2005-05-19
DRUG WARS
Alaska has successfully beaten back efforts to re-criminalize marijuana | After months of round-the-clock lobbying and grassroots organizing, marijuana will remain safe and legal on the North Slope |
Last September the Alaska Supreme Court upheld a previous ruling that allows adults aged 21 and older to use and possess up to four ounces of marijuana in the privacy of their homes -- and not just for medical use | Marijuana Policy Project grants program helped fund this litigation | The success of the efforts occurred even though Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski (R) declared that re-criminalizing marijuana would be one of his top legislative priorities this year | That, too failed |
Marijuana's prohibition of use continues to defy common sense and logic | A 2001 National Research Council study sponsored by the U.S. government found “...little apparent relationship between the severity of sanctions prescribed for drug use and prevalence or frequency of use, and ... perceived legal risk explains very little in the variance of individual drug use.” The primary evidence cited came from comparisons between states that have and have not decriminalized marijuana | You can find other examples of the absurdity of this prohibition at the Prohibition Facts Page | ¶ 22:54
Alaska has successfully beaten back efforts to re-criminalize marijuana | After months of round-the-clock lobbying and grassroots organizing, marijuana will remain safe and legal on the North Slope | Last September the Alaska Supreme Court upheld a previous ruling that allows adults aged 21 and older to use and possess up to four ounces of marijuana in the privacy of their homes -- and not just for medical use | Marijuana Policy Project grants program helped fund this litigation | The success of the efforts occurred even though Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski (R) declared that re-criminalizing marijuana would be one of his top legislative priorities this year | That, too failed |
Marijuana's prohibition of use continues to defy common sense and logic | A 2001 National Research Council study sponsored by the U.S. government found “...little apparent relationship between the severity of sanctions prescribed for drug use and prevalence or frequency of use, and ... perceived legal risk explains very little in the variance of individual drug use.” The primary evidence cited came from comparisons between states that have and have not decriminalized marijuana | You can find other examples of the absurdity of this prohibition at the Prohibition Facts Page | ¶ 22:54
