensing of medical marijuana facilities to do business in <br />the city of San Leandro. While I am sympathetic to a patient who is undergoing serious medical issues and a <br />physician’s desire to help ease the discomfort of the patient’s ailment, I think it is important to separate a physician- <br />patient issue from that of the allowance of a marijuana dispensary facility being allowed to do business in San Leandro. <br /> <br />Allowing these types 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 facilities will be a cause <br />for potential structural fires, increase in traffic, loitering and noise. It also increases the potential for more drivers being <br />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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Carise Fong