Cannabis stores should be in areas more isolated from the traffic and congestion they generate.
Editor:
For many reasons, a cannabis store doesn’t fit well next to Ladner Dairy Queen. Cannabis stores should be in areas more isolated from the traffic and congestion they generate, such as Tilbury or River Road West. Marijuana stores do not require a trade on foot, because people who need them are looking for them.
The White Rock experience is a good example of this, where there is a somewhat isolated store in the East Coast area. There is a constant line-up of people and a constant hassle of parking. It is located away from the main shopping and dining area and is probably in a pretty good location. The lineup of people constantly stretches out the door and down the stairs. Can you imagine a row of these people stretching beyond the Dairy Queen, or next to the TD Bank and dry cleaners?
In addition, every hour of lunch and after school comes a flood of DSS teens to frequent the various sandwich shops, pizzas and Dairy Queen. A marijuana store is definitely not compatible.
I have used cbd oil for a tremor condition (unsuccessful results) and my experience with outlets is that people are in an amazing hurry. Contrary to myth, marijuana use does not seem to create calmer people; rather, my experience is that they park frantically and are in a hurry to get past the long lineup to get their supply. I predict congestion will increase tremendously at this Ladner mall.
The family malls in downtown Ladner are not suitable places for a marijuana store!
Curt Jantzen and the Jantzen family
