“It's a crop. It's legal. I'd rather live next to a pig farm than on a pig farm,” says Shanti Bay Area resident.
Four years ago, about 150 Oro-Medonte residents wrote a letter protesting the establishment of a cannabis business between Line 2 South and Line 3 South in the Shanty Bay suburb owned by Medical Saints. .
Oro-Medonte City Council has decided what the Medical Saints are allowed to do on the property, based on an Ontario Land Court ruling issued on July 17 and an Ontario Land Court order issued on July 19. Thursday, the day after the ordinance was passed specifying this in detail. , Barry Today visited neighbors of the cannabis company to hear their reactions to the town's decision.
As expected, some were positive and some were negative.
Perhaps surprisingly, some of it showed how tired people in the community were with the subject.
“It should have been closed when the accident started,” said one neighbor who lives across the street from the facility on Route 3 South. “I can't believe it's still going on.”
Some neighbors spoke to Bury Today on condition of anonymity, while others would only give their first names.
They said they had no interest in keeping the issue in the public eye or causing a disturbance with neighbors.
Bill lives in a subdivision just off Route 2, just a stone's throw away from a cannabis farm. He had concerns a few years ago when cannabis farms were just starting up, but time has passed. He said his concerns have since disappeared. The main reason for this is that there are not many plants growing on the premises.
“When we first started this marijuana problem, someone came in and cut down the neighbor's trees and had them put up a fence,” Bill said. “That’s the part that really bothered me.
“It's about 6 feet tall and has razor wire on top, so it looks like a prison.”
The land was then cleared and planted with what appeared to be cannabis, a type of cannabis containing less than 0.3 percent delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in cannabis that attracts users. Bill said. expensive. “
Bill said the cannabis farm hasn't produced any crops in several years.
“Right now, that doesn’t bother me at all,” he said. “I don't think I'll bother anyone anymore. There's nothing there.”
If the situation were to change, Larry, who lives on property just south of the cannabis farm, would welcome the crop with open arms.
He is an unabashed fan of “Devil's Lettuce” and has been for years. (Recreational use of cannabis became legal in Canada in October 2018.)
“I love the smell,” Larry said. “I've been smoking weed for years, but now that I'm older, I love it.”
He said he feels smoking marijuana helps him sleep, but doesn't understand why others would object to it.
“I think it's education,” Larry opined. “I think once people see how beneficial it is, their minds will change.”
Across the street, another neighbor summed up his feelings on the issue with a quote from Shakespeare.
“Much ado about nothing,” he said. “It's a crop. It's legal. I'd rather live next to a pig farm than on a pig farm.”
