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Title/Link
Legalizing Marijuana: Why Citizens Should Just Say No [1] 10/22/2019	Although this article is from 2010, the information is still relevant. We now have more data to oppose legalization of marijuana for any reason. stimson [2], Heritage Foundation [3], talking points [4]
Pot legalization: Up in smoke in No-high-o [5] 11/28/2015	Recent federally funded reports show that: ▪ The majority of DUI drug arrests involve marijuana. ▪ Youth consumption has increased. ▪ Drug-related suspensions/expulsions (mostly for marijuana) increased 32 percent over a five-year period. ▪ The number of college users has increased. ▪ Almost 50 percent of Denver arrestees tested positive for marijuana. ▪ Marijuana-related emergency room visits increased 57 percent from 2011 to 2013. ▪ Marijuana-related hospitalizations increased 82 percent since 2008. Yet despite Big Pot’s $25 million cash infusion into the effort, voters rejected the spin that marijuana legalization is safe or in the best interests of citizens. Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/article43481448.html#storylink=cpy [6] Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/article43481448.html#storylink=cpy [6] Colorado [7], Heritage Foundation [3]

Title/Link

Legalizing Marijuana: Why Citizens Should Just Say No [1]
10/22/2019

Although this article is from 2010, the information is still relevant. We now have more data to oppose legalization of marijuana for any reason.

stimson [2], Heritage Foundation [3], talking points [4]

Pot legalization: Up in smoke in No-high-o [5]
11/28/2015

Recent federally funded reports show that:
▪ The majority of DUI drug arrests involve marijuana.
▪ Youth consumption has increased.
▪ Drug-related suspensions/expulsions (mostly for marijuana) increased 32 percent over a five-year period.
▪ The number of college users has increased.
▪ Almost 50 percent of Denver arrestees tested positive for marijuana.
▪ Marijuana-related emergency room visits increased 57 percent from 2011 to 2013.
▪ Marijuana-related hospitalizations increased 82 percent since 2008.
Yet despite Big Pot’s $25 million cash infusion into the effort, voters rejected the spin that marijuana legalization is safe or in the best interests of citizens.

Colorado [7], Heritage Foundation [3]

Links
[1] http://www.rethinkpot.org/legalizing-marijuana-why-citizens-should-just-say-no
[2] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/stimson
[3] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/heritage-foundation
[4] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/talking-points
[5] http://www.rethinkpot.org/pot-legalization-smoke-no-high-o
[6] http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/article43481448.html#storylink=cpy
[7] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/colorado%2A

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