I found the comments of Parksville's mayor and police chief re: the Phoenix compassion club, really over the top and quite reactionary.

After all, there are hundreds if not thousands of compassion/harm reduction facilities all over North America where police chiefs and mayors have turned a blind eye and allowed them to help those in need.

In a way these two locals are really caught in a blind. In one way they want to shut down a facility that actually really helps a lot of people with a whole array of ailments, and in another way they (or at least the mayor) embrace a mega grow-op and all the following criminal activity that will bring about.

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