CSMP announces Miami Beach decriminalization initiative.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 05:34PM For Immediate Release
June 15, 2010
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Ford Banister, Campaign Director, 678-697-4845
Miami Beach Voters Could See Marijuana Decriminalization on November Ballot
Group to launch petition drive at news conference on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 in front of Miami Beach City Hall (1700 Convention Center Dr.)
The Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy says adults should not be punished for using a substance far SAFER than alcohol -- MARIJUANA
MIAMI BEACH -- A local group will hold a news conference in front of Miami Beach City Hall on Wednesday, June 16, at 7pm at which it will launch a petition drive to place a marijuana decriminalization measure on the November city ballot.
"The sum total effect of 72 years of marijuana prohibition and more than twenty million arrests since 1965 is that marijuana is now the largest cash crop in the United States and probably the most economically valuable agricultural commodity produced in the State of Florida. According to a recent report by Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron, Florida spends $573,366,000 annually on wholly ineffectual efforts to eradicate marijuana, a substance that every objective study has determined to be far less harmful than alcohol," said Ford Banister, Chairman of the Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy, who is spearheading the initiative.
"We are confident that the progressive and enlightened citizens of Miami Beach will agree that it's time we stop driving people to drink with excessive penalties for the use of a far safer substance," Banister said. "And if they do not yet know how much safer marijuana is than alcohol and the savings garnered by ending a failed policy, we will be working hard to educate them over the course of this campaign."
WHAT: News conference to launch marijuana decriminalization petition drive
WHEN: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at 7pm.
WHERE: In front of Miami Beach City Hall, 1700 Convention Center Drive
WHO: Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy (CSMP)
http://www.sensibleflorida.com/
This is a paid political advertisement, paid for by the Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy (CSMP), a political committee, whose mailing address is P.O. Box 403812, Miami Beach, FL 33140-9998.
Reader Comments (10)
what you guys are doing is great! ill bet after tonight u will have plenty of people trying to get this iniative going in their cities.i hope so,ill volunteer,and i dont even use the stuff!! where do i sign?
where do we sign?
Put up a link where we can buy teeshirts!
Way to go, guys! I'll be writing a brief article about you for the Drug War Chronicle tomororw. You can check it out at the web link above.
I hope you'll add us to your list of links.
WHERE do we sign???
It is an inspiration for me as an artist and business owner. New ideas come to me, finding what we call "thinking outside the box". Solving problems with a cool mind and not with emotions.
Let's make it happen! Let's make it legal!
I'm adding my signature, there. ::::signs::::::
I would like to work for your campaign. I live in Miami beach and am a DJ I can get many signatures!
If you live in Kendal, Killian, Hammocks, Sweetwater, The Gables, South Miami, Pinecrest, Palmetto, The Grove, Redlands, Cutler Bay, Cutler ridge and or Homestead, contact me... im building up a group to gather more signatures to make this happen..
Cheers!
Armani from The RSVP Network.
Great Job, keep it going and, share it with other cities, like Chicago , New York Los angeles , texas , even En Espanol .