Keep AZ Drug Free, former ballot opposition committee

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SAN DIEGO (AP) – Authorities say 12 members of a Southern California ring that illegally sold millions of dollars of pot through medical marijuana dispensaries are behind bars and facing federal charges. Federal court documents unsealed Friday name Joshua John Hester as the alleged ring leader. He was arrested Friday at his West Hollywood home. [...]

Abstract: This November, California voters will consider a ballot initiative, the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010. Scientific research is clear that marijuana is addictive and that its use significantly impairs bodily and mental functions. Even where decriminalized, marijuana trafficking remains a source of violence, crime, and social disintegration. Furthermore, studies have shown [...]

Proposition 203 will increase teenage marijuana use, and regular marijuana use is especially harmful to teenagers. Research shows that teenagers who smoke pot frequently have difficulty with  memory, attention and problem-solving, find it harder to learn, get lower grades, and are less likely to finish high school or college. Once they’ve finished or left school, they have higher job turnover, less satisfying careers [...]

By: THOMAS WATKINS Associated Press 09/01/10 3:35 PM EDT LOS ANGELES — Officials say a man has confessed to fatally shooting three men in a West Hollywood apartment after a drug deal went bad. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Pat Nelson said Wednesday that Harold Yong Park was cooperative with investigators after his arrest Monday [...]

By Ed Gogek, M.D. This November Arizona will vote on medical marijuana, and even supporters have reason to dislike Proposition 203. These laws are supposedly for diseases like cancer, AIDS and glaucoma. But according to the Billings Gazette, only 3 percent of Montana’s medical marijuana patients have those serious illnesses. In San Diego, it’s only [...]

By: Susan E. Manheimer Sunday, August 22, 2010 Imagine California as a magnet that feeds the illicit drug trade for the entire North American continent. Is that what we want to incubate as one of the Golden State’s prime industries? As protectors of public safety, members of the California Police Chiefs Association see only problems [...]

By Francine Kiefer posted July 9, 2010 at 1:17 pm EDT This week the RAND Corporation came out with a study that said that legalizing marijuana in California – as a November ballot measure proposes – could cut the price of pot by as much as 80 percent, and will increase use. It made me [...]

We were treated to see an article this morning make the national news.  The headline was something I wouldn’t expect about an illegal drug in the United States: “California Marijuana Clubs Hold Contest for Best Pot.” Our first instincts were to assume this was done underground by a secretive network of drug dealers to bring [...]