2. 1619 Jamestown Colony Law
Wikipedia. Legal history of cannabis in the United States.
Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_history_of_cannabis_in_the_United_States
3. 1619 Jamestown Colony Law
Wikipedia. Legal history of cannabis in the United States.
Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_history_of_cannabis_in_the_United_States
5. Marihuana Tax Act of 1937
Wikipedia. Legal history of cannabis in the United States.
Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_history_of_cannabis_in_the_United_States
7. February 1938"
“The New Billion-Dollar Crop”
Drug Library. The New Billion Dollar Crop
Retrieved from: http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/history/newbilln.htm
9. Hemp Control Act of 1948
Wikipedia. Legal and medical status of cannabis.
Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_medical_status_of_cannabis
10. 1974 Tulane University Study
“The most reliable
scientific sources
say, permanent
brain damage is one
of the inevitable
results of the use of
marijuana.”
FindArticles. Steal this urine test.
Retrieved from: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1510/is_n58/ai_6410557/
12. Reports
• The LeGuardia
Committee Report
1944, New York
• Ganga in Jaimaica:
A Medical Anthropological
Study of Chronic
• The Wootton Report
Marijuana Use
1968, England
1975, Jaimaica
• The Le Dain Report
• A Study in Chronic
1970, Canada
Marijuana Use
1980, Costa Rica
• The Consumers Union Report
on Licit and Illicit Drugs
• Cannabis: Our Position for a
1972, United States
Canadian Public Policy
2002, Canadian Senate
• The Shafer Report
1972, United States
13. Medical Marijuana
• Alzheimer’s Disease
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Chronic Pain
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Dystonia
• Fibromyalgia
• Gastrointestinal Disorders
• Hepatitis C
• HIV
• Hypertension
• Incontinence
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Pruritus
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Sleep Apnea
• Tourette’s Syndrome
NORML. Research of Medical Marijuana.
Retrieved from: http://norml.org/component/zoo/category/recent-research-on-medical-marijuana
14. Marijuana Prohibition
• It Costs Over $7.7 Billion Annually to Fund U.S. Marijuana
Prohibition
• Nearly Three Quarters of a Million Marijuana Arrests Occur Each
Year
• $4.2 Billion in Lost Productivity Wasted by Locking Them Up
• 135,488 are Currently Behind Bars for Felony
• Marijuana Offenses $2 Billion Annually to House Them
• 20,000 Defendants Locked Up Awaiting Trial for Felony Marijuana
Charges
• It Cost About $85 Million to House Them
• $2 Billion Likely Cost for Marijuana Arrests Since 1998
• An Estimated $257 Million Spent on Probation Costs From
1998-2001
Change the climate. Marijuana arrest costs.
Retrieved from: http://www.changetheclimate.org/news/arrest_costs.php
15. Alcohol Prohibition
All things expounded. Prohibition and violent crime.
Retrieved from: http://www.allthingsexpounded.com/2011/10/prohibition-and-violent-crime/