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Compassionate  Chaos When she opened it, all of the evils, ills, diseases, and burdensome labor that mankind had not known previously, escaped from the jar.
Since 1996, 13 States have Legalized Medical Marijuana ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
State Year  Possession Limit Alaska 1998 1 oz, 3 mature , 3 immature California  1996 8 oz, 6 mature, 12 immature Colorado 2000 2 oz, 3 mature, 3 immature  Hawaii 2000 1 oz, 3 mature, 4 immature  Maine 1999 1.25 oz, 3 mature, 3 immature Michigan 2008 2.5 oz, 12 plants Montana 2004 1 oz, 6 plants Nevada 2000 1 oz, 3 mature, 4 immature New Mexico 2007 6 oz, 4 mature, 3 immature Oregon 1998 24 oz, 6 mature, 18 immature Rhode Island 2007 2.5 oz, 12 plants Vermont 2004 2 oz, 2 mature, 7 immature Washington 1998 24 oz, 15 plants
Alaska ??? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Minnesota’s Battle ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Law Enforcement Perception
PUBLIC PERCEPTION
Public Perception of   “Medical Marijuana” Ailments v. What We Have Seen ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Analysis of Dispensaries’  "Patients” by Ailment
Analysis of Dispensaries’  “ Patients” by Age 53% of the customers of dispensaries are under 30 years of age.
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Basic Research
Basic Research ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cannabinoid Receptors
Medical Marijuana ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Marijuana as Medicine ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Since 1985
What do Medical Associations Say? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Institute of Medicine   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Institute of Medicine ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Institute of Medicine Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Institute of Medicine Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object]
The American Medical Association   June 2001 ,[object Object],[object Object]
American Medical Assoc. Cont. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
American Medical Assoc. Cont. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
American Medical Assoc. Cont. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
American Medical Assoc. Cont. ,[object Object],[object Object]
American Medical Assoc. Cont. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
American Medical Assoc. Cont. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
American Medical Assoc. Cont. ,[object Object],[object Object]
American Medical Assoc. Cont. ,[object Object],[object Object]
The American Cancer Society   May 2001 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The American Academy of Pediatrics   June 2004 ,[object Object],[object Object]
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society   April 2008 ,[object Object],[object Object]
The British Medical Association   ,[object Object]
The British Government ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Studies on the Harmful Effects of Marijuana ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Marijuana and Mental Health ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Organized Crime ,[object Object],[object Object]
Organized Crime ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Dutch ,[object Object]
The Dutch  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Dutch ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Dutch Future   ,[object Object],[object Object]
Canada
How much Dope? ,[object Object],Will the real Canadian Flag please step forward?
Canada’s Tolerance Fades ,[object Object],[object Object]
So who is running their medical marijuana program? “ The marijuana grows -- run primarily by motorcycle gangs or Vietnamese immigrant-organized crime groups -- have "become a plague" in British Columbia.”  (First Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Bartlett) Organized Crime
Compassionate Chaos   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Compassionate Chaos   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
California Marijuana McMansions Indoor / Asian Organized Crime  Outdoor / Mexican Organized Crime
Organized Crime ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Organized Crime ,[object Object]
What the Public  Does Not  Hear About Information gleaned from an investigation of 11 medical marijuana dispensaries in early 2007, indicated: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Organized Crime ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Societal Costs Related to Drug Abuse ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The Overall Cost of Drug Abuse Rose 5.9 Percent Annually Between 1992 and 1998.
The Cost of Lost Productivity   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Cost of Other Effects   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Estimated Cost of Drug Abuse, 1992-1998 (in millions of dollars) 5% increase per year, for 2009 the total would be 245,277 Category 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Health Care Cost 10,820 11,114 11,279 11,305 11,428 12,085 12,862 Productivity  Losses 69,421 77,972 82,685 88,085 92,423 94,470 98,467 Other Cost 21,912 22,410 24,440 27,120 27,444 30,526 32,083 Total 102,154 111,496 118,404 126,510 131,295 137,802 143,411
Estimated Economic Cost  to Society from Substance Abuse and Addiction: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Surgeon General’s Report, 2004; ONDCP, 2004; Harwood, 2000.
So Let’s Look At Marijuana ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Compassionate Chaos   ,[object Object],[object Object]
Compassionate Chaos   ,[object Object],[object Object]
Compassionate Chaos ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Compassionate Chaos   ,[object Object],[object Object]
Compassionate Chaos ,[object Object],[object Object]
Compassionate Chaos ,[object Object],[object Object]
Part I Crimes Robbery Murder Aggravated Assaults Burglary Larceny/Theft Burglary from Motor Vehicles Arson Crimes and complaints associated with medical marijuana Part II Crimes Drug Violations DUI Weapons Simple Assaults Disorderly Conduct Traffic Congestion  Vagrancy Curfew and Loitering
Crime, Violence and Drugs ,[object Object],[object Object]
The Los Angeles Police Department ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Reports of incidents of violence and property crimes at or near dispensaries
San Francisco Police Department ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Jan ’06 and Jan ’07, significant concentration of crimes committed at or near a cannabis clubs
San Francisco Police Department ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Property crimes at, or in close proximity to a cannabis club
Conclusions   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Conclusion ,[object Object]
Special Thanks To: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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Compassionate Chaos

  • 1. Compassionate Chaos When she opened it, all of the evils, ills, diseases, and burdensome labor that mankind had not known previously, escaped from the jar.
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  • 3. State Year Possession Limit Alaska 1998 1 oz, 3 mature , 3 immature California 1996 8 oz, 6 mature, 12 immature Colorado 2000 2 oz, 3 mature, 3 immature Hawaii 2000 1 oz, 3 mature, 4 immature Maine 1999 1.25 oz, 3 mature, 3 immature Michigan 2008 2.5 oz, 12 plants Montana 2004 1 oz, 6 plants Nevada 2000 1 oz, 3 mature, 4 immature New Mexico 2007 6 oz, 4 mature, 3 immature Oregon 1998 24 oz, 6 mature, 18 immature Rhode Island 2007 2.5 oz, 12 plants Vermont 2004 2 oz, 2 mature, 7 immature Washington 1998 24 oz, 15 plants
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  • 9. Analysis of Dispensaries’ "Patients” by Ailment
  • 10. Analysis of Dispensaries’ “ Patients” by Age 53% of the customers of dispensaries are under 30 years of age.
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  • 45. So who is running their medical marijuana program? “ The marijuana grows -- run primarily by motorcycle gangs or Vietnamese immigrant-organized crime groups -- have "become a plague" in British Columbia.” (First Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Bartlett) Organized Crime
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  • 48. California Marijuana McMansions Indoor / Asian Organized Crime Outdoor / Mexican Organized Crime
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  • 56. Estimated Cost of Drug Abuse, 1992-1998 (in millions of dollars) 5% increase per year, for 2009 the total would be 245,277 Category 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Health Care Cost 10,820 11,114 11,279 11,305 11,428 12,085 12,862 Productivity Losses 69,421 77,972 82,685 88,085 92,423 94,470 98,467 Other Cost 21,912 22,410 24,440 27,120 27,444 30,526 32,083 Total 102,154 111,496 118,404 126,510 131,295 137,802 143,411
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  • 65. Part I Crimes Robbery Murder Aggravated Assaults Burglary Larceny/Theft Burglary from Motor Vehicles Arson Crimes and complaints associated with medical marijuana Part II Crimes Drug Violations DUI Weapons Simple Assaults Disorderly Conduct Traffic Congestion Vagrancy Curfew and Loitering
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Editor's Notes

  1. Slide 2: Brain regions and neuronal pathways Certain parts of the brain govern specific functions. Point to sensory, motor, association and visual cortex to highlight specific functions. Point to the cerebellum for coordination and to the hippocampus for memory. Indicate that nerve cells or neurons travel from one area to another via pathways to send and integrate information. Show, for example, the reward pathway. Start at the ventral tegmental area (VTA) (in magenta), follow the neuron to the nucleus accumbens, and then on to prefrontal cortex. Explain that this pathway gets activated when a person receives positive reinforcement for certain behaviors ("reward"). Indicate that you will explain how this happens when a person takes an addictive drug.