Pubdate: Sun, 03 May 2015
Source: San Diego Union Tribune (CA)
Copyright: 2015 Union-Tribune Publishing Co.
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Author: Brett Gilbert

WHY IS THE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY SINGLED OUT?

I am amazed at how opposition to the marijuana industry ("Pot 
dispensary forecast cools," April 24) continues to be thinly veiled 
in regulations and opinions of how the industry should operate.

Unfair filters that no other industry has to face continue to be 
barriers to success of the industry. Politicians should just be 
honest and say they don't want it in their community.

San Diego, for instance, is failing the industry by restricting the 
number and spacing of dispensaries. Washington is cleaning up a mess 
now because of similar restrictions. These are passive-aggressive 
approaches to inhibiting the industry's success.

A truly free market will determine a healthy industry. Has San Diego 
ever determined the number of liquor stores or gas stations in each 
district, or how close they are together?

Brett Gilbert

Pacific Beach
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