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#13177734 - 09/10/10 11:46 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Law Enforcement Support for California Cannabis Initiative Growing
September 10, 2010 - LEAP
(OAKLAND, CA) -- A group of police officers, judges, and prosecutors who support Proposition 19, the California ballot measure to control and tax cannabis (marijuana), will hold simultaneous press conferences Monday, September 13 in front of Oakland City Hall and in West Hollywood Park near Los Angeles at 10 AM PDT to release a letter of endorsement signed by dozens of law enforcers across the state.
"At each step of my law enforcement career - from beat officer up to chief of police in two major American cities - I saw the futility of our marijuana prohibition laws," said Joseph McNamara, former police chief in San Jose and Kansas City, MO, now a speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. "But our marijuana laws are much worse than ineffective: they waste valuable police resources and also create a lucrative black market that funds cartels and criminal gangs with billions of tax-free dollars."
Former LAPD sergeant and Los Angeles County deputy district attorney William John Cox, added, "This November, Californians finally have a chance to flip the equation and put drug cartels out of business, while restoring public respect for the criminal laws and their enforcement by passing Proposition 19 to control and regulate marijuana."
Also speaking at the press conferences will be current Oakland city attorney John Russo, former LAPD deputy police chief Stephen Downing, former Oakland drug nuisance prosecutor James Anthony, retired Orange County Superior Court judge Jim Gray, former Torrance Police Department beat officer and drug identification expert Kyle Kazan, former Wheatland, CA police officer Nate Bradley, and others.
In the sign-on letter being released at the press conferences, dozens of law enforcers outline their reasons for supporting Proposition 19, detailing how it will:
* Put our police priorities where they belong, by ending the arrests of non-violent cannabis consumers, and enabling police to focus instead on preventing violent crime
* Cut off funding to violent gangs and drug cartels, who generate the majority of their revenue from illegal marijuana sales
* Protect the lives of police officers now at risk in the "drug war" line of fire
* Reduce marijuana access to children by instituting strict age-limits and public safety controls
* Restore mutual respect and good relations between law enforcement and communities bearing the brunt of the current marijuana laws
For journalists who can’t physically attend the press conferences, the Yes on 19 campaign will be holding a conference call featuring several anti-prohibition law enforcers on Monday at 12:30 PM PDT. For dial-in info, please contact Tom Angell at 202-557-4979 or media at leap dot cc.
These law enforcement leaders join the National Black Police Association, the California NAACP, doctors, Latino community leaders, faith leaders, labor, business leaders, elected officials, political parties, and more, in endorsing Proposition 19. For a full list of endorsements, please visit: http://www.yeson19.com/endorsements.
Similar to current alcohol and tobacco laws, Proposition 19 will give state and local governments the ability to control and tax the sale of small amounts of cannabis to adults age 21 and older. As the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), which provides non-partisan fiscal and policy advice, confirms, Prop 19 includes significant safeguards and controls: It maintains strict criminal penalties for driving under the influence of marijuana, increases the penalty for providing marijuana to a minor, expressly prohibits the consumption of marijuana in public, forbids smoking marijuana while minors are present, and bans possession on school grounds.
http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/initiatives/pdfs/i821_initiative_09-0024_amdt_1-s.pdf,
http://www.lao.ca.gov/ballot/2010/19_11_2010.pdf (Page 3)
California’s tax collector, the Board of Equalization (BOE), which currently collects alcohol and tobacco taxes, estimates that marijuana taxes could generate $1.4 billion in revenue each year, available to fund law enforcement, healthcare, and other critical needs.
www.boe.ca.gov/legdiv/pdf/ab0390-1dw.pdf
The California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) also says Prop 19 would enable California to put our police priorities where they belong, in that it “could result in savings to the state and local governments by reducing the number of marijuana offenders incarcerated in state prisons and county jails, as well as the number placed under county probation or state parole supervision. These savings could reach several tens of millions of dollars annually. The county jail savings would be offset to the extent that jail beds no longer needed for marijuana offenders were used for other criminals who are now being released early because of a lack of jail space."
http://www.lao.ca.gov/ballot/2010/19_11_2010.pdf (Page 6)
Multiple polls show that a majority of California voters support Proposition 19.
http://polltracker.talkingpointsmemo.com/contests/2010-ca-prop-19
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Re: Law Enforcement Support for California Cannabis Initiative Growing [Re: veggie] 2
#13178143 - 09/11/10 01:23 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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veggie said:
* Put our police priorities where they belong, by ending the arrests of non-violent cannabis consumers, and enabling police to focus instead on preventing violent crime
* Cut off funding to violent gangs and drug cartels, who generate the majority of their revenue from illegal marijuana sales
* Protect the lives of police officers now at risk in the "drug war" line of fire
* Reduce marijuana access to children by instituting strict age-limits and public safety controls
* Restore mutual respect and good relations between law enforcement and communities bearing the brunt of the current marijuana laws
YES
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Re: Law Enforcement Support for California Cannabis Initiative Growing [Re: veggie]
#13178915 - 09/11/10 09:06 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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yeah that no smoking in public what makes it suck, outsides the best place to get high, but hey at least its a step in the right direction
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Re: Law Enforcement Support for California Cannabis Initiative Growing [Re: auronlives69] 1
#13179064 - 09/11/10 10:23 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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I knew LEAP would endorse p19, but I hope it gets coverage on the mainstream press. I really hope representatives from LEAP are interviewed on Fox news, CNN, NBC...
On another note, I find it interesting how the media goes on about "big pharma", "big government", "big auto", "big tobacco", and other "bigs", implying they are powerful entities with special interests. I would like to see them mention "big prison-complex" and "big police" some day.
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Edited by Green_T (09/11/10 10:28 AM)
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Re: Law Enforcement Support for California Cannabis Initiative Growing [Re: auronlives69]
#13179523 - 09/11/10 01:10 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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yeah that no smoking in public what makes it suck, outsides the best place to get high, but hey at least its a step in the right direction
in your yard. I wouldn't mind if they banned smoking cigs in public too, shit is annoying and bothersome to my lungs just when walking by.
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Re: Law Enforcement Support for California Cannabis Initiative Growing [Re: PreparationH]
#13179859 - 09/11/10 02:20 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Not me. I don't smoke, don't like it, but I don't mind smokers at all and don't think there should be even more bans right now.
Sometimes I single out smokers to talk to when I am bored, no evidence to back it up but I think they are on average more interesting or able to have a good quick conversation than non-smokers.
And they are really bothersome to your lungs when you just walk by???
Do you have asthma or something?
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Re: Law Enforcement Support for California Cannabis Initiative Growing [Re: ben_dover0802]
#13179909 - 09/11/10 02:28 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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ben_dover0802 said:
Not me. I don't smoke, don't like it, but I don't mind smokers at all and don't think there should be even more bans right now.
Sometimes I single out smokers to talk to when I am bored, no evidence to back it up but I think they are on average more interesting or able to have a good quick conversation than non-smokers.
And they are really bothersome to your lungs when you just walk by???
Do you have asthma or something?
lol, I always single out minorities to ask for directions because they tend to know the backroads. I'm not even joking.
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Edited by PreparationH (09/11/10 02:30 PM)
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Re: Law Enforcement Support for California Cannabis Initiative Growing [Re: ben_dover0802]
#13179923 - 09/11/10 02:31 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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dude you can hold your breath for 5 seconds when you walk past a smoker. If you can't, then you got bigger worries my friend.
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Re: Law Enforcement Support for California Cannabis Initiative Growing [Re: ChronicCluster]
#13179947 - 09/11/10 02:38 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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ChronicCluster said:
dude you can hold your breath for 5 seconds when you walk past a smoker. If you can't, then you got bigger worries my friend.
Sure I can, or I can vote to deny them the right to smoke toxic materials outdoors where people walk about.
On the other hand, car emissions are just as disgusting.
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Edited by PreparationH (09/11/10 02:38 PM)
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Re: Law Enforcement Support for California Cannabis Initiative Growing [Re: ben_dover0802]
#13179980 - 09/11/10 02:44 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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ben_dover0802 said:
Not me. I don't smoke, don't like it, but I don't mind smokers at all and don't think there should be even more bans right now.
Sometimes I single out smokers to talk to when I am bored, no evidence to back it up but I think they are on average more interesting or able to have a good quick conversation than non-smokers.
And they are really bothersome to your lungs when you just walk by???
Do you have asthma or something?
It opens up your inhibitions but not as violently as alcohol, assuming you aren't paranoid about that bag in your pocket.
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Re: Law Enforcement Support for California Cannabis Initiative Growing [Re: blujay]
#13179984 - 09/11/10 02:45 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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"And they are really bothersome to your lungs when you just walk by???
Do you have asthma or something?"
When I'm running here on campus they have "smoking zones" but no one uses them, when I pass by smokers yea, I do feel it in my lungs.
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Re: Law Enforcement Support for California Cannabis Initiative Growing [Re: blujay]
#13180488 - 09/11/10 04:42 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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I think you may have thought I was talking about marijuana when you said something about being paranoid about the bag, I was actually talking about cigs.
Thinking about it a little more, maybe they are used to having five minute conversations with other smokers, so they are a little better at keeping a petty conversation going.
To Prep H, okay, I guess if it does noticeably feel unpleasant my lungs I wouldn't like it much either. I have been around second hand smoke a good part of my life though, so maybe I just got used to it, sometimes even unconsciously move myself toward it.
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Re: Law Enforcement Support for California Cannabis Initiative Growing [Re: ben_dover0802]
#13180745 - 09/11/10 05:40 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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ben_dover0802 said:
I think you may have thought I was talking about marijuana when you said something about being paranoid about the bag, I was actually talking about cigs.
Thinking about it a little more, maybe they are used to having five minute conversations with other smokers, so they are a little better at keeping a petty conversation going.
To Prep H, okay, I guess if it does noticeably feel unpleasant my lungs I wouldn't like it much either. I have been around second hand smoke a good part of my life though, so maybe I just got used to it, sometimes even unconsciously move myself toward it.
right but also Think of the children!!!!!1, no one should be subject to walking/running/skipping/crawling and have to walk past wafts of smoke in public it's bad for you mmmkay.
I cross the street when I run though but when I can't it sucks.
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