Pubdate: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 Source: Alpena News, The (MI) Copyright: 2011 The Alpena News Contact: http://mapinc.org/url/DZ4TQaHU Website: http://www.thealpenanews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4193 Author: Marty Starliper MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY NEEDED HERE What makes people so upset about medical marijuana? Just as a dispensary was started in Alpena for the sick and disabled Mr. Ed Black prosecutor and company decided to shut it down cause he claims it causes a public nuisance. What nuisance problems has this place had? Because somebody didn't like it?? The owners followed state law providing patients a safe clean environment to get their medicine. Now instead of bringing people into the city to get their medication they will go to other towns to get it or buy directly off drug dealers on the street Why does Alpena feel they have the right to prevent people from obtaining their medicine? Why does other towns like Mt Pleasant, Traverse City even little Pinconning have dispensaries. In Traverse city they have two. Now folks will have to go to the street and have to put up with being either ripped off or getting marijuana that is not safe for them. A few years back in Great Britain small pieces of lead were put into bags of marijuana to make it weigh heavy. Dealers on the street will do anything to make money some people nearly died I guess Mr. Black doesn't realize that the money that people spend could have went right back into the city of Alpena when folks show up they would also buy gas, shop and eat but instead we put the money right back in the hands of the dangerous Mexican drug cartels makes no sense. Medical marijuana can't be bought at the local Rite-Aid so with over 65 thousand patients in the state why not have a safe clean environment so they can get what they need? Stop harassing the sick and disabled. Marty Starliper Greenbush - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake