Dear General Assembly Members, This is a nonpartisan matter that is impacting our country everywhere. It is shameful to legalize weed, cannabis, or marijuana. Now more than ever there is so much medical factual information available about the negative short and long term effects on people’s mental, emotional, and physical health. This is nothing positive or cool about it. We know about the harmful side effects of cigarette smoking and how it affects people who inhale it as second hand smoke. The same goes with breathing marijuana smoke. You all talk about “climate change”, but polluting our air is not way to do it. Many apartments, condos and other places are forced to smell marijuana from outside playing , walking, and even through the ventilation system in their own home unit buildings. Imagine little kids breathing in these toxic chemicals? How is that right? Many people cannot afford to move somewhere else. Again, it is disgraceful when some politicians on either side lower the standards and expectations for their own political agenda instead of doing what is right for all Virginians. Please do not legalize marijuana, cannabis, etc. Stand up against drugs !