[MeredithMan]

.....here's what I do know:

1) a medical marijuana office--that is legal, sanctioned, and regulated by law--has absolutely no correlation with, or anything to do with, a town's heroin problem.

2) Laconia's heroin / hard drug problem--like many other areas in the nation-- is due to numerous socio-economic factors that could fill a Phd dissertation and it is an issue way too complex for a forum like this.

3) My limited knowledge of medical marijuana is that it helps those in severe pain from serious disease like cancer. Like many people probably on this forum, I have seen first-hand the ravages of the cancer disease and the chemo and radiation to fight it. If medical weed brings relief to those who suffer, I am all for it.

4) I do not believe that a medical marijuana office will tarnish the area's reputation and scare people away. On the contrary, I believe it will show that the area is compassionate for those who suffer and will demonstrate that it is on the forefront of modern thought.

MM