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Legalize it!By: Chris Sanchez
Cannabis
• Groups of flowering plants that includes
Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis
ruderalis.
• Strands indica and sativa are used to get “high”
• THC is the psychoactive compound in cannabis
• Male plant is used in hemp
Hemp
• Used as paper (Declaration of independence and
Constitution)
• Could even pay your taxes in hemp
• Biodegradable plastics
• Clothing
• Gasoline
• Construction
Conspiracy
Conspirators
• Harry J. Anslinger was the nephew-in-law to Andrew
Mellon
• Andrew Mellon (U.S. Secretary of Treasury) large
investments in Gulf Oil
• Du Pont Family made breakthroughs in oil refining and
paper treatment
• William Randolph Hearst owned a major newspaper
corporation
Weed is bad…mmmkay
• Dr. Robert Hearst of Tulane University conducted his
famous scientific research in 1974
• He concluded cannabis caused brain damage
• Used monkeys and even suffocated them during his tests
On the contrary!
• Cannabis has recently been found to reduce
the size of tumor in lab rats
• Cancer patients have found pain and nausea
relief
• Has helped people with anorexia and PTSD
• Dr. Sanjay Gupta apologized for overlooking the
legitimacy of medicinal marijuana
The side effects
• Lowest addiction rate of the
controlled substances
• Not a single documented
death attributed to cannabis
overdose
• Schedule 1 drug according to
the DEA
Money Talks
• In an article written in Bloomberg
BusinessWeek, the possible tax revenue
yielded per year could amount to $40 billion to
$100 billion
• US spends about $50 billion on the War on
Drugs
Crime Reduction
• Number of people arrested for marijuana law
violation in 2012 was 749,825
• Highest incarceration rate in the world
• 200,000+ have lost financial aid eligibility
Proposition 19
• Is a Californian proposition to legalize cannabis
• Will be treated much like alcohol laws
• Must be 21 to possess
• Penalties for driving under the influence
• Providing to minors
• Smoking in public or school grounds
Final Thoughts
• Cannabis has been given a bad rep
• Recently more people are becoming aware of its
beneficial properties
• Has become popular and profound healing herb
• If legalized we could see fewer incarcerations
• Fewer drug related crimes
• Increase of tax revenue
• JUST SAY NOW! YES TO PROP 19!!!
R.I.P. Paul Walker and Roger Rodas
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