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1. By
Gtea

2. MARIJUANA HEMP
 It is a naturally growing  Strongest Natural Fiber
Plant in the world
 It has Medicinal Purposes
 Multipurpose
 Glaucoma
 Can be Eaten
 Epilepsy
 Can be used to make
 Nausea
BioFuel
 Insomnia
 Used to make paper and
 Super High LD-50 cloth
 No proven serious long-term  Easy to grow cause it is
effects after all a Weed.

3.  20 grams or less  Any Amount
 1,000 Fine with possible jail
 1 year and 1,000 (1st time)
time up to a year (Misdem.)
 25 plants or more
 15 days mandatory
 10,000 Fine and 15 years  90 days Mandatory
 Having a Bong with resin on  Sale of Drug Related
you Items
 1 year and 1,000
 3 years (felony)
 Mandatory Minimum
Sentence State.

4. LEGALIZATION PROHIBITION

5.  Current Medical Prices:  Local Cost:
 21 a gram
 11 a gram
 600 an Oz (28)
 308 an Oz  9,600 a Lb
 4,928 a Lb  Annual Cost to Enforce
 95% of Original Cost to  (7.7 BILLION Federal Budget)
enforce is removed  10,078,000,000 Billion Budget
for CDC alone
 Added average 13% State  2,400,000,000 Billion Budget
Sales Tax Revenue for the FDC alone
 Hypothetical Addition of  Income Loss of Approx.
Income 1,702,537 people
 ($27,800 avg. income)

6.  Extended approximately 14 years
 Attributed Directly to a spike in Crime
throughout the time period
 It gave birth to gangsters such as
 Al Capone
 Lucky Luciano
 Machine Gun Kelly
 Created the Speak-Easy
 500 Million Dollars per year (7 billion total)

7. CANNABIS ALCOHOL

8. How does Cannabis Currently effect the
Economy?
“Using Medical Marijuana as an example.
Cannabis has benefited our economy but only
put a bandage on a bullet wound in the larger
spectrum.”
Should Cannabis be Legalized?
“Educate yourself on the Plant by doing research
and then develop your own informed
opinion.”

9.  The Union: The Business behind Getting High  http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/200
 http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addicti 9/02/budget_crunch_f.html
on/issues/marijuana.html  http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/
 http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytext 4557.html
books/economicbotany/Cannabis/index.html  Marijuana Reconsidered by Dr. Lester
 http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/11/magazines Grinspoon
/fortune/medical_marijuana_legalizing.fortune  Ultimate Grow by Jorge Cervantes
/index.htm?postversion=2009091116  The Magic Weed
 http://www.justice.gov/dea/ongoing/pipedre  http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=
ams.html 5478
 http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2003/Februar  http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009
y/03_crm_106.htm /nov/18/colorado-to-tax-sales-of-medical-
 http://www.businessweek.com/investor/conte marijuana/
nt/jul2006/pi20060706_849785.htm  http://www.businessweek.com/debateroom/a
 http://www.bop.gov/news/research_projects/ rchives/2009/03/legalize_mariju.html
published_reports/pub_vs_priv/oreprres_note.  http://www.mpp.org/states/district-of-
pdf columbia/news/senate-committee-weighs-
 http://www.lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/crim_jus costs.html
tice/cj_anl08008.aspx  Cannabis Bible
 http://www.dc.state.fl.us/secretary/press/200  Undisclosed Sources
8/budget2.html

10. Q’s and A’s