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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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Public to Obama: What's your stand on marijuana?
Cannabis Issues Dominate Obama's "Open for Questions" Website
December 19, 2008
In the short twenty four hours the "Open for Questions" segment of Obama's change.gov website actually stayed open, 7300 questions were posted, 10,000 people participated and 600,000 votes were cast for the most important issues on people’s minds. Guess which question had the most votes? "Will you consider legalizing marijuana so that the government can regulate it, tax it, put age limits on it, and create millions of new jobs and create a billion dollar industry right here in the U.S.?"
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Wall Street Journal: Let's End Drug Prohibition
Most Americans agreed that alcohol suppression was worse than alcohol consumption.
December 7, 2008
Today is the 75th anniversary of that blessed day in 1933 when Utah became the 36th and deciding state to ratify the 21st amendment, thereby repealing the 18th amendment. This ended the nation's disastrous experiment with alcohol prohibition. When repeal came, it was not just with the support of those with a taste for alcohol, but also those who disliked and even hated it but could no longer ignore the dreadful consequences of a failed prohibition. They saw what most Americans still fail to see today: That a failed drug prohibition can cause greater harm than the drug it was intended to banish.
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Netherlands to shutter pot shops
Amsterdam's mayor to search for loopholes in new rules laid down by government that would close marijuana cafes
December 6, 2008
The news comes just one day after Amsterdam's mayor said he would search for loopholes in new rules laid down by the national government that would close marijuana cafes near schools citywide. The measures announced Saturday would affect about 36 coffee shops in the center itself -- a little less than 20 percent of the city total. Marijuana is technically illegal in the Netherlands, but prosecutors won't press charges for possession of small amounts. Coffee shops are able to sell it openly.
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Marijuana Could Be Good for Memory
Low doses of marijuana could be good for memory, and even help prevent Alzheimer's disease
November 22, 2008
When given a compound similar to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, rat brains displayed reduced levels of inflammation associated with Alzheimer's disease. The drug also stimulated the production of proteins associated with memory formation and brain cell growth. Marchalant and fellow OSU psychologist Gary Wenk previously showed that marijuana can improve memory formation in rats. The latest research, presented at this week's Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, provides a detailed look at THC's effect on the brain.
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