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Legalize Growing and Distribution of Cannabis

Legalize Growing and Distribution of Cannabis. Mitch Jaeger. What is Cannabis?. Two Main Substances THC and CBD Three Different Species Cannabis Sativa Cannabis Indica Cannabis Ruderalis. Uses o f Cannabis. Most common use is Hemp Create alternatives to gas and plastics New Bio-fuel

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Legalize Growing and Distribution of Cannabis

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  1. Legalize Growing and Distribution of Cannabis Mitch Jaeger

  2. What is Cannabis? • Two Main Substances • THC and CBD • Three Different Species • Cannabis Sativa • Cannabis Indica • Cannabis Ruderalis

  3. Uses of Cannabis • Most common use is Hemp • Create alternatives to gas and plastics • New Bio-fuel • Body care products

  4. Uses of Cannabis • Fabrics, more durable than cotton • Ropes and sails • “Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of this country” –Thomas Jefferson • Hemp also produces healthy, high protein edibles • Hemp Seeds, Oil, Milk • Provides raw materials of over 25,000 products

  5. Things to Think About • How many deaths do you think have been recorded of overdosing or abusing marijuana? • Now think of how many died from overdosing on drugs prescribed by your doctors?

  6. Medical Uses of Marijuana • Help patients that suffer from: • Chronic pain • Epilepsy • Cancer • Anorexia • Aids • Glaucoma, migraines, Multiple Sclerosis and more

  7. Financial Benefits • To expensive for our justice system • 750,000 arrested annually in the U.S • 16,000 in Wisconsin • $440 in law enforcement resources per arrest • Save taxpayers 3.5 million • Not including those incarcerated • If sentenced to jail: • 144 per day in Milwaukee County • 50,000 a year per inmate

  8. Creation of More Jobs • California dispensary chain called weGrow • Potential for each store to create 75 jobs • In the next five years: • Anticipated opening 75 state wide • 1,000 nationwide to states that already legalize medical marijuana

  9. Success in Other States • Washington projected to bring in 500 million this year from marijuana sales • 2011 Oakland, California raised 1.3 million in tax revenue from medical marijuana • Bloomberg BusinessWeek Reports: • Cannabis industry has potential to become multi-billion dollar industry

  10. Questions??

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