Did You Realize?
By Ron S. Niehouse, Executive Director (Medical Cannabis Journal) (California)
09-28-2011
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...that every newborn who breast feeds will receive cannabinoids thru breast milk? This helps to stimulate the baby’s appetite?
...law enforcement makes an average of over 700,000 marijuana-related arrests yearly?
...87% of marijuana-related arrests are for an insignificant amount? Often being less than one ounce. Penalties and there severity vary from state to state.
...if you are in the State of California and you have less than one ounce of marijuana, without a doctor’s recommendation, you can be issued a fine of $50, and have no record pertaining to the incident. This was passed and is supported by the Governor of California in September, 2010. We now have a new Governor, Jerry Brown.
...the United States of America spends somewhere between $10 and $15 billion dollars annually to hunt down and arrest recreational and medicinal marijuana users?
...in Alabama, three marijuana-related convictions can be very serious? On your third marijuana related conviction you could face 15 years to life in prison. Often for an insignificant amount of cannabis.
...marijuana can be used as a reason for the government to force your children into the state’s foster care system? Fighting for the custody of your children, coupled with the legal-fees associated with a marijuana-related arrest, can ultimately destroy economic-stability and sound family structures.
...according to the DEA’s Controlled Substance Act, marijuana is a schedule I drug and is wrongfully considered more dangerous than heroin, morphine, Percocet, methamphetamine and cocaine?
...according to U.S. history there have never been a majority of citizens who claim to support the legalization of marijuana? The California Field Poll shows that 56% of Californians support taxation and regulation. They would also like cannabis to have similar availability as alcohol and cigarettes.
...THC is not completely harmless yet it is safer than water. Although a person can overdose on H2O there is no evidence supporting the possibility of an overdose on THC?
Please see: Drugpolicy.org
Resources:
1. National Review, www.nationalreview.com
June 12, 2004 titled “Going to Pot”. By Ethan A. Nadelmann
The Growing movement toward ending America’s irrational marijuana prohibition.
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