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Vista residents urge restrictions on youth exposure as retailers warn against new licenses
Summary
Public speakers at a Vista City Council meeting presented opposing views on local cannabis policy: a public health educator urged retail bans and marketing restrictions to protect youth, while a licensing manager for a licensed retailer opposed adding an eleventh retail license and urged enforcement against illicit operators.
Peggy Walker, a public health educator and youth mentor, told the Vista City Council that research shows wider visible commercialization of marijuana increases youth use and related health harms. “When marijuana becomes more visible and accessible, youth use increases,” she said, citing a University of California study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health that reviewed nearly 400,000 California high school students and linked…
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