II. The concentration on governmental spending to enforce marijuana laws. A. Examples of governmental spending. B. Solution to the governmental spending. C. Sources on spending. D. Quotes concerning over spending. E. In-depth explanation about spending.
V. The basic information concerning marijuana. A. Origin of marijuana. B. Active ingredient in the plant. C. Researched proof concerning the addicting powers of marijuana. D. The plant's harmful characteristics concerning pregnant women.
VI. Marijuana's positive influences …show more content…
The National Clearinghouse on Smoking and Health states, "The federal government spent $1 billion on marijuana enforcement in 1980 and about $5 billion in 1990. State and local spent between $3 and 4 billion in 1980 which means they may now be spending $10 billion presently" (Goldberg 80). Basically, legalization would give the government more control over the purity and potency of the marijuana that it would allow the international drug trade to be regulated more effectively. In the book entitled Drug Abuse John Clifton-Marquis …show more content…
A story in a 1994 issue of AIDS Weekly had city councilwoman Christin Kehoe on record saying, "We support the medicinal use of marijuana" (Kehoe 16). The proposed resolution for the government to legalize the plant states, "marijuana can be a drug of 'necessity' in the treatment of glaucoma, cancer, AIDS, and multiple sclerosis. The Public Services and Safety Committee heard testimony from cancer and glaucoma patients who said, "marijuana lessens side effects of chemotherapy and nausea" (Henderson 16). It has been proven by a team of doctors, who are credited for their pamphlet The Complete Home Medical Guide, that "marijuana lowers the eye pressure drastically when used causing immediate and positive results for those suffering from glaucoma disease" (Henderson 16). The nausea and pain that is brought upon by the characteristics of cancer, AIDS, and multiple sclerosis has also been proven by the same team of physicians that the plant relaxes and soothes the patients that suffer from these diseases. So basically, this information provided the facts contained in the proposed resolution from the inhabitants of the San Diego area for their fight for legalizing the controversial