by admin on July 19, 2010
Published in LamondLinks July 2010
Commentary Medical Marijuana Medical Centers in Takoma, DC?
By Judi Jones
The DC City Council legalized medical marijuana clinics in June. There are groups in the city calling for the entire council to resign and let DC start again with new people and hopefully new vision. With a sagging economy in real estate, mounting pressure on the federal government to hire, condo developments going up but no one moving in them and the school system in transition, DC is in a state of flux about how to raise revenue to cover mounting deficits. What was the DC City Council thinking? While there is good news with crime data, the situation in DC is not stable enough to introduce a potentially flammable issue on top of a heated situation that could go either way. Medical benefits notwithstanding, legalizing medical marijuana use will not help DC’s current economic situation. It will pull on public safety resources which currently are being utilized efficiently and effectively. It will throw all those improvements into a tailspin. Studies have shown that legalizing drugs doesn’t decrease the use of it nor the public safety funds used to monitor it. DC has data regarding subsidizing an addicted population with the methadone clinics in the 1970’s. Neighborhoods ended up with a heroin drug trade that lingers long after the methadone clinics are shut down.
California recently scaled back their marijuana wellness centers by closing nearly 75% of these centers in Los Angeles alone. Reasons for closing the clinics were flagrant regulatory violations and associated calls for public safety service around the clinics.
Medical marijuana use has been legal for about ten years, federally. Prescriptions have been issued and patients have been allowed to use medical marijuana legally for more than a decade. This process should not change. The DC city council could make better use of our time and finances by fixing the budget with line items useful to all.
by admin on April 20, 2010
Update – Please read
News
Alan Heymann
202-787-2616
Alan.Heymann@dcwasa.com |
| DC WASA Cancels Advisory for Northwest Customers |
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| Apr 20, 2010 — The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA) has cancelled the advisory from this morning for neighborhoods in Northwest to not use the water. The advisory has been lifted for all neighborhoods in the affected area. (See map at the link below)
DC WASA conducted comprehensive testing of the water system during the past several hours and results have confirmed the water is now safe for drinking, bathing, cooking and cleaning.
The advisory was issued because of a higher-than-normal chlorine concentration. The spike happened early this morning at DC WASA’s unmanned Fort Reno facility when it was offline for routine maintenance disinfection. At 7:30 a.m., operators at the DC WASA Bryant Street Pump Station identified a drop in the reservoir at Fort Reno, which indicated the possibility of a chlorine spike. DC WASA immediately dispatched staff to confirm a higher-than-normal chlorine concentration in the water, which they determined had happened at approximately 5 a.m.
As an added precaution, DC WASA recommends discarding any food or ice that was prepared with water between 5:00 am am and 2:30 pm today. This includes infant formula. In addition, any faucets or taps that have not been used during the water advisory should be flushed for 10 minutes. Please see the Frequently Asked Questions at the link below.
Please share this information with anyone who drinks the water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.
Customers with questions about their water should call the DC WASA Water Quality Division at 202-612-3440 (Mon-Fri, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm). Media and others who would like to learn more about this announcement should contact DC WASA Office of Public Affairs at 202-787-2200. DC WASA can be reached 24 hours a day at 202-612-3400.
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