Why Marijuana is Illegal

By: Andy Holman

The Truth:

HistoryUses:•Rope•Clothes•Canvas•Medicine

Influence in America

•Jamestown-the first English settlement in North America.•In 1850 there were 8,327 hemp plantations in America.

In America Now

Fueled By Racism

1932- Uniform Narcotic Drug Act

What Testing Has Proven

Statistics

Tobacco

Mari

juana

02,000,0004,000,0006,000,0008,000,000

10,000,00012,000,00014,000,00016,000,00018,000,000

American Annual Tax Revenue.Column1Column2

Tobacco

Mari

juana

050,000

100,000150,000200,000250,000300,000350,000400,000450,000

Americans killed a year. (from use)

Column1

Column2

Deaths per year Annual Tax Revenue

Tobacco- 435,000Alcohol- 75,000Marijuana- 0

Tobacco- 16,575,613Alcohol- 5,763,336Marijuana- 0

The American Dream

TheEnd

Works CitedImages:•http://www.ehow.com/hemp-rope/•http://hempwerx.com/•http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/dynasty-chou.cfm•http://www.flickr.com/photos/tspauld/410782275/•http://photopostsblog.com/2009/02/06/prison-art/•http://chattahbox.com/curiosity/2010/04/15/8-year-old-boy-caught-handing-out-heroine-to-students/•http://knowledge.allianz.com/en/news/viewdetail/water_biofuels_usa.html•http://www.quit-smoking-central.com/effects-of-smoking-weed.html

Information:Marijuana- The First Twelve Years

2010, Nov, 10th, http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/hemp/history/first12000/1.htm

Federal Marijuana Law2010, Nov, 10th, http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=2638Pete Guither- Why is Marijuana Illegalhttp://www.drugwarrant.com/articles/why-is-marijuana-illegal/Wikipedia- Jamestown settlement, cannbis, legal history of cannabis, uniform narcotic drug act