[420 Girl]

Woodland's City Council acted correctly in directing planners to create the necessary zoning ordinances to accommodate medical marijuana dispensaries.

The fact the city doesn't have such an ordinance only reflects the problem of the city catching up with state law which provides for medical use of marijuana to alleviate pain and suffering for those with painful illnesses.

Many state law enforcement officers have had the good sense to leave well enough alone and allow those growing marijuana for personal use to live their lives unmolested. Just recently police in the area learned of a "pot patch" growing in a backyard. Investigating, they discovered the grower had cancer and was smoking marijuana to alleviate the pain. No citation was issued.

As we see it, there is nothing wrong with a marijuana dispensary as long as there is a true medical need that can be substantiated by legitimate health-care providers. We would not want to be in a position of denying a person with cancer, HIV or AIDS, the chance to reduce their pain. That's cruel.

To our way of thinking, a medical marijuana dispensary is no different than a pharmacist, or herbalist. We have those businesses located in the downtown core as well as in city shopping plazas. Those firms offer treatment for clients and pay taxes, so a dispensary should be treated no differently.

We recognize that initially there will be problems primarily from those people who are opposed to marijuana use in any form,
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or those who simply want to be "cute" and try to score a joint or two even though they have no medical need.

But we are confident that with time, the novelty will wear off and the businesses will be treated no differently than any other pharmaceutical firm.

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