<div dir="auto">I vote yes, however I think these symbolic resolutions are not a good use of our time. Everyone knows the LP position on marijuana.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lets put this level of thought into growing membership and fundraising.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks,</div><div dir="auto">Patrick McKnight</div><div dir="auto">Region 8 Rep</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 5, 2017 11:52 PM, "James Lark" <<a href="mailto:jwl3s@eservices.virginia.edu">jwl3s@eservices.virginia.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Dear colleagues:<br>
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I hope all is well with you. I am writing in my capacity as
Region 5 representative to vote "aye" on the motion.<br>
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As always, thanks for your work for liberty.<br>
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Take care,<br>
Jim<br>
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James W. Lark, III<br>
Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering<br>
Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering and Society<br>
Affiliated Faculty, Dept. of Statistics<br>
University of Virginia<br>
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Advisor, The Liberty Coalition<br>
University of Virginia<br>
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Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee<br>
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<b><u>Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by March 6, <span class="m_-6741804875076198985gmail-m_-7417594590945562825m_-3106942960241565296gmail-m_2797144110872258469gmail-m_7277579120155508541gmail-m_9149391285218628846gmail-il">2017</span>
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<u>Co-Sponsors:</u> Harlos, Demarest, Starchild, Redpath<br>
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<u>Motion:</u> <br>
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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<br>
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WHEREAS this dishonest classification is an impediment both to
useful academic research, and to realizing the economic
benefits that legalization offers; and<br>
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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<br>
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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<br>
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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<br>
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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<br>
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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<br>
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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<br>
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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<br>
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WHEREAS polls now show that most Americans support legalizing
cannabis for both medical and recreational use, and voters in
multiple states have voted accordingly;<br>
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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.<br>
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-Alicia<br>
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