Dear Editor,

Press reports from Washington State and from Colorado clearly indicate that the recent votes on legalization of marijuana are having a dramatic effect. Prosecutions of pot users have virtually ended, allowing states to redirect policing resources to more important issues.

We are already seeing a dramatic effect on tourism, as more Canadians head south to take advantage of a weekend outing and a legal puff: a whole new meaning to cross-border shopping. Washington State is becoming a tourist destination for cannabis connoisseurs.

Border communities like Langley can only watch as tourists (and dollars) head south.

Wally Martin, Langley