To: The Nevada State House and The Nevada State Senate
It's time to regulate cannabis!
We the people of the State of Nevada, in order to perform a more perfect union, do hereby request the Nevada Legislature to enact legislation regulating cannabis possession and use by responsible adults, and pass a bill which will establish an in-state industry to produce taxable cannabis products for those people who choose not to grow their own.
Why is this important?
Mohandas Gandhi said "No prohibition has ever withstood the test of time." A long overdue break in the fever of reefer madness that has swept this county's political and law enforcement class is now underway. Besides Massachusetts becoming the 18th medical marijuana state and legalization in Colorado and Washington, there are regulation and/or decrim bills in four state houses and industrial hemp bills in half a dozen more.
Nevada can no longer afford to waste money trying to enforce our way out of this problem, while turning a blind eye to the revenue potential and harm reduction that establishing a legal and regulated market will bring.The "cure" of prohibition is far worse than the "disease" of responsible adults choosing cannabis over other intoxicating substances.
Our Constitution is in tatters because of the failed drug war. After 76 years of failed prohibition, it is time to try a better approach. Let's regulate cannabis for responsible adults, keep it out of the hands of kids and grow a whole new tax-paying industry in our state!
Nevada can no longer afford to waste money trying to enforce our way out of this problem, while turning a blind eye to the revenue potential and harm reduction that establishing a legal and regulated market will bring.The "cure" of prohibition is far worse than the "disease" of responsible adults choosing cannabis over other intoxicating substances.
Our Constitution is in tatters because of the failed drug war. After 76 years of failed prohibition, it is time to try a better approach. Let's regulate cannabis for responsible adults, keep it out of the hands of kids and grow a whole new tax-paying industry in our state!