Legalize it!

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