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After 35 years in law enforcement, from the streets of New York City to the streets of San Jose, PoliceChief Joseph D. McNamara has gured out how to bust the drug trade.

Vote Yes on Prop. 19.

Prop. 19 will let cities and counties tax and control marijuana just like alcohol. It will generate millionsof dollars of new revenue for our local communities in California. Most importantly, it will help put drug

cartels out of business, so our police can focus their efforts on real crime.

And Chief McNamara isnt the only law enforcement professional looking for your help. Over 50 othersheriffs, police chiefs, prosecutors and police associations also urge you to Vote Yes on Prop. 19 Partner.

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But it doesnt have to be that way. According toCalifornias ofce of tax collection, controlling andtaxing the sale of marijuana could generate $1.4billion in new state revenue EVERY YEAR.

help The policeRight now, hundreds of millions of taxpayerdollars and thousands of police hours a year arewasted arresting non-violent marijuana consumersMore than 60,000 Californians were arrestedfor marijuana possession last year, a grossly disproportionate number of whom were minorities. Thatsame year, 60,000 violent crimes went unsolvedin California.

According to a report by the Legislative AnalystsOfce, which provides non-partisan scal and policadvice, Proposition 19 would enable California to puour police priorities where they belong. When westop pursuing thousands of non-violent marijuanaconsumers, we free up police resources to addressreal crime.

kill The drug carTels

& drug gangsProposition 19 will help cut off amajor source of funding to foreigndrug cartels. The prohibition ofmarijuana has created a violentcriminal market run by vicious drugcartels right across our border.

In 2008 alone, the cartelsmurdered 6,290 civilians inMexicomore than all U.S.troops killed in Iraq andAfghanistan combined.

Its time to weaken thecartels and drug gangsand end this senselessviolence. By voting YES on Proposition 19

tomorrow, you will be voting to help cut off THEmajor source of revenue for these criminals.

VoTe Yes TomorrowThese are just some of the reasons Californianssupport Proposition 19. For more, please visit ourwebsite at www.YesOn19.com

If you vote YES tomorrow, we ALL win.

Hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars are wastedenforcing the prohibition of marijuana. Today, kidscan get marijuana easier than they can get alcohol.

The prohibition of marijuana has created a violentcriminal market run by international drug cartels,and the failures of prohibition affect us all. Ourpolice waste valuable resources targeting non-violent marijuana users, while thousands of violentcrimes go unsolved and violent criminals gounpunished.

Its estimated that there are $14 billion in marijuanasales every year in California. Our debt-ridden statesees none of the revenue that would come fromcontrolling and taxing it.

proposiTion 19The prohibition ofmarijuana in Americahas failed as badly asthe prohibition of

alcohol did in the 1920sand 1930s. And the com-mon sense solution to

the problem is the same:legalize it, regulate it,

and tax it.

Its time to bring marijuana out of the shadowsand under the rule of law. Its time to vote YES onProposition 19.

Proposition 19 was carefully written to:NControl marijuana like alcohol, allowing adults 21and over to possess up to one ounce

NGive state and local governments the ability toregulate and tax the sale of marijuana for adultconsumption

NPut our police priorities where they belong, byending the arrests of non-violent consumers

NGenerate BILLIONS of dollars in revenue to fundwhat matters most: jobs, healthcare, public safety,and more

NCut off funding to the violent drug cartels whocurrently generate most of their operating revenuefrom the U.S. marijuana market

NProtect our kids, our roads, and our workplaces,by banning the smoking of marijuana in public, onschool grounds, and while minors are present;maintaining strict criminal penalties for drivingunder the inuence; and preserving employersrights to maintain drug-free workplaces

NProtect medical marijuana patients rights

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Californias currentbudget is $19 billion indebt. Thats more thanany other state in theUnited States, and morethan many countriesaround the world.

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marijuana prohibiTion has failed

now whaT do we do?

VoTeYeson prop. 19Paid for by Drug Policy Action Committee to Tax and Regulate Marijuana - Yes on Prop. 19, major funding by George Soros and Peter B. Lewis.

For more information, visit www.YesOn19.com facebook.com/taxcannabis twitter.com/taxcannabis

Email: info@YesOn19.com Phone: (510) 268-9701

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