Petersburg Pilot -

To the Editor:

As there have been a few letters against the cultivation and sales of marijuana in our town I would like to share my

personal opinions from the other side.

I am in favor for the cultivation and retail sale of Marijuana in the Borough of Petersburg for many reasons. First is that it is much less detrimental to

society than alcohol. I have served as an EMT for almost 25 years and have never once had a call where marijuana was the issue. That cannot be said for alcohol and hard drugs which

I have been on numerous

calls for.

In my youth I used both alcohol and a variety of d...