Editor:
RE: Silly scare tactics used to block Burnaby cannabis stores, NOW blogs
I am a resident nearby the area where a new cannabis store is proposed to open on 7360 Kingsway.
Having read the blog post by Mr. Campbell, I would like to respond: “Baloney. Baloney. Baloney.”
Of course a cannabis store is of the greatest concern to parents – and it’s their right to remain anonymous. Anyway, the topic today is not about anonymity.
Imagine this: if (all) guns were legalized, there would be a gun store opened nearby your home. Would you not be afraid of the people who walks in and out of the gun store? Don’t tell me that you trust them that they are just browsing, and there’s a bylaw that regulates gun usage and presence. The fact is, they are interested in guns!
They are interested in guns and they might potentially possess guns. We don’t know their intention and personal characteristics and lifestyle. They might pose a threat to the community members.
Similar analogy can be drawn from the gun example. Don’t tell me that the potential purchasers of cannabis are just browsing and most of them are recreational users.
The blog post writer Mr. Campbell uses “legalization” to rationalize the opening of the store. But the concern from the parents wasn’t about the sale of cannabis, but the concern is the characteristics of the purchasers. Are they mentally unstable? Are they a drug addict? Is their brain functioning well? The fact is we can’t tell.
Daniel Chang, Burnaby
