Could Legalizing Marijuana Curb Mexican Drug Violence?
Could Legalizing Marijuana Curb Mexican Drug Violence? – Complete video at: fora.tv Beau Kilmer and Richard Lee debate the potential effects marijuana legalization in California could have on Mexican drug cartels. Kilmer cites that California only accounts for a small percentage of the cartels’ revenue, while Lee counters that legalization in California could lead to legalization nationwide. —– Will California become the first state to legalize the production and sale of marijuana? November ballot measure Proposition 19 would allow local governments to choose whether and how to regulate and tax marijuana. Some are concerned about legalization’s effect on consumption and public health, while others tout the potential boon to city and state coffers. Besides the jaw-dropping estimated retail price decrease from 0 to per ounce, nothing is really certain about the potential impact of Prop 19. Get informed before the vote — don’t miss advocates of both sides arguing the pros and cons of pushing pot through the legal pipeline. – Commonwealth Club of California Beau Kilmer is codirector of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center. His primary fields of interest are illicit markets, community corrections, drug treatment, and the future of drug testing. Kilmer’s recent work focused on measuring the size of the global drug market for the European Commission and developing indicators to measure the impact of drug enforcement in Europe. His current work focuses on identifying the community-level effects of drug treatment and …
17 Healthcare Niches — Observations for 2013
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A 2010 RAND study found that almost 1 in 5 visits to hospital ERs could be treated at urgent care centers, potentially saving $ 4.4 billion annually in healthcare costs. While the typical price of a visit to an urgent care center is …. There is …
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FAQs on State Tax Reform
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Plan A would generate a bigger economic benefit for North Carolina, according to an independent analysis conducted for JLF by economists at Suffolk University's Beacon Hill Institute in Boston. …. Federal and state policymakers already treat …
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Gulf Coast Addiction Treatment Center Urges Parents To Be On The Look For …
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Gulf Coast Addiction Treatment Center Executive Director, Debbie Ross, urges parents to be on the lookout for drug paraphernalia in their home as Florida heroin use increases with pill prices rising. … Recent enrollees in our program are telling us …
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