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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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Amon, Jakuri. "Marijuana Legalization - The Facts of Proposition 19." Business Marketing Denver Colorado. 27 Aug. 2010. Web. 08 Nov. 2010. <http://www.mmjbusiness.com/mmj-blog/bid/50509/Marijuana-Legalization-The-Facts-of-Proposition-19>.
"Basic Facts About Drugs: Marijuana." ACDE Home Page. 1999. Web. 08 Nov. 2010. <http://www.acde.org/common/Marijana.htm>.
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>.
Messerli, Joe Messerli. "BalancedPolitics.org - Legalization of Marijuana (Pros & Cons, Arguments For and Against)." BalancedPolitics.org - Free Balanced, Non-Partisan Discussion of Political & Social Issues for Debate (Pros and Cons - Decision Making Politics). Web. 08 Nov. 2010. <http://www.balancedpolitics.org/marijuana_legalization.htm>.
"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.