Pro-Marijuana advocates continue to promote propaganda that marijuana is safe & harmless for individuals and our society. Facts, research, statistics ... the reality of using & legalizing marijuana.

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3. Most varieties of pot sold today are hybrids of both Cannabis indica and Cannibas sativa,
which produce different kinds of highs. .
Colorado has no such cap. You can find advertising in Colorado right now where they're
advertising smokable [pot] in the upper 20's -- 28 percent THC."
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4. Do you remember the lies of cigarette companies?
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5. Do you remember the lies of cigarette companies?
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6. 9% of people who try marijuana become addicted
17% (or 1 in 6) for those who start using in their teens
20-50% for daily users
This impacts academics, athletics, graduation rates, college,… overall success in life.
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7. Complaints by visitors and first time users is rampart. The cookie that killed him was within
the legal limits 65 nanograms. Colorado law says juries can assume someone is driving
while impaired if their blood contains more than 5 nanograms per milliliter.
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8. Medicine or harmful drug
Alcohol is legal and regulated. Its use is our nation’s No. 3 cause of preventable death,
behind diet-
related illness. Alcohol use costs our country at least $185 billion annually — which is also
roughly
10 times the amount of money our state and federal governments collect from today’s
taxes on the
substance (HHS)
Alcohol is eliminated from the body in a few hours, but THC stays in the body for weeks,
possibly months, depending on the length and intensity of usage.
THC damages the immune system. Alcohol does not.
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9. Pharmacognosy is the study of medicines derived from natural sources. The American
Society of Pharmacognosy defines pharmacognosy as "the study of the physical,
chemical, biochemical and biological properties of drugs, drug substances or potential
drugs or drug substances of natural origin as well as the search for new drugs from natural
sources.“
Today about 40% of our medications comes from plant extracts or synthesized plant
compounds.
Isolated ingredients replaced the whole plant in mainstream medicine. These new drugs
were stronger, and the dose of active ingredients given to a patient could be more
accurately measured and controlled.
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10. “Currently, their use is largely superseded by more effective modern medicines.” WHO
Quinine Available in US as approved by FDA in minute quantities. Lupus & arthritis
Before used to give a person a piece of willow bark to chew throughout the day. Today
take ½ aspirin twice a day.
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11. How do you know the amount, how often, are there side effects… how potent? How do
‘organic’ plant use answer these questions? Try and error not research.
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13. Years ago opium was mixed with cigarettes to making smoking it easier… today drug
dealers have been known to mix heroin with marijuana to make a customer more addicted
and thus a more frequent customer.
Which of these “medicines” would you choose for yourself or family? Trial and error or
reseach.
There is a reason we don’t smoke medicine… It is not a safe method of administration.
Oxycodone is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from poppy-derived thebaine
Codeine is the second-most predominant alkaloid in opium, at up to three percent.
Although codeine can be extracted from natural sources, a semi-synthetic process is the
primary source of codeine for pharmaceutical use.
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14. Modern medicine now tends to use the active ingredients of plants rather than the whole
plants
Both Satavex and Epidioloex are on track for FDA approval. Sativex is already approved in
several other counties and is on its last phase of the FDA approval process and Epidioloex
has just been granted Orphan drug status with the FDA meaning that physicians can use it
in Investigative Drug Trials for kids with sezuire disorders.
Which one do you think is safer?
Which one would you give a loved one?
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15. Effectiveness and risks as a medicine, Interactions with other drugs, Impact on pre-existing
conditions. Establish quantity of dose, Frequency and duration of administration, Route or
method of administration
None of the FDA approval process has been addressed using smoked pot as a medicine.
Isn’t calling smoked pot a medicine a huge step backwards in healthcare?
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18. “Legalization will cause consumption of marijuana to increase and this will have direct
economic costs in terms of healthcare, social services and criminal justice.”
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19. 1) Volunteer to help spread the word… pass out information, e-mail friends, secure
presentation engagements for speakers…
get business cards printed with information (see website) and pass out, pass out, talk to
everyone
2) Donate at VoteNo2Pot….
Make a donation for billboards, literature, radio & TV ads… general funds. No money will
be spent on admin costs
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