We The People of The State Of Indiana demand a stop to the Prohibition of Marijuana and Hemp at once! It's time that OUR voices be heard throughout the nation! It's time we step out of the past of anguish and despair and into the future where we shall Prevail and Prosper.
Enforcing marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers an estimated $10 billion annually and results in the arrest of more than 750,000 individuals per year -- far more than the total number of arrestees for all violent crimes combined, including murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault.
Why is this important?
Marijuana prohibition causes more problems than it solves, and ruins thousands more lives than it supposedly tries to save. Despite more than 70 years of federal marijuana prohibition, Americans' consumption of and demand for cannabis is here to stay. It is time for members of Congress to acknowledge this reality. It is time to stop ceding control of the marijuana market to untaxed criminal enterprises and it is time for lawmakers to impose common-sense regulations governing cannabis' personal use by adults and licensing its production. A pragmatic regulatory framework that allows for limited, licensed production, sale, and taxation of cannabis to adults -- but restricts use among young people -- best reduces the risks associated with its use or abuse. I encourage you to support legislation to regulate marijuana, not criminalize it. Therefore, I urge you to support this issue.
