The following comes from a Dec. 14 story by Valerie Schmalz in Catholic San Francisco.
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted 5-to-0 to allow commercial marijuana farming in greenhouses and nurseries in the areas zoned agricultural, located almost entirely in the Half Moon Bay region along the Pacific Ocean.
“The pot growers see this allowing greenhouse cultivation of pot in primarily coastal San Mateo as the first step in making San Mateo a large production, manufacturing and distribution center for this drug,” said Our Lady of the Pillar parishioner Anne Martin, who fears the coastside will soon become “the Napa Valley of pot.” Restrictions against retail, processing, storage and outdoor cultivation expire December 2018, unless extended by the San Mateo County supervisors who have jurisdiction over the unincorporated areas of the county, Martin said.
“It’s not a good message we are sending to our youth or children,” said Yolanda Novelo, a San Mateo County mental health social worker, who said that many farmworkers from Mexico, El Salvador and other parts of South America oppose marijuana farms. “Most of these families are being traumatized from drug violence in Mexico or other parts of South America. And, you know, I am just concerned that’s where we are going to end up….”
What are they thinking? this is the first step to hard drug addiction…and I speak as a mother, grand mother, and great grandmother….from her own children and grandchildren who went down this road…..and as a CNA who sat for years with alcoholics and drug addicts in hospitals…as they suffered from withdrawal both in Anchorage and Kenai, Alaska….we have these stupid laws that have allowed this…we have the highest rate of stolen vehicles…and crime in the country…all because of open drug and alcohol use…..it is counter productive for society to pass these kinds of operations….your San Mateo board of supervisors need to resign and you get some people with intact morals and common sense….
This is just tragic! When are naive Anericans going to wake up to reality– and make a mature decision, to get rid of all drugs, and drug-sellers (drug cartels) in this beautiful, God-given country?? You must learn young, that for a good future– kids need to learn self-discipline, good morals, hard work, and maturity– and lead a good, healthy, clean life, being very responsible in schoolwork, in sports, and in all you do! For recreational pursuits, kids need to be actively involved in healthy activitiess, with other nice kids, and good Role Models — sports, Nature, cooking, arts and crafts, music, and many other happy, healthy, worthwhile recreational pursuits! Kids also should be taught to volunteer their time, to help the less…
I will finish my above post! Kids should also volunteer their time, to help the less fortunate! They need to grow up, become strong, mature, and healthy– and ready to serve their family, community and country! It is only the very immature, selfish, misguided misfits, who try to lure kids into alcohol and dope– such people have nothing going for them, and are losers in life! Kids should be protected from these sick con-artists! Send those who are immature, who favor alcohol and legalization of dope, over to AA and dope addict meetings— help them all learn the hard facts of life– and grow up!
It is only the very immature, childish LOSERS who believe in wasting their life, wasting money they don’t have, sitting around and entertaining themselves like two-year-olds, getting drunk or “high,” often alone (because they are troubled!) — instead of getting on the right track in life, putting in the hard work and self-discipline necessary, to succeed! Intoxicated kids cannot succeed in school, nor play sports, nor learn to drive a car, nor proudly fix one– nor successfully hike, run, swim, ride a bike, and many other worthwhile skills! And no one wants them for a marriage partner, nor a parent– disaster!!
When I was young, the Catholic Church made it very clear— that alcoholism, besides being found by medical science to be a terrible disease– was also a serious sin! And drug abuse– unheard of in America, except for deeply troubled people — was likewise, a very serious sin! Where is the Church today, to effectively teach and guide people?
They need to be alarmed on this one. They have to stand for what is right. For the future of the children the government must act.
THE SAN MATEO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SHOULD ALL BE FIRED!!!!!!
THEY ARE DISGRACE.
I HOPE SOMEONE STARTS A PETITION TO ‘OUST’ THEM.
I AM GLAD MY FAMILY IS NOT ALIVE TO SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE ONCE BEAUTIFUL STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND TO THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, IT WOULD BREAK THEIR HEARTS!!
Diane, please turn off your Caps Lock button, unless of course you mean to scream your posts. Thanks.
This was supposed to help stop crime, but already a supposed medical marijuana courier was held up at gunpoint and robbed of $8,000 worth of the stuff. California used to be one of the “bread baskets of the world”, but now the state has “turned to pot” in more ways than one.
Prohibition. It’s déjà vu all over again.
Hope this gets printed! The crisis of drug abuse in America, is very serious! Many young peole are admitted to hospitals, due to effects of marijuana use, as well as other drugs — many get addicted to pot, due to daily use, and experience withdrawal symptoms, if they try to quit, without medical help. The dangers of marijuana use include damage to the throat, heart, and lungs, as well as brain cells developing in the young, related to reasoning and comunication. Marijuana use also damages learning, concentration, judgment, thinking and reasoning, and motivation. Memory is often permanently impaired, and depression, anxiety, and psychotic episodes can occur. All drugs should be illegal!
St Milton Friedman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrpWgYlBGMY
Thomas Sowell:
I recently saw on TV, where the City of San Francisco is alarmed wth worry, regarding the upcoming date in January, when legalization of marijuana will be official. How many young children, and underage teens, will be affected by this law– influenced towards drug-experimentation, seeing that this drug is legal, and seeing adults smoke marijuana? How wil it affect them, in wrecking their young lives?? Too late! Why didn’t they start strong, effective anti-drug campaigns in California– long before the issue ever got on the voters’ ballots?? Ridiculous!!
Yes, by all means, let’s continue with drug cartel monopolies and all the horror, costs and corruption that goes with it.