Legalization of Marijuana

Overview

Lowering of Crime Economic Reasons Safety Other Drugs People's Rights Medical Benefits

Facts about Marijuana

+200 different names

THC

From hemp plant

Proposition 19

Act to legalize marijuana

Treat like alcohol

Taxed

Did not pass

Lowering of Crime

Street crimes

Lower crime rates

Selling price

Terrorist and Drug Dealers

Stop drug wars Take power away Limit terrorism

Law Enforcement

More time

Concentrate on serious crimes

Free up jails

Revenue

$7 billion a year

$1.4 in California

America's cash crop

Prohibition

$13 billion

Money and time

Jail space

44,000 people

Safety

Safe money Government control “lacing” Drug dealers

Tobacco

400,000 people

Diseases and Cancer

Second hand smoke

Shortened life span

Alcohol

50,000 people

Drunk Driving

Disease and Cancers

People's Rights

Life's little pleasures

America must embrace

Personal choice

Medical Benefits

Aids many patients

Deal with pain

15 states

Own industry

Contradicting Statements

Marijuana is a schedule 1 drug

“Gateway drug”

Cocaine is a schedule 2 drug

Government says marijuana is harmful

There has been no proven facts saying marijuana is harmful or has ever killed anyone.

Contradicting Statements (cont.)

Medical marijuana is legal in some states.

To the federal government it is illegal.

They can raid any medical marijuana facility because the federal government has control over states.

Questions

Pictures cited

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http://hashexpress.wordpress.com/proposition-19-facts/

http://eastpdxnews.com/fire-and-police/police-team-continues-to-bag-drugs-guns-and-criminals

http://thetension.blogspot.com/2007/11/combat-camera-forces-find-terrorist.html/

http://lonestarrising.blogspot.com/2009/03/former-colombian-drug-cartel-prosecutor.html

http://laist.com/2010/02/18/dea_la_city_attorneys_take_separate.php

http://www.legaljuice.com/index.html?page=9

http://www.examiner.com/norml-in-madison/madison-marijuana-prohibition-related-robbery-reiterates-war-on-pot-a-counterproductive-fraud

http://igossip.com/gossip/kfc_marijuana_dispensary_1/878182

http://startyourcollective.com

http://www.andrewparisi.com/tobacco/rs.html

http://dawnmwilliams.com/alcohol.html

http://www.antisoccermom.com/tag/thc/

http://london.indymedia.org/articles/1448

http://consciousreggae.org/category/news/marijuana-laws

Works Cited

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Drum, Kevin. "EBSCOhost: THE PATRIOT'S GUIDE TO LEGALIZATION." EBSCO Publishing Service Selection Page. July-Aug. 2009. Web. 08 Nov. 2010. <http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=2&hid=13&sid=0972f41d-7820-4bae-a589-3>.

McKinley, Jesse. "Strategizing Legalization’s Pros and Cons." Www.nytimes.com. New York Times, 23 Apr. 2010. Web. 08 Nov. 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/24potside.html>.

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"NIDA - Publications - Marijuana: Facts for Teens." Marijuana: Facts for Teens. NIDA. Web. 08 Nov. 2010. <http://www.nida.nih.gov/marijbroch/Marijteens.html>.

North American Industrial Hemp Council. "Hemp Facts." North American Industrial Hemp Council, Oct. 1997. Web. 08 Nov. 2010. <http://naihc.org/hemp_information/hemp_facts.html>.

Super High Me. Dir. Michael Blieden. Perf. Doug Benson. Sixth Way Productions, 2008. DVD.