Proponents raised $7.6 million to opponents’ $169,000 to legalize marijuana for recreational use, a ratio of 45 to 1. Opponents in Alaska and Oregon could not afford to present other viewpoints in TV commercials. Meanwhile, after just ten months of legal marijuana, five Colorado cities passed amendments to ban the sale of recreational marijuana within their borders. The Republican gubernatorial challenger ran on a platform calling for the repeal of legalization. As citizens’ anger mounts over outsiders sweeping in, getting what they want, and leaving behind a mess for taxpayers to clean up, we are likely to see more of that.

Alaska Legalizes Recreational Marijuana–You might think the 23 states that have legalized marijuana were responding to citizen demand. You would be wrong. The Drug Policy Alliance and the Marijauna Policy Project, their funders George Soros and the late Peter Lewis, a by-now burgeoning marijuana industry, and an estimated $200 million are behind the drive to legalize marijuana. Imagine a Congress where all 435 Representatives and 100 Senators belong to just one party, and you can begin to understand how one-sided marijuana initiatives have been.

Source:  TheMarijuanaReport.org  Nov. 2014

Big Business made a lot of money out of selling tobacco products  –  and it took many years before the link between smoking and  cancer were accepted.   Big Pharma make a lot of money from selling pharmaceutical drugs.  Big Business Mark II intends to make a lot of money out of selling marijuana (cannabis) products – regardless of the research that now shows this substance is not harmless.

The graphics above show just how much money was spent by the proponents of drug legalisation compared to the amounts that those who oppose legalisation were able to muster from grass roots supporters.   It is not surprising that so many of the American public were hoodwinked into voting for easier access to drugs – beginning with marijuana but eventually all currently illegal substances.

There was much misinformation, errors of omission and emphasis on ‘ individual freedoms’ – and no information about scientific research showing the dangers – particularly to young people – of using marijuana.

Already there are signs of discontent in many places with legalised marijuana – more driving accidents,  more instances of children being made ill from consuming what appeared to be sweets but was in reality marijuana packaged as a candy or chocolate bar …..how long will it be before the

Pandora’s Box can be tightly closed ?

National Drug Prevention Alliance   November 2014