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1 <br />Carrasco, Yolanda <br />From:Handa, Marian <br />Sent:Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:40 PM <br />To:Carrasco, Yolanda <br />Subject:FW: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Proposal <br />  <br />  <br />From: Lee, Benny <br />Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:23 PM <br />To: Handa, Marian; Chiu, Vivian <br />Cc: Liao, Thomas <br />Subject: FW: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Proposal <br /> <br /> <br />From: Gerald xie [gx2009@yahoo.com] <br />Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:35 AM <br />To: Cassidy, Stephen; Gregory, Michael; Reed, Ursula; Souza, Diana; Lee, Benny; Cutter, Pauline; Prola, Jim <br />Subject: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Proposal <br />January 29, 2013 <br /> <br />Mayor Stephen Cassidy <br />835 E. 14th St. <br />San Leandro, CA 94577 <br /> <br />Re: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Proposal <br /> <br />Dear Mayor Cassidy, <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 express my strong opposition <br />to the proposal to allow the licensing of medical marijuana facilities to do business in the city of San Leandro. While I am sympathetic to a <br />patient who is undergoing serious medical issues and a physician’s desire to help ease the discomfort of the patient’s ailment, I think it is <br />important to separate a physician-patient issue from that of the allowance of a marijuana dispensary facility being allowed to do business in San <br />Leandro. <br /> <br />By allowing these type of facilities into San Leandro will greatly encourage increased crime including armed robberies, burglaries, drug <br />dealing, murders, and other violent crimes. In addition, the allowance of these type of facilities will be a cause for potential structural fires, <br />increase in traffic, loitering and noise. It also increases the potential for more drivers being on the road who will be driving while under the <br />influence of marijuana. <br /> <br />By allowing these type of facilities into San Leandro, it is also encouraging usage of this substance among minors which could lead to possible <br />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 the idea of a medical <br />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 in Oakland and San <br />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 marijuana dispensary idea. <br />Sincerely, <br />Gerald Xie