Pubdate: Thu, 14 Feb 2013
Source: Langley Advance (CN BC)
Copyright: 2013 Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc.
Contact:  http://www.langleyadvance.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1248
Author: Wally Martin

GRASS PULLING TOURISM SOUTH

Dear Editor,

Press reports from Washington State and from Colorado clearly 
indicate that the recent votes on legalization of marijuana are 
having a dramatic effect.

Prosecutions of pot users have virtually ended, allowing states to 
redirect policing resources to more important issues.

We are already seeing a dramatic effect on tourism, as more Canadians 
head south to take advantage of a weekend outing and a legal puff: a 
whole new meaning to cross-border shopping. Washington State is 
becoming a tourist destination for cannabis connoisseurs.

Border communities like Langley can only watch as tourists (and 
dollars) head south.

Wally Martin,

Langley
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