by Randy Philbrick, Director, SAM Oregon, Fighting Back Against Big Marijuana
“Oregon is reaping the reward with massive tax revenue ”
Yet another claim by legalizers that can’t be proven. Recreational sales started in October of last year, yet the tax only kicked in this past January. That’s three months of tax-free drug sales. In the first month of taxation, Oregon pulled in $3.5 million in tax revenue. In the February, the second month, it dropped to $3.3 for a two-month total of $6.8 million. I know what you’re thinking, “Man that’s great. That’s a lot of money”. Is it really!? Yes, standing alone that amount seems like a lot of money. But when you put it next to the state’s operating budget of $60 billion , the measly $6.8 million now looks like our planet sitting next to Jupiter. If that trend stayed all year that would be $40 million for the year. Again, planet earth sitting next to Jupiter.
A parent submitted this video and her response yesterday. Shocking, this video probably serves as a warning to monitor your child’s computer access and time.
I caught my youngest son watching this marijuana cartoon this morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPoHSdLG3JA
These people are clearly promoting smoking marijuana to children and I think it sets a dangerous precedent.
My oldest son has been in treatment for marijuana dependency twice already and I’m at my wits end with this drug.
Marijuana is illegal, how are they able to glorify it on Youtube like this?
This testimony was submitted by SM in British Columbia. Photo above is from the Facebook page of Sunset Beach Vancouver. It was from the 420 event in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on April 20, 2016.
Dear Prime Minister,
Proud to serve as Minister of Youth, I hope you will take my suggestions into consideration. I stopped going for walks by the beach with my kids because of the pot smell and second-hand exposure. At the moment we have law prohibiting smoking in the public areas. Once I asked a park ranger why he does not fine a pot consumer on the beach. He answered to me that this pot consumer does it for a medical reason. What does it matter if it is for a medical reason or not? I don’t want to be exposed to the second-hand smoke! It is also questionable who and how you can get permit for medical marijuana use.
Pot should be treated in public area the same way liquor consumption is, but even more strictly because of second-hand exposure. I want to point out the difference between smoking a pot cigarette versus cigarette and alcohol use. You can drive a car if you smoke cigarettes without any safety issue to the traffic, but not if you are under influence of the pot or alcohol. Second-hand exposure to the pot smoke is far more dangerous than cigarette exposure because it has an influence on the brain. Young peoples brain under development is specially vulnerable to the pot second-hand pot exposure!
The Vancouver Park Board published this photo on April 21, 2016. It was one of many which were used to described the massive cleanup required the next day. The photo from Vancouver on April 20, 2016 shows the serious mass of second-hand smoke.
How is the government is going to control selling of cookies or any other food product with pot in its ingredients? Are our kids going to be safe or can any pot candy manufacturer manipulate them?
What about the smell? What about second-hand smoke exposure? What about impaired driving? What if I have a neighbor who consumes pot and I can’t open my window? Pot users must be kept away from public. If it’s medical, make it be used in designated clinics where they can consume with no influence and exposure to the public. This all needs to be regulated by law.
How much is it going to cost this government to care for a stoned generation? Are we going to be allowed to go to work stoned?
We took away cigarettes from our streets but now we allow pot. Pot needs to be regulated by a law far stricter than cigarettes, somewhere in between alcohol use and drug use.
Marijuana Doesn’t Need to be Rescheduled to do More Research
Both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton criticize the Citizens United ruling without criticizing the millions and millions of dollars that George Soros, Peter Lewis and others have used to fund marijuana legalization. It is a double standard.
A few days ago on Good Morning America, a representative of NORML asked Hillary Clinton if she would support legalizing marijuana. She doesn’t support it, but she supports research and changing marijuana from a schedule I to schedule II classification.
