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Oklahoma votes on marijuana ballot in March

In 2018, Oklahoma Senator James Lankford warned of the medical marijuana question on the state ballot: “This state question is being sold to Oklahomans as a compassionate medical marijuana bill by outside groups that actually want access to recreational marijuana.”

The time has come, and Oklahomans will vote next month on Question 820, a marijuana legalization and commercialization bill. The State Supreme Court ruled that the ballot could not be included in the 2022 midterm election. Governor Kevin Stitt set the date for March 7.

By December 31, 2022, five donors gave over $3.2 million in support of legalizing marijuana, a big commercial enterprise. According to Ballotpedia, the opposition had not yet raised moneyHowever, Protect Our Kids PAC is currently raising funds to oppose the ballot. Continue reading Oklahoma votes on marijuana ballot in March

Los Angeles Times publishes “Broken Promises” series

The Los Angeles Times articles in a series called “Legal Weed – Broken Promises” highlight the false promises of marijuana legalization.  The latest article on marijuana legalization suggests that state legislators have finally woken up; they now want to take action to stop the problems.  Reports show rampant labor abuses, human trafficking, exploitation and the deaths of 32 marijuana farm workers.

It’s hard to imagine a political movement that has failed more miserably. Even now the use of cannabis has leveled off at 12% of the population, up from 7% in 2013, but not likely to increase.

Unlike the LA Times, the national press rarely chooses to explore why marijuana legalization doesn’t work. Even reputed sources such as PBS take their information from the cannabis industry instead of independent investigations.*

We’ve reported on the many lies of the marijuana legalization movement.  These  Los Angeles Times articles detail the societal harms of marijuana legalization (without even showing its harm to individual users):

Dec. 29, 2022

Legal Weed, Broken Promises: A Times series on the fallout of legal pot in California

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-08/a-series-on-the-fallout-of-legal-weed-in-california

Dec. 22, 2022

Dying for your high: The untold exploitation and misery in America’s weed industry

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-22/the-exploitation-violence-and-desperation-that-produces-the-pot-you-smoke-and-eat

Sept. 22, 2022

Inside California’s pot legalization failures: Corporate influence, ignored warnings

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-22/california-legal-pot-measure-has-not-met-expectations

Sept. 15, 2022

‘$250,000 cash in a brown paper bag.’ How legal weed unleashed corruption in California

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-15/cannabis-corruption-threats-secret-financial-deals-politicians

Sept. 8, 2022

The reality of legal weed in California: Huge illegal grows, violence, worker exploitation and deaths

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-08/reality-of-legal-weed-in-california-illegal-grows-deaths

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* An exception to the industry-slanted reporting comes from Rocky Mountain PBS, specifically “Insight with John Ferruggia.

Does California Sober work?  We say NO

“I really believe in the ‘Cali sober’ method. It’s helped me. I actually just hit five years clean.” Aaron Carter made that declaration on Adam Grandmaison’s “No Jumper” podcast — just days before he died on November 5, 2022.  As he fingered a joint, he continued, “This, I don’t consider a drug. I consider this a gift from God.” 

What is Cali sober and does it work?    

In California, where the drug culture has been strong since the 1960s, many young people go into harm reduction therapy for the treatment of addiction, instead of abstinence.   California sober, or Cali sober, goes along with this trend. We see little evidence that this approach works.  Continue reading Does California Sober work?  We say NO

Politicians play into Koch vs. Soros models of pot legalization

Politicians take sides when it comes to marijuana legalization. A Koch model believes that marijuana legalization offers new ways to make money (good for the economy), while a Soros model wants to undo the “war on drugs,”   which the US abandoned long ago.  Read Part I.   Follow us by email to get our blog articles.

The first two states to legalize, Colorado and Washington, may illustrate the differences.  Colorado has always been a libertarian free-for-all of legalization.  (However, Colorado has been forced to put warning labels on products over 10% THC, resulting in the largest downturn ever seen.

Washington State, on the other hand, used an ACLU lawyer to write its ballot and Soros bankrolls the ACLU.  The ACLU cares deeply that minorities are incarcerated at higher rates than white Americans.

However, Washington may have to crack down on its marijuana industry too.  A leaked scientific report from Washington recom-mends raising the age requirement for high-potency products to 25.
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