Pubdate: Thu, 23 Oct 2014
Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune (FL)
Copyright: 2014 Sarasota Herald-Tribune
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Author: Bill Heller

DELAY ACTION ON POT

Even though this year's Amendment 2 is about legalizing medical
marijuana, I believe that this is a back-door effort to legalize
recreational use of marijuana, as Colorado and Washington have done.

When companies want to introduce new products or a new concept, they
typically introduce that product in a "test market." By doing this,
they are able to judge much better if this will be a success or not
and whether it is worth even pursuing any further.

Before we rush to approve this amendment, we have "our" test market in
the above two states. Wouldn't the prudent course of action be to
monitor for a couple of years to see what the results are there in
terms of crime, accidents, addiction, etc?

Bill Heller

Venice
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