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TALKING POINT #3: Decriminalization does not lead to greater marijuana use.
Government studies conclude that marijuana decriminalization has had virtually no effect on either marijuana use or beliefs and related attitudes about marijuana among American young people in those states that have enacted such a policy.
REFERENCE: L. Johnson et al. 1981. Marijuana Decriminalization: The Impact on Youth 1975-1980. Monitoring the Future, Occasional Paper Series: Paper No. 13. Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
Citizens who live under decriminalization laws consume marijuana at rates less than or comparable to those who live in regions where the possession of marijuana remains a criminal offense.
REFERENCE: E. Single et al. 2000. The Impact of Cannabis Decriminalization in Australia and the United States. Journal of Public Health Policy 21: 157-186.
There is no evidence that marijuana decriminalization affects either the choice or frequency of use of drugs, either legal (such as alcohol) or illegal (such as marijuana and cocaine).
REFERENCE: C. Thies and C. Register. 1993. Decriminalization of marijuana and demand for alcohol, marijuana and cocaine. The Social Sciences Journal 30: 385-399.
States and regions that have maintained the strictest criminal penalties for marijuana possession have experienced the largest proportionate increase in use.
REFERENCE: Connecticut Law Review Commission. 1997. Drug Policy in Connecticut and Strategy Options: Report to the Judiciary Committee of the Connecticut Assembly. State Capitol: Hartford.
Rates of hard drug use (illicit drugs other than marijuana) among emergency room patients are substantially higher in states that have not decriminalized marijuana use. Experts speculate that this is because the lack of decriminalization may encourage the greater use of drugs that are even more dangerous than marijuana.
REFERENCE: K. Model. 1993. The effect of marijuana decriminalization on hospital emergency room episodes: 1975-1978. Journal of the American Statistical Association 88: 737-747 as cited by the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine. Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base, 103.
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Marijuana goes legal in Washington state
By Laura L. Myers
SEATTLE | Thu Dec 6, 2012 8:48am EST
(Reuters) - Washington state made history on Thursday as the first in the nation to legalize marijuana possession for adult recreational use, an occasion celebrated by dozens of users near Seattle's famed Space Needle tower amid blaring reggae music and a haze of pot smoke.
The public gathering defied a key provision of the state's landmark marijuana law, which forbids users from lighting up outside the privacy of their homes. And it underscored mixed messages that law enforcement officials have conveyed about the new statute.
Hours earlier, Seattle's city attorney issued a stern warning that pot puffing in public would not be tolerated and that violators faced citations carrying $100 fines.
But the local prosecutor's admonition was contradicted by the Seattle Police Department's own instructions to its officers to limit their enforcement actions to warnings, at least for the time being.
Passed by voters last month as a ballot measure called Initiative 502, the new marijuana law removes criminal sanctions for anyone 21 or older possessing 1 ounce (28.5 grams) or less of pot for personal recreational use.
It also legalizes possession of up to 16 ounces (0.45 kg) of solid cannabis-infused goods - like brownies or cookies - and up to 72 ounces (2.4 kg) of weed in liquid form.
However, driving under the influence of cannabis, or imbibing in public places, where the consumption of alcohol already is banned, remains illegal.
"If you're smoking in plain public view, you're subject to a ticket," Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes said at a news conference Wednesday. "Initiative 502 uses the alcohol model. If drinking in public is disallowed, so is smoking marijuana in public."
The new law ultimately will permit cannabis to be legally sold and taxed at state-licensed stores in a system to be modelled after those in many states for alcohol sales. The state Liquor Control Board, along with agriculture and public health officials, have until December 1, 2013, to set up such a system.
But for now, it remains a crime to sell, cultivate or even share one's own stash, even though the law allows individuals to purchase a limited amount for personal possession.
'VICTORY FOR HEMP'
Little if any of the law's fine points seemed to matter to the mellow and largely middle-aged gathering of about 100 people near the foot of the Space Needle as the statute took effect at midnight.
Low-key cries of "Yeah!" and "Smoke some weed" and "Anybody got a bong?" rose after a Portland, Oregon, radio personality, "Radical" Russ Belville, finished a 10-second countdown on a bullhorn.
Mike Momany, 61, wearing a black "Bad Pig" brand motorcycle jacket, said he was forming the Washington State Cannabis Tourism Association to promote pot tourism. Although he has smoked grass for 40 years, Momany said he had slowed his intake "because it makes me eat too much."
Another smoker, wearing sunglasses and calling himself "Professor Gizmo," 50, said: "Victory for hemp. If our forefathers could see us now."
No police were visible as the aroma of cannabis wafted through the air and recorded Bob Marley music blared from loudspeakers.
Appeals to keep pot smoke indoors were expected to go unheeded again at a larger celebration by marijuana advocates planned for Thursday evening at the Space Needle.
The laid-back, hands-off directive of the Seattle Police Department was publicized on its own "SPD Blotter" website on Wednesday, accompanied by a picture of actor Jeff Bridges as the bearded, dope-smoking slacker character "The Dude" from the Coen brothers' comedy film "The Big Lebowski."
THE DUDE ABIDES
Borrowing a catch phrase from the film to make its own light-hearted public appeal to keep pot-smoking private, the department's notice carried the caption: "The Dude abides, and says, 'take it inside!"
While asserting that public marijuana use is expressly prohibited under Initiative 502, the police department said officers lack clear enforcement authority under current laws, adding it would take at least 30 days for legislation to be crafted enabling officers to cite violators.
"In the meantime, in keeping with the spirit of I-502, the department's going to give you a generous grace period to help you adjust to this brave, new, and maybe kinda' stoned world we live in," the department's online message says.
Prosecutors in several counties announced last month they were dismissing scores of misdemeanour marijuana possession cases following voter passage Initiative 502.
Whether public or private, cannabis use contradicts federal law, which classifies marijuana as an illegal narcotic.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan in Seattle reiterated the U.S. Justice Department position that growing, selling or possessing any amount of marijuana remained a federal crime, regardless of any changes in state law.
Colorado voters approved their own ballot measure in November similar to Washington's, although it goes further by allowing individuals to grow small amounts for themselves. The effective date for Colorado's law is January 5. Both states are among 18 that already have removed criminal sanctions for medical use of marijuana.
Washington's Initiative 502 also sets a new standard for marijuana impairment while driving, similar to the blood-alcohol standard for drunken driving, and those provisions were to be enforced starting on Thursday. (Editing by Steve Gorman and Vicki Allen)
Marijuana officially legal in Colorado with stroke of governor's pen
December 10th, 2012
03:17 PM ET
Posted by
CNN's Ashley Killough
(CNN) - The recreational use of marijuana officially became legal Monday in Colorado, a little more than a month after voters in the state passed an amendment in favor of the measure.
"Voters were loud and clear on Election Day," Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, said in a statement, as he signed an executive order to officially legalize the personal use and limited growing of marijuana for those 21 or older. Amendment 64, as it's called, is now a part of the state's constitution.
It is still illegal, however, to buy or sell marijuana "in any quantity" in Colorado or to consume it in public.
Hickenlooper, who opposed the amendment in the run-up to Election Day, announced the start of a 24-member task force that would "begin working immediately" to help the state navigate federal laws and establish how citizens can legally purchase and sell cannabis.
Washington, the other state to pass the legalization of marijuana in November, officially made the practice legal last week. It could take a year, however, before rules are set for growing and selling pot.
Shortly after Colorado voters passed the amendment on November 6, Hickenlooper cautioned it was too soon to "break out the Cheetos," saying state authorities must work to implement the new measure while also working to prevent individuals from being prosecuted the federal government, which classifies marijuana as an illegal substance.
When he opposed the amendment, Hickenlooper warned legal marijuana use could "increase the number of children using drugs" and would "detract from efforts to make Colorado the healthiest state in the nation."
"It sends the wrong message to kids that drugs are OK," he added in a statement.
However, with the passing of the ballot measure, Hickenlooper and the state's attorney general sent a letter on November 14 to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder "seeking clarity on the federal government's position related" to Colorado's new law. But Hickenlooper has "yet to receive a response," his statement on Monday read.
"As we move forward now with implementation of Amendment 64, we will try to maintain as much flexibility as possible to accommodate the federal government's position on the amendment," Hickenlooper said.
The task force holds its first public meeting on December 17 and must report its recommendations to the governor's office no later than February 28.
– CNN's Alan Duke contributed to this report.
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