MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION

BASIC INFO

• Nicknames: Weed, Pot, Mary Jane etc.
• Class: Schedule 1drug

HISTORY

• 24 states prohibited marijuana by 1930
• 1937 Marijuana Tax Act
• 1938 FDCA creates drug testing procedures
• 1960's marijuana spreads toward middle class
• 1985 synthetic THC for cancer patients

HARRY J. ANSLINGER IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FATHER OF WEED PROHIBITON

HARRY J. ANSLINGER IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FATHER OF WEED PROHIBITION.

CURRENT STATE

• Cannabis is legal is Colorado and Washington
• 17 states have seen bills introduced to legalize weed
• 30 states live under decriminalization

CURRENT STATE

NEGATIVE

• Marijuana linked to lowering IQs
• "Marijuana has a stronger effect on younger brains"
• Effects can include reckless driving and poor school performance
• Smoking pot can cause harm to lungs
• Marijuana is 20 times more potent today

NEGATIVE

• Marijuana use is linked to lower IQs
• "Marijuana has a stronger effect onyounger brains"
• Effects can include reckless driving and poor school performance
• Smoking weed can cause harm to the lungs
• Marijuana is 20 times more potent today

POSITIVE

• Zero deaths from overdose
• Pain reliever
• Hemp makes paper, clothing, plastics, cosemetics etc
• Regulation believed to make $14 billion in tax revenues
• More job and economic opportunities

SOLUTIONS

• Regulation like alcohol and tobacco
• Less money spent on "war on drugs"
• Government gain new sources for tax revenues