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To summarize WFAD supports the following principles to serve as a platform for the drug policy debate:
- Drug policies should prevent initiation of drug use.
- Drug policies must respect human rights (for users and non-users alike) as well as the principle of proportionality.
- Drug policies should strike a balance of efforts to reduce the use of drugs and the supply of drugs.
- Drug policies should protect children from drug use.
- Drug policies should ensure access to medical help, treatment and recovery services.
- Drug policies should ensure access to controlled drugs for legitimate scientific and medical purposes.
- Drug policies should ensure that medical and judicial responses are coordinated with the goal of reducing drug use and drug-related consequences.
Don’t Be LAB RAT! http://dontbealabrat.com/ (Attempt to educate under 21 year olds away from cannabis use in the States where it has become ‘legal’ for ‘grown ups’ – the insanity grows!
“Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado: The Impact/Volume 2”. http://www.rmhidta.org/default.aspx/MenuItemID/687/MenuGroup/RMHIDTAHome.htm?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
Section 1 – Impaired Driving:
- Traffic fatalities involving operators testing positive for marijuana have increased 100 percent from 2007 to 2012.
- The majority of driving-under-the-influence-of-drugs arrests involve marijuana and 25 to 40 percent were marijuana alone.
- Toxicology reports with positive marijuana results for driving under the influence have increased 16 percent from 2011 to 2013.
Section 2 – Youth Marijuana Use:
- In 2012, 10.47 percent of youth ages 12 to 17 were considered current marijuana users compared to 7.55 percent nationally. Colorado, ranked 4th in the nation, was 39 percent higher than the national average.
- Drug-related suspensions/expulsions increased 32 percent from school years 2008/2009 through 2012/2013. The vast majority were for marijuana violations.
Section 4 – Emergency Room Marijuana Admissions:
- From 2011 through 2013, there was a 57 percent increase in marijuana-related emergency room visits.
- Hospitalizations related to marijuana have increased 82 percent from 2008 to 2013.
- In 2012, the City of Denver rate for marijuana-related emergency visits was 45 percent higher than the rate in Colorado
Section 10 – Related Data:
- Overall, crime in Denver increased 6.7 percent from the first six months of 2013 to the first six months of 2014.
- The number of pets poisoned from ingesting marijuana has increased four-fold in the past six years.