By Olivia Scheck
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — The city's special narcotics prosecutor spoke out against a bill that could legalize medial marijuana in New York State, the New York Post reported Thursday.
Bridget Brennan, whose office handles an average of 3,000 indictments each year, according to the department's website, warned that the bill could cause marijuana dispensaries to become more popular than Starbucks, the Post said.
"I am writing to express concern for the public health and safety of all New Yorkers, if the 'medical marijuana bill' should pass," Brennan wrote in a letter to lawmakers, according to the paper.
"Dispensaries have proven to be public nuisances and magnets for crime."
Specifically, Brennan took issue with the bill's failure to limit the number of delivery centers that would be allowed under the law. She also objected that patients would not be required to meet with a "doctor in good standing" before receiving the drug.
Fifty one percent of New York City residents support the legalization of medical marijuana, according to a Siena Research Institute poll conducted earlier this year.