Pubdate: Wed, 19 Mar 2014
Source: Chico Enterprise-Record (CA)
Copyright: 2014 Chico Enterprise-Record
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Author: Bonnie Masarik
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n251/a07.html

POT ADVOCATE HAZY ON HIS PROVOCATIVE COMMENT

Apparently it's true, from all the studies that have been done by 
doctors and scientists, that long term marijuana use,causes memory 
loss. I never used the word "beat down," as Andrew Merkel alleged in 
a letter. Merkel himself, only four weeks ago at the supervisors 
meeting Feb, 11, said: "Are you ready for a beat down?" He did not 
ask "do you want," as he states in his letter. You see when you are 
running for elective office, as in supervisor of a district, you have 
to have an excellent memory.

What I said at the supervisors meeting in February 2012, at the end 
of the marijuana "committee" meetings -and the ridiculous, large 
amounts of plants, 99, 66, 48, etc,. and the rest of that particular 
ordinance, which the pot traders are fighting for today - was that it 
was and is not a compromise, that it is a "smackdown" of us. Growers, 
patients, realtors, landscapers, equipment operators and well 
drillers, are happy, and to hell with the next door neighbor. And it 
was not a personal comment. As is Andrew Merkel's.

The opposition has always said a few plants for personal use is OK. 
There's nothing wrong with that, but 99? Give me a break.

- - Bonnie Masarik, Yankee Hill
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