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Support remove420.org. Remove 420? What makes Marijuana illegal?. Pure Food and Drug act (1906) Smoking Opium Exclusion Act (1909) The Harrison Act (1914) the first narcotic trafficking act. But what of the Uniform State Narcotic Drug Act ?.

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  1. Support remove420.org

  2. Remove 420? What makes Marijuana illegal? • Pure Food and Drug act (1906) • Smoking Opium Exclusion Act (1909) • The Harrison Act (1914) the first narcotic trafficking act. • But what of the Uniform State Narcotic Drug Act?

  3. Uniform State Narcotic Drug Act (1934) • Started as a way for the US to fill its perceived obligations under the Hague Convention. • Impetus for the legislation came from the Bureau of Narcotics itself. • No scientific study of any kind was undertaken before the optional marijuana section was proposed. • The first three drafts included marijuana in the general act, in the end it was optional for the states to claims as a narcotic.

  4. Marijuana Tax Act (1937) • Act that placed a tax on the sale of cannabis The act was overturned in 1969 in Leary v. United States • The Rockefeller Drug Laws (1973) sale and possession of "narcotic" drugs in the New York State. • Ultimately we find that Marijuana is actually controlled federally by the DEA and FDA Via: Controlled Substances Act (1970)

  5. Controlled Substances Act (1970) • The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse. • The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. • There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision • Some of the drugs on this list are used under different sections of the code for medical purposes.

  6. Controlled Substances Act (1970) • Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act • DEA and FDA, determine which substances are added to or removed from the various schedules • Marijuana Is on Schedule I with DMT & Peyote both of which have exemptions for religious purpose. • Cocaine is not on this list as it apparently due to limited medical use.

  7. Rulings • Webb et al v U.S.(249 U.S. 96 (1919)), the Court held that prescriptions of narcotics for maintenance treatment was not within the discretion of physicians (Harrison Act) • US v. Doremus(249 U.S. 86 (1919)) Supreme Court upheld the Harrison Act on the basis that it did not exceed Congress' taxing powers • Gonzales v. Raich (545 U.S. 1 (2005)), a person is violating federal laws and can be prosecuted by federal authorities, even if legal in that state.

  8. The U.S. gives Pot to seven people: • Today the government ships cannabis cigarettes to seven people who were on a program setup by the FDA under court order to grow cannabis on a farm at the University of Mississippi and distribute Marijuana cigarettes to individuals who qualified. Of the original 13 there are 7 remaining.

  9. Where Are We Now? • Currently Alaska is the only state where their supreme court has held that it is legal to possess and use small amounts of Marijuana for personal use Ravin v. State (1975) • November 6, 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize the sale and possession of cannabis for recreational use. Each regulate marijuana in a way similar to alcohol, allowing possession of up to an ounce for adults ages 21 and older.

  10. Current State Positions • 8 states medical use • 6 States decriminalized possession • 6 States decriminalized possession and medical use • 2 States have legalized it all together Washington and Colorado.

  11. So what's Next • H.R. 499 2013 • To decriminalize marijuana at the Federal level, to leave to the States • The bill titled "the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act"

  12. What will it do? • The US is out of money Taxes on Marijuana could yield hundreds of millions of dollars. • On the Tax side Alcohol Taxes contribute more than $10 Bill To the Government, It is estimated by some researchers that a Marijuana Tax would have similar effect.

  13. Where we are • www.remove420.org • https://www.facebook.com/Remove420org

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