Pubdate: Thu, 12 Mar 2015
Source: Chico News & Review, The (CA)
Copyright: 2015 Chico Community Publishing, Inc.
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Author: Robert Catalano

ALL ABOUT POT

Over the past few months since Measure A passed, I have read quite a 
few letters in this newspaper from those who refer to Measure A as 
"intimidation" and "bullying" from both the Butte County Board of 
Supervisors and Sheriff's Office; preventing sick people from getting 
their medicine.

First, if someone wants to grow their own medicine, Measure A allows 
them to do so. Second, Measure A was passed by about three-fifths of 
the voters in Butte County. It wasn't forced onto anyone; opponents 
had their opportunity to vote. Third, I went to a few of the public 
hearings concerning growing restrictions and the only "bullying" and 
"threatening" words I heard came from growers and their proponents 
telling the supervisors they would defeat or take legal action 
against any rules the BOS put forth.

Measure A is now law because of democratic principles, not bullying 
and intimidation. What it doesn't do is allow people who need 
marijuana as medicine to be preyed upon by growers who give them 2-3 
pounds of their much-needed medicine for the chance to raise and sell 
eight to 10 times more for the growers' own profit.

By the way, I support the legalization of marijuana. I don't support 
an underground economy that takes advantage of the ill and evades 
paying taxes within the disguise of humanitarianism.

Robert Catalano

Chico
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