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Local pharmacist urges Little Falls City Council to ban dispensaries, cites addiction concerns
Summary
Gary Spurl, a Little Falls pharmacist, told the council he worked with people recovering from methamphetamine and other addictions and urged the city to delay dispensary approvals and consider making Little Falls a "dispensary free city," offering task-force data and volunteer help.
Gary Spurl, who identified himself as a Little Falls resident and a pharmacist, used the meeting's public-comment period to urge the Little Falls City Council to resist allowing cannabis dispensaries in the city. Drawing on decades of volunteer work with a county drug task force and visits with inmates, Spurl said he has seen people’s lives devastated by substance use and said dispensaries increase the risk that residents — possibly including a family member — could develop more serious addictions.
"I encourage you, if it's possible, to make Little Falls a dispensary free city," Spurl said, adding that the council should delay any approvals and consult the task force’s data. He offered to provide facts and information from the task force to help the council's deliberations.
Council members did not take formal action during the session. The president closed the public-comment period after Spurl’s remarks and the meeting moved on to agenda business. No council member announced a formal proposal or vote to ban dispensaries during the session.
