Not necessarily. Here’s a dose of hope and sanity…
“After a change in the Virginia state House of Delegates, a bill to establish a commercial marijuana market in Virginia died in Subcommittee. This is a tremendous victory for public health and a setback to the marijuana industry and its investors, including the Big Tobacco giant Altria. AALM and a coalition of anti-drug public safety-minded groups worked diligently to educate the legislators on the harms and failures of marijuana legalization.
"When legislatures have accurate information about today's marijuana and aren't tainted by drug dealer money, they will nearly always make the correct choice for the health and safety of their citizens"
-Carla Lowe President AALM
'In South Dakota, the
House State Affairs Committee defeated a Senate-passed marijuana legalization bill and advanced separate legislation gutting "medical" marijuana provisions and maintaining safeguards to public health and safety in the state. Governor Noem has made her opposition to expanding marijuana use in the state clearly in the past. Good leaders make laws to protect public health and safety and oppose drug dealer efforts."
-Scott Chipman VP AALM
AALM applauds and congratulates those who provided critical information as well as the legislators who voted based on their concerns for the health and safety of Virginia's citizens.
We know marijuana drug dealers and their lobbyists will be back every year in an attempt to fool legislators and the public into supporting their addiction-for-profit industry. We need everyone's help to get educated and educate the public and legislators about the harms and failures of marijuana legalization
