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"Cannabis is widely used in every part of the
world, does not
have the harmful effects ascribed to it, and poses little
risk to
public health."
"The annual Canadian marihuana production has been
estimated to be around five million plants. The size of
the
cannabis market is estimated at 800 tonnes a year."
"In short, it is remarkable that, over
seventy-five years later,
we should still not know why cannabis was placed on the
list
of prohibited drugs."
"The decision to criminalize cannabis was made
"without any
apparent scientific basis nor even any real sense of
social urgency"
"Psychological dependency is moderate and is
certainly lower
than for nicotine or alcohol."
"Legalization would prove beneficial, not only for
users, but
also for the federal and provincial governments because of
the
considerable revenue they might well derive from the sales
taxes
on such a popular product."
Above quotes are from:
"Cannabis: Our Position for a Canadian Public
Policy"
2002 Canadian Senate
Special Committee Report
"To anyone with even a passing acquaintance with
modern
history, it is apparent that we are reliving the
experience of
alcohol prohibition of the early years of the last
century."
"... the value of production of marijuana from
grow-ops at
between 1 percent and 2.8 percent of British Columbia’s
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) that was roughly $130 billion
in 2000."
"We would still grow marijuana in "flower
pots" except now
it would be in the open and taxed like any other commodity
at the retail level."
"Removing the prohibition on marijuana production
would permit
society to replace today’s gift of revenue to organized
crime
with (at the very least) an additional source of revenue
for
government coffers."
"Unless we wish to continue to transfer these
billions from
this lucrative endeavor to organized crime, this policy
should
be considered."
Above quotes are from:
Marijuana
Growth in British Columbia
June 2004 - by Stephen T. Easton, Senior Fellow
The Fraser Institute - Public Policy Sources
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