Show me Cannabis want you to legalize marijuana claiming prohibtion doesnt work, marijuana is not a gateway drug nor is it addictive. Many advocates irresponsibly argue no scientific proof exists to the contrary of any these claims. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) would beg to differ based a 2009 report showing nearly ten percent of drivers tested with blood, breath and saliva tested positive for the drug. The samples were collected at night, on weekends in over 300 locations.
In California, 1000 drivers are killed each resulting from marijuana abuse and addiction issues. Missouri drug rehab programs are full of hardcore addicts struggling to fend off addictions to cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin whom all started out smoking marijuana. The Director of the White House of National Drug Control Policy told the LA Times, “Marijuana is a significant and important contributing factor in a growing number of fatal accidents. There is no question, not only from the data but from what I have heard in my career as a law enforcement officer.”
Marijuana drug addiction treatment admissions are up over 30% in states with relaxed marijuana laws. These statistics do not phase those that want marijuana legal. Show-Me Cannabis, a marijuana advocate group plans to make the efforts to get this on the ballot next year. Voters beware, those that argue alcohol prohibition didn’t work have’nt really looked at the numbers. More people die each year from some kind of alcohol related accident each year than all the wars combined of the 20th century.
