Dear Editor:

Re: LoLo Pot Shops Raise Parents' Concern, March 4 Front Page.

I am not a regular user nor an advocate, but I have to disagree with Mrs. Cruz and Mr. Brown's assessment of the hazards of the marijuana store near where children attend martial arts courses.

Mrs. Cruz says she saw a mother let her teenage daughter carry a brown bag out of the store. Maybe the woman suffers from seizures? How is this situation any different from Mrs. Cruz allowing her daughter to carry her prescription pain killers when leaving a pharmacy? Mrs. Cruz if you or a member or your family were stricken with cancer (mine has, hope yours doesn't) and needed marijuana to ease your suffering, would you prefer to buy your pot from "unstable" people behind the Champions studio?

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