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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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30-year-old legal precedent bites dust
Police in Washington can't arrest all people in a car just because an officer catches a whiff.
July 17, 2008
Police in Washington can't arrest a group of people in a car just because an officer catches a whiff of marijuana. That's the word from the state Supreme Court, in a ruling that overturns a nearly 30-year-old legal precedent in Washington. Today's unanimous decision says individual privacy rights prevent police from arresting multiple people in a car, if the only evidence is the smell of drugs. But the court says police can still search the car for more evidence based only on the smell of drugs.
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Seattle police seize marijuana patient files
Federally protected medical records now in the havds of Vice Squad
July 16, 2008
Seattle police seized files on nearly 600 medical marijuana patients when officers searched the headquarters of a patient support group, activists said Wednesday. The police "have a heck of a lot of patient records I don't think they should have," said Douglas Hiatt, a Seattle attorney who specializes in medical marijuana cases. "For one thing, those records are protected under federal privacy laws. If you're a medical marijuana patient, you don't want the police to know who you are or where you live, and this is why - because you don't get treated very well." Under Washington's medical marijuana law, doctors can authorize patients to have as much as a 60-day supply of marijuana to treat symptoms of AIDS, cancer and other debilitating or chronic conditions. The law doesn't define what a 60-day supply is, but the state Health Department proposed this month that it be defined as 24 ounces of usable pot, along with six mature plants and 18 immature plants. Marijuana remains illegal under federal law.
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Human Drug Dogs
Lawyer Wants Troopers to Prove Pot-Sniffing Abilities
July 10, 2008
The lawyer for a man accused of having 10 pounds of marijuana said something about the arrest smells. He wants two Georgia State Patrol troopers to prove they can sniff out pot tied up in a trash bag inside a car trunk. If troopers Jeff Adamson and Kevin Turner are unable to repeat the feat with a random car in the Gordon County courthouse parking lot, attorney David West says the evidence against Jarmane Vernon Knox should be suppressed for lack of probable cause for a search. West says: "If these officers really think they are human drug dogs, let's put them to the test."
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Oregon initiative to sell marijuana in stores
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission would manage the program
July 8, 2008
Could marijuana ever be sold in retail stores in Oregon? If supporters of cannabis legalization have their way, that could be a reality as soon as November of 2010. This week, marijuana legalization activists kicked off a campaign to collect more than 80,000 signatures, enough to put that plan onto the statewide ballot in 2010. The group says millions of dollars would flow annually into Oregon's general fund through the sale of marijuana to adults over 21 years old. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission would manage the program, which would license approved individuals to cultivate the product for sale. A portion of the taxes collected would go to drug treatment. Oregon already has a medical marijuana program.
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