FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 27, 2009
CONTACT: Tom Angell - (202) 557-4979 or media@leap.cc
CALIF. SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE TO TESTIFY FOR LEGALIZING MARIJUANA
Legalization Bill Gets Historic Hearing in California Assembly on Wednesday
SACRAMENTO, CA -- A conservative California Superior Court judge from Orange County will tell legislators on Wednesday that it is time to legalize and tax marijuana after what he saw during his 26 years of sending drug offenders to jail from the bench.
"Based upon my observations, our laws of marijuana prohibition are literally putting our children in harm’s way," said Judge James P. Gray, a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), an international group of cops, judges and prosecutors who no longer believe in the drug laws they once swore to enforce. "Ask teenagers, and they will tell you the same thing that they tell me: it is easier for them to get marijuana today than it is alcohol. Why? Because today the illicit sellers of marijuana don’t ask for I.D."
WHO: Calif. Superior Court Judge James Gray, other advocates for marijuana legalization
WHAT: Hearing on AB 390, The Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act
WHEN: Wednesday, October 28; 10:00 AM PST - 1:00 PM PST
WHERE: Room 126; California State Capitol; Sacramento, CA
Judge Gray retired from the bench earlier this year. Previously, he served as a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles and in the Navy JAG Corps as a defense attorney and judge advocate. He wrote the book "Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It: A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs."
Also testifying at Wednesday's hearing about the benefits of legalizing marijuana will be representatives of the California Board of Equalization, the ACLU, the Drug Policy Alliance and others.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), 15,000-member organization representing police, prosecutors, judges, FBI/DEA agents and others from around the world who want to legalize and regulate all drugs after fighting on the front lines of the "war on drugs" and learning firsthand that prohibition only serves to worsen addiction and violence. More info online at http://www.CopsSayLegalizeDrugs.com.
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What will State and Federal government do with all the money that'll be saved when marijuana is Legalized?
ReplyDeleteGo California!!!
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That was my main complaint way back when. There were many sites people used to bookmark, and a growing number of them.
I think I'll be adding this module to my website soon: http://drupal.org/project/addthis
Hey Dave, this is great. I'd love to get an update on how the testimony (and hearing in general) goes once it's finished.
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