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Marijuana Facts
Police arrested an estimated 786,545 persons for marijuana violations in 2005, The total is the highest ever recorded by the FBI,
and comprised 42.6 percent of all drug arrests in the United States. The same year, only 603,503
arrests were made for violent crimes.
There are no documented cases of anyone dying of an overdose of marijuana.
In 2005, nearly 88.5% of all arrests for Marijuana in the US were for possession alone.
Cannabis - the most durable of the hemp plants - produces the toughest cloth, called "canvass," which was widely used as
sails for shipping because it would not rot on contact with sea spray.
The pulp from the Hemp Plant can be used as fuel. It can be burned as is or processed into charcoal, methanol, methane,
or gasoline.
There are over 60 chemicals in marijuana which may have medical uses.
The list of diseases for which cannabis can be used includes (but is not limited to): multiple sclerosis, cancer, AIDS,
glaucoma, depression, epilepsy, migraine headaches, asthma, pruritis, sclerodoma, severe pain, and dystonia.
One of the newest uses of hemp is in construction materials. Hemp can be used in the manufacture of 'press board' or
'composite board.'
Hemp can be used to make a cotton-like cloth (early Levis were made of hemp) that needs few pesticides to grow. Cotton uses
one half of the total pesticides used in the US.
Marijuana was made illegal in the US in 1937. Before that, its use was legal in most states.
Reason Magazine reported in 2003 that enforcement and treatment used for the war on drugs costs Federal, State, and Local
Governments a total of over $19,000,000,000. (Nineteen Billion Dollars!)
As of May 15, 2007, 12 states have passed laws legalizing the medical use of marijuana.
According to the organization LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) the drug war costs 69 Billion Dollars per year.
It is legal for physicians to prescribe methamphetamine, morphine, and cocaine, but not legal for physicians to prescribe
marijuana.
Who do you want making your health care decisions? You and your doctor, or the police and politicians?
Nearly 800,000 Americans are arrested on marijuana charges each year - that's one arrest every 40 seconds. And 9 out
of 10 arrests rae for possession, not sales.
Hemp is among the oldest industries on the planet, going back more than 10,000 years to the beginning of pottery. The oldest
relic of human industry is a bit of hemp fabric dating back to approximately 8,000 B.C.
Hemp has many non-food uses. Hemp is made into body care products, lamp lighting, printing, lubrications, household stain
removers, varnishes, resins, and paint. Back in 1935, approximately 58,000 tons of hemp seed was used just to make non-toxic
paint and varnish.
According to Jeffrey Miron, Professor of Economics from Harvard University, revenue from taxation of marijuana sales would range
from $2.4 billion per year if marijuana were taxed like ordinary consumer goods to $6.2 billion if it were taxed like alcohol or
tobacco.
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Marijuana Legalization Bill Picks Up Two Co-Sponsors
First decriminalization bill introduced in Congress in 24 years
May 6, 2008
US Rep. Barney Frank introduced two bills in the US House on April 17, 2008, that address federal penalties for possession of marijuana and the use of medical marijuana, respectively. The bill, cosponsored by Reps. Ron Paul and William Lacy Clay, would eliminate all federal penalties, including arrest, jail time, and civil fines, prohibiting the personal use and possession of up to 100 grams of marijuana. This is the first decriminalization bill introduced in Congress in 24 years. "It is poor law enforcement to keep on the books legislation that establishes as a crime something which in fact society does not seriously wish to prosecute," Congressman Frank said in a statement.
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Drugs, Libertarians, and the 2008 Presidential Campaign
There is life beyond the two major political parties
April 26, 2008
It's a little more than six months to the November elections, and most observers are focused on the battle between Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the Democratic Party nomination, with Republican nominee-in-waiting Senator John McCain garnering less attention. But there is life beyond the two major political parties, and it is the third parties, especially the Greens and the Libertarians, and the independent Ralph Nader candidacy, where radical drug policy platforms are the norm -- not the exception. The Libertarians have traditionally been anti-prohibitionist, and their current drug policy issue statement and drug policy platform this year are no exception. The Libertarians are fighting it out to see who will carry the party's banner in November. Now, drug reformers will once again have to fight it out over whether to support reformists or revolutionaries when it comes to our issue.
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Door Closed to Med Pot Users
Transplant Standards Tough on Medical Marijuana Users
April 26, 2008
Timothy Garon's face and arms are hauntingly skeletal, but the fluid building up in his abdomen makes the 56-year-old musician look eight months pregnant. His liver, ravaged by hepatitis C, is failing. Without a new one, his doctors tell him, he will be dead in days. But Garon's been refused a spot on the transplant list, largely because he has used marijuana, even though it was legally approved for medical reasons. No one tracks how many patients are denied transplants over medical marijuana use. Pro-marijuana groups have cited a handful of cases, including at least two patient deaths, in Oregon and California, since the mid-to-late 1990s, when states began adopting medical marijuana laws.
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Brewer ordered to stop using 'Legal Weed' bottle caps
Mount Shasta Brewing Co in Weed, California
April 24, 2008
Vaune Dillmann thought the wording on his bottle caps was just a clever play on the name of the Northern California town where he brews his beer - Weed. Federal alcohol regulators thought differently. They have ordered Dillmann to stop selling beer bottles with caps that say "Try Legal Weed." In a letter explaining its decision, the agency, which regulates the brewing industry, said the wording could "mislead consumers about the characteristics of the alcoholic beverage." Dillmann, 61, started the Mount Shasta Brewing Co. in 2004. He said he has always used the town's name on his beers and named the company's first official brew Abner Weed's Pale Ale.
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