[Lnc-business] [Lnc-votes] Marijuana Resolution - revision - request for co-sponsors

Caryn Ann Harlos carynannharlos at gmail.com
Thu Feb 23 22:50:48 EST 2017


Okay can we have one more co-sponsor?

-Caryn Ann

On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 5:52 AM, Starchild <sfdreamer at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> Me too, just to formalize my previous statement in case that didn't count.
>
> Love & Liberty,
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> On Feb 23, 2017, at 4:35 AM, lnc-votes at hq.lp.org wrote:
>
> I will co-sponsor.
>
> ~David
>
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> *From:* Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Caryn Ann Harlos
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 22, 2017 9:58 PM
> *To:* lnc-business <lnc-business at lp.org>
> *Subject:* [Lnc-business] Marijuana Resolution - revision - request for
> co-sponsors
>
> Starchild re-worked this and said he would be willing to co-sponsor.
> Chair Watts is satisfied with it:
>
>
> *WHEREAS *the current federal classification of cannabis under
> the Controlled Substances Act as a Schedule 1 drug having no medicinal
> value is an inaccurate classification at odds with the findings of the
> National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine and those of many other
> researchers; and
>
> *WHEREAS* this dishonest classification  is an impediment both to useful
> academic research, and to realizing the economic benefits that legalization
> offers; and
>
> *WHEREAS* cannabis is a drug with few harmful effects and zero documented
> fatalities which is even safer when not forced into the black market, where
> labeling, testing, and quality control are less prevalent; and
>
> *WHEREAS* drug prohibition in the United States has been an unmitigated
> failure, with a third of Americans self-reporting having used
> cannabis despite strict penalties against its sale, manufacture and use,
> and   over $1 trillion of taxpayer money in a futile effort to
> enforce  drug laws, including those pertaining to cannabis; and
>
> *WHEREAS* the black markets created by these unconstitutional statutes
> have led to increased violence both in the United States and in other
> countries such as Mexico where cannabis and other drugs are produced for
> the U.S. market; and
>
> *WHEREAS* millions and millions of peaceful Americans have been arrested,
> imprisoned, fined, or otherwise needlessly criminalized and stigmatized,
> potentially for life, because of their use of cannabis, and the 2
> million Drug War prisoners currently behind bars in the United States  have
> given this country the highest documented incarceration rate of any
> nation on Earth, accounting for a reported 25% the world’s prisoners; and
>
> *WHEREAS* drug prohibition has been the major driver of the practice of
> asset forfeiture, in which over $13 billion has been seized by law
> enforcement across the country, often from people who have not been
> convicted of, or sometimes even charged with, any crime; and
>
> *WHEREAS* this gross violation of legal  due process, has
> incentivized the arbitrary and often discriminatory arrest
> of U.S. residents in what has come to be known as "policing for
> profit" ; and
>
> *WHEREAS* unconstitutional statutes attempting to control what people
> choose to put into their own bodies  constitute a vast and
> dangerous government intervention  into  people's personal
> lives violating the cherished American values of  individual freedom and
> choice; and
>
> *WHEREAS* polls now show that most Americans support legalizing cannabis
> for both medical and recreational use, and voters in multiple states have
> voted accordingly;
>
> *NOW THEREFORE *be it resolved that the Libertarian National Committee
> supports the immediate full legalization and federal de-scheduling of
> cannabis and industrial hemp products, as a much-needed first step toward
> ending the destructive "War on Drugs" entirely, in accord with the
> Libertarian Party's platform.
>
> =====
>
> I am seeking two additional co-sponsors.
>
> --
> *In Liberty,*
> *Caryn Ann Harlos*
> Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,
> Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
> Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org>
> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
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> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
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*In Liberty,*
*Caryn Ann Harlos*
Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,
Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org>
Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
<http://www.lpcolorado.org>
Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
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