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1 <br />Carrasco, Yolanda <br />From:Handa, Marian <br />Sent:Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:47 PM <br />To:Carrasco, Yolanda <br />Subject:FW: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Proposal <br />  <br />  <br />From: Lee, Benny <br />Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:43 PM <br />To: Handa, Marian; Chiu, Vivian <br />Subject: FW: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Proposal <br /> <br /> <br />From: Jacob Medina [jake.medina17@gmail.com] <br />Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 9:54 AM <br />To: Lee, Benny <br />Subject: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Proposal <br />Dear Councilmember Lee, <br /> <br />I want to thank you for serving the residents and businesses of San Leandro as one of our council members. <br />I am writing to you to express my strong opposition to the proposal to allow the licensing of medical <br />marijuana facilities to do business in the city of San Leandro. While I am sympathetic to a patient who is <br />undergoing serious medical issues and a physician’s desire to help ease the discomfort of the patient’s <br />ailment, I think it is important to separate a physician-patient issue from that of the allowance of a <br />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 <br />robberies, burglaries, drug dealing, murders, and other violent crimes. In addition, the allowance of these <br />type of facilities will be a cause for potential structural fires, increase in traffic, loitering and noise. It also <br />increases the potential for more drivers being on the road who will be driving while under the influence of <br />marijuana. <br /> <br />By allowing these type of facilities into San Leandro, it is also encouraging usage of this substance among <br />minors which could lead to possible substance abuse and other long term health problems for these minors <br />as they get older. <br />The lack of rigid regulation and the many possible loopholes for the criminal element of society to <br />manipulate makes 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 <br />existing facilities 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 <br />medical marijuana dispensary idea. <br />Sincerely, <br />Jacob Medina