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Taxing California by intoxicating Californians with Marijuana is un-American! Take a stand against Proposition 19 and vote NO!
Marijuana Use Can Cause Dental Problems
Study shows marijuana can cause gum disease. www.reuters.com
Legalization of cannabis would bring on a whole new way for adults to look at the youth.
Effects on youth here
Real Stories & Real Consequences As A Result Of Marijuana Use (Video) here
...Title and Summary: The Regulate, Control & Tax Cannabis Act 2010
And Now...
Some Sobering Words From Former U.S. Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey
DRUG PREVENTION IS A MUST –
and it must start at the kitchen table, be on the curriculum in schools -- and be reinforced in: athletic programs; religious programs; pediatric offices; and in extra-curricular activities.
Kids that are busy are less likely to abuse drugs – the most dangerous time for kids is when they are home unsupervised after school. (The California Governor is cutting childcare programs as part of wide-spread budget cuts affecting the poor. That means many children will in fact be UNSUPERVISED. Source here )
Parent-led and community-supported programs are essential.
Among 12-17 year olds, 6.7% reported past month marijuana use. 16.5% of 18-25 year olds and 4.2% of those aged 26 or older reported past month use of marijuana.
In 2008, there were 2.2M persons aged 12 or older who had used marijuana for the first time within the past 12 months; this averages to about 6,000 initiates per day.
A 2002 SAMHSA report, concludes that the younger children are when they first use marijuana, the more likely they are to use cocaine and heroin and become dependent on drugs as adults.
Results of the 2008 Monitoring the Future survey indicate that 14.6% of eighth graders, 29.9% of tenth graders, and 42.6% of twelfth graders reported lifetime use of marijuana.
Additional results indicate that 19.7% of students reported current (past month) use of marijuana (YRBSS).
Approximately 47.5% of college students and 56.7% of young adults (ages 19–28) surveyed in 2007 reported lifetime use of marijuana.
The Institute of Medicine concluded that "marijuana is not a modern medicine."
Medicines should not be approved by popular vote but must undergo rigorous clinical trials and then be approved by FDA.
HHS Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) data indicate marijuana is involved in nearly 300,000 Emergency Room visits annually.
For treatment facility admissions, marijuana was the primary drug of abuse in some 200,000 cases in 1997 but 300,000 ten years later, in 2007.
77.6% of State prisoners and 71.2% of Federal prisoners surveyed in 2004 indicated that they used marijuana/hashish at some point in their lives. (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
If you got locked up for marijuana, you were most likely doing significant criminal activity. Among Federal offenders sentenced for marijuana-related charges, 97.8% of cases involved trafficking.
Marijuana is a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act. Schedule I drugs are classified as having a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug under medical supervision.
In the case of United States v. Oakland Cannabis Club the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that marijuana has no medical value as determined by Congress. The opinion of the court stated that: "In the case of the Controlled Substances Act, the statute reflects a determination that marijuana has no medical benefits worthy of an exception outside the confines of a government-approved research project.” The case reached the U.S. Supreme Court after the federal government sought an injunction in 1998 against the Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative and five other marijuana distributors in California.
If pot is legalized, more people who have never tried it before will be trying it, and after they do they will get in their car and they will be driving on our streets endangering other drivers and pedestrians, creating an insurance nightmare as a result of DUI related traffic accidents.
Will legalizing Marijuana place our National Security at risk?
We think so.
How will California defend itself against the enemy both foreign and domestic, in a newly intoxicated condition? - Not very well.
The Department of Homeland Security has the threat level in the airline sector set to level “Orange” or “High.” The next threat level would be “Red” for “Severe.” With marijuana legalization, drug paraphernalia would become yet another source of concern for airline security. We cannot afford to be casual about many items, which are banned from being brought on a plane. Drug paraphernalia would add a long list of items, which we must not be burdened with. -
DHS threat level assessment here
Legalization of cannabis would bring on a whole new way for adults to look at the youth.
Effects on youth here
