N.J. cannabis license roadblocks discouraging | Letters
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I am a cancer survivor, a patient and an applicant since 2019 for a retail marijuana dispensary. I have become increasingly frustrated with New Jersey’s cannabis regulatory climate.
My friend Will Sirois, who is part of the Bloom Wellness venture, recently lived in California. He was accustomed to a state that has ample cultivators and dispensaries to supply a full-fledged recreational market. Here on the East Coast, we are far behind. At the current rate, it will take years to build up to a sustainable market. With the trajectory we’re on, things are not very promising.
Defense of Georgia voting law ignores key facts | Letters
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Washington Post gave President Joe Biden “Four Pinocchios” for his claim the Georgia law “ends voting hours early.” While the president was incorrect on this particular claim, the abundance of overall evidence suggests that the Georgia law suppresses voting.
This added cost is unnecessary and discriminatory. Voter ID laws absolutely lower turnout among poor people and, disproportionately, people of color, as confirmed by a 2014 study by the Government Accountability Office.
The law also limits the time for requesting an absentee ballot and makes drop boxes for filled-out “mail-in” ballots less accessible.
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