Pubdate: Thu, 19 Nov 2015
Source: Nanaimo News Bulletin (CN BC)
Copyright: 2015, BC Newspaper Group
Contact:  http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/948
Author: Terry Lee Wagar

CITY SHOULD BE SUPPORTING DISPENSARIES

To the Editor,

A municipal council can and does tell the local RCMP what community 
priorities are, which the police then apply to their community 
policing strategy - one that reflects the practices of the community 
they serve.

So, Nanaimo council could have easily chosen to inform the local 
detachment that dispensaries are a very low-priority item, and they 
could have also politely requested that police leave the people's 
medicine providers alone. Our council chose not to do this. Since 
they have not, I am of the opinion that our council have given its 
implied consent to having the outlets raided and the medicine people 
need seized. Sad, yes, but also a cop out and a letdown of thousands of people.

Terry Lee Wagar Nanaimo
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