Pasco Police Chief Ken Roske said the ease of access to marijuana sales to the area youth would be irresponsible.
PASCO, Wash. – Pasco Police Chief Ken Roske responded Thursday to a request for comment on marijuana retail sales in the City of Pasco.
The city held two meetings in September and October to give community members the opportunity to voice their opinion on the future of retail cannabis sales. One of the biggest issues brought up during these listening sessions was how cannabis retailers would affect downtown Pasco. Some said they agreed with how lifting the ban could benefit the city as they believed it had other surrounding communities. However, many said if the ban was lifted, they wouldn’t want it downtown.
“It’s just location, location, location,” one man said. “You want to open a marijuana shop? Put it in the industrial park, let’s try it out.”
Others said they want the buildings downtown filled.
“My business is empty. I would like to put a retail store there,” said one property owner.
While these listening sessions were attended by people who both opposed and supported lifting the ban, the Pasco Police Department has stayed quiet on the issue publicly until now.
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