A room full of people turned out to the Hammon Senior Center Tuesday night for a workshop on how the city should respond to the passage of Proposition 64, which legalized personal cultivation and recreational use of marijuana in the state.
Source: City holds first marijuana workshop – Golden State Newspapers: Patterson Irrigator News
- Topics of conversation included:
- Businesses being heavily tracked and regulated
- Other local jurisdictions
- Sales and other taxes
- Crime, other concerns
Attendee concerns
One workshop attendee pointed out that the “huge amount of cash” involved in marijuana businesses has caused a problem for other states that have legalized commercial marijuana activity. Other comments included concerns about where potential marijuana businesses might be allowed and what percentage of the sales revenue should be allotted to increased law enforcement.
Attendee support
Supporters in attendance appeared to skew toward medical marijuana, with several making the assertion that marijuana use for severe pain is “cleaner and safer” than other (prescription) drugs. One commenter mentioned that the former mayor of Oakland is setting up dispensaries in San Francisco. She also asked whether part of the taxes collected would be earmarked for “education and outreach”; $10 million per year from 2018 to 2028 will go to California public universities to study and evaluate implementation of the law. “The tide is turning,” one woman said, mentioning that a relative’s doctor at Stanford University had recommended marijuana for him, “Eventually the government will catch up.”
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