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| large numbers of people are affected by the stringent enforcement of our nations marijuana laws. |
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| how are the people affected? |
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700,000 people are arrested on mary j charges each yr
600,000 are confined to jails and prisons
87% arrests are for nothing more than simple possession of small quantities |
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| Americans are in favor to decriminalize mary j because |
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| 72% believe that fines, not imprisonment are appropriate sanctions for violating mary j laws. |
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| how many americans support medical mary j use |
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talks about the nature and limits of power that can legitimately exercised by society over an individual
-says that ONLY purpose for which power can rightfully be exercised over any member of a civilize community against his will is to prevent HARM to others. |
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The rest of the article is about
Ethan A. Nadelmann VS. John P. Walters. |
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-Nadelmann believes that the criminalization of mary j is costly. foolish and destructive.
-Walters believes that our mary j laws are an effective SAFEGUARD. |
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| Nadelmann says mary j laws are foolish and destructive for example: |
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-alabama imprisons people convicted 3 times of simple mary j possession for 15 yrs to life.
-& foreignborn residents can be deported
- parents mary j use may send their kids to foster care |
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2 out every 5 americans say the gov. should treat mary j as it does alcohol
it should regulate it, control it, tax it, and only make it illegal for kids |
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100 million of americans ages 18-50 have tried mary j atleast once.
talked about the presidents and politicians that have smoked |
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| 700,000 arrests per yr for mary j offenses, the same number of arrested each yr for cocaine, heroin, meth, ecstasy and all the others COMBINED. |
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thousands are locked up because they couldnt pass the urine test
more than half the states suspend drivers licenses of people who arrested for mary j possession even tho they were not driving at the time of arrest |
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they say mary j is the GATEWAY drug for other drugs. but thats yes and no.
trying to reduce heroin addiction by preventing mary j use, its been said is like trying to reduce motorcycle fatalities by cracking down on bicycle riding. |
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| Mary j is more available today than 30 yrs ago |
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Mary j IS ADDICTIVE.
but it is least addictive and least damaging of all commonly used psychoactive drugs even those that are legal |
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mary j is not associated with violent behavior and only minimally with reckless sexual behavior
lung cancers involving mary j is RARE. |
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| heavy mary j smokers smoke only a fraction of what cig addicts smoke |
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few american who enter treatment for mary j are addicted. they go voluntarily
criminalizing mary j for adults doesnt prevent young people from doing it |
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| more than 80% of high school students report mary j is easy to get. "the forbidden fruit" |
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| Federal law still prohibits medical mary j, but every state ballot initiative to legalize medical mary j has been approved in states further west |
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even congress is beginning to turn; but were directed to vote against it
Drug czar and DEA spokesperson recite there is no such thing as medical mary j |
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He gave an example of a person who died because they couldn't get their treatment which was mary j
Mary j has transferred from being a hippie drug to helping MS, cancer and Aid patients |
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| Talked about the california proposition 215 |
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| Dutch policy the netherlands coffee shop, they started decriminalization of cannabis by parliament in 1976 |
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provide mary j to people with patient ID card or doctors recommendation
Should mary j be allowed to be smoked by regular people?
yes more and more americans are apt to describe some or all of their mary j use as MEDICAL as the definition of that term evolves |
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| it evolves by people saying they use mary j the same reason people drink alcohol or take pharmaceutical drugs. |
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| He talked about how they put so many ads and anti alcohol for alcohol and then 2 yrs later it was legalized |
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| he said alcohol prohibition made a lot more sense than mary j prohibition does today, and it too was a disaster. |
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| Walters says Mary j laws are a safeguard |
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-the legalization would increase drug use, health care costs and further burden our educational system
-legalizing medical mary j will not satisfy the people |
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-FDA(food and drug administration) says no evidence that mary j actually helped people with medical needs.
-in fact it worsen their health |
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taxing and producing and distributing mary j will cause more issues
1. drug will increase
2. legalization will not eliminate mary j use among young people any more than legalizing alcohol eliminates underage drinking |
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| Law enforcement cannot tell the difference between legal and illegal mary j. black market will take control and growing your own mary j will take control |
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there will be a lot of stone bus drivers and tuckers
Health care and employment benefits costs will increase
and mary j will be a further burden to educational system |
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says the truth is there are laws against mary j because mary j is harmful
every yr medical research discovers greater dangers from smoking it that links to serious illnesses to risk of cancer and utero exposures |
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-Mary j does the MOST social harm of any illegal drug
-it is currently the leading cause of treatment need
-justice system arrests 700,000 mary j users a yr |
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he says they are not prosecuting the innocent.
says those in prisons are in prisons on drug convictions are true criminals involved in drug trafficking, repeat offenses, or violent crime |
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-removing legal sanction endangers the public and fails to help the offender
-Mary j role in emergency room has tripled in the past decade. |
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6% of the population age 12 and over use mary j everyday
he says mary j is better off being illegal cause than it will be like alcohol. bad for the people
11% reduction in youth mary j use over the last 2 years |
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he said drug legalizers goal is clearly to identifiable: tolerated addiction.
people will not be satisfied with medical mary j |
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| Ending of the article talks about |
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| 1937 is when mary j tax act banned recreational and medicinal uses of mary j |
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| 1998 harvard school of public health study showed |
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78% of americans say the anti-drug efforts failed
94% believe US has lost control of the illegal drug problem
58% say it is getting worse
14% say legalize it
the MAJORITY favored more severe prison sentences |
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| but a more recent survey says |
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| 34% favored making mary j legal |
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