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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
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Date: 2017-03-28 Time: 530 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Conference Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: General Business Session: General Session
Attendees: Members - Present:
John Costigan, Andrew Friedmann, Beth Shurland, Nancy Docktor
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
John Halsey, John Arena, Board of Selectmen,Dan Dewar, Kyle Krupa
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Darlene Foley
Topics of Discussion:
Board of Health meeting came to order at 5:32 pm on March 28, 2017 in the Conference
Room of Reading Town Hall.
The Board of Health had been asked to comment about the public health effects of the
commercial availability of marijuana. Costigan began with his perspective on the harmful
effects of marijuana on children and his similar views on the harmful effects of tobacco on
children.
After an hour's worth of discussion and comments from all present, in response to the
request from the Board of Selectmen related to the commercial distribution of recreational
marijuana within the town limits, the Board did not issue a statement.
Meeting adjourned at 7:05 pm.
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