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Thank you Mayor and city council members of the City of Yakima for taking the time
to hear the communities concern. We are here today to respectfully ask for your
time to listen to the reason and evidence on why we should repeal the ban on
cannabis in Yakima. The ban that was placed over a year and a half ago today has
done nothing but harm the communities in which it was designed to protect.
These communities have a black market problem. This illegal trade only enables the
cartels and gangs with high value commodities that have limited access.
Unfortunately there is a black market for everything, from moonshine to the most
severe of illicit controlled substances like methamphetamines. What we can do with
these markets is use enforcement and access to curb if not eliminate these illegal
activities.
The more access we have for legal items such as alcohol it decreases the need for
individuals to break the law in which to access. There are individuals out there still
making moonshine and selling it for numerous purposes. The activity will never go
away completely, however, we have an opportunity to utilize these goods in a
regulated and safe market and tax them. We can then use this tax revenue to create
new and effective solutions for the proposed societal complications that come with
the legalization alcohol.
Today we are focused on the economy. Today we can confidently say that cannabis
is safe. This is supported by the fact that the United States Government successfully
filed Patent Number US6630507 in 1998. The abstract states that Cannabinoids
have been found to heal and repair tissue and neurodegenerative disease. I have
provided you all a copy there for your review along with a robust list of over 80
links provided by the National Institute of Health showing the effectiveness of
cannabis on a myriad of health issues.
The economy we are speaking of is America's fastest growing industry. A report
provided by the Arc View Group showed that the recreational and medical cannabis
industry netted 2.7 billion in 2014, with Washington State representing 8% of that
current national market. This industry is growing faster than the organic produce
sector. Bottom line this crop is agriculturally based and it represents jobs for our
communities statewide.
Currently citizens in this state are being affected by the budget instability in what is
being recorded as the longest single session in Washington history. Why is this
important to this issue you may ask? Well, with our educational system under
remodeling based on the McCleary decision we now have to allocate billions under
an already burdened budget trying to repair our highways and State Park systems.
This legislative session would've been wholly different if as a state we were able to
fully tap the newest tax revenue source we have seen in over eight years.
If the city of Yakima and the rest of the 51% of the state had implemented I-502 the
way the voters envisioned instead of relying on an ill -placed opinion of Attorney
General Bob Furgeson our state would not be under such fiscal stress. This stress is
felt all the way back to the communities that you serve. While we know that the
banning of the legal cannabis industry was nothing more than a cooperative
approach with the Association of Washington Cities to create a tax leverage
scenario.
Last week marked the success of that leverage that you, the council, participated in.
We first saw this tax leverage approach display itself last year in January when
Mayor Cawley participated in signing a petition to the Governor requesting greater
tax distribution for the cities. That tax distribution is now approved for cities that
cooperate with the regulatory scheme and allow retail sales. Now we ask you
respectfully to have the foresight that this city needs those taxes. Yakima needs new
jobs and tax revenues that will help keep our streets safe from the real drugs and
criminals.
We are asking the City Council of Yakima to repeal the ban not based on any moral
stance but rather based on the simple reason that we can turn a negative into a
positive. Please repeal the ban so that we can work together as allies to create safe
and sustainable communities together. Thank you for your time and if you have any
questions I would be happy to answer them now.
Patents
Cannabinoids as antioxidants and
neu roprotectants
US 6630507 B1
ABSTRACT
Cannabinoids have been found to have antioxidant properties, unrelated to
NMDA receptor antagonism. This new found property makes cannabinoids
useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of wide variety of oxidation associated
diseases, such as ischemic, age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune
diseases. The cannabinoids are found to have particular application as
neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following
ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of
neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease
and HIV dementia. Nonpsychoactive cannabinoids, such as cannabidoil, are
particularly advantageous to use because they avoid toxicity that is encountered
with psychoactive cannabinoids at high doses useful in the method of the
present invention. A particular disclosed class of cannabinoids useful as
neuroprotective antioxidants is formula (I) wherein the R group is independently
selected from the group consisting of H, CH3, and COCH3.
(I)
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DESCRIPTION
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Application number
PCT number
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Filing date
Priority date
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US6630507 B1
Grant
US 09/674,028
PCT/US1999/008769
Oct 7, 2003
Apr 21,1999
Apr21, 1998
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Aidan J. Hampson, Julius Axelrod, Maurizio
Gnmaldi
The United States Of America As
Represented By The Department Of Health
And Human Services
Export Citation BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
Patent Citations (22). Non -Patent Citations (29), Referenced by (131,
Classifications (16), Legal Events (5)
External Links: USPTO USPTO Assignment. Espacenet
This application is a 371 of PCT/US99/08769 filed Apr 21 1999, which claims
benefit of No. 60/082.589 filed Apr 21 1998, which claims benefit of No
60/095,993 filed Aug. 10 1998
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention concerns pharmaceutical compounds and compositions
that are useful as tissue protectants, such as neuroprotectants and
cardioprotectants. The compounds and compositions may be used, for
example. in the treatment of acute ischemic neurological insults or chronic
neurodegenerative diseases.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Permanent injury to the central nervous system (CNS) occurs in a variety of
medical conditions, and has been the subject of intense scientific scrutiny in
recent years. It is known that the brain has high metabolic requirements, and
that it can suffer permanent neurologic damage if deprived of sufficient oxygen
CLAIMS (26)
We claim:
1 A method of treating diseases caused by oxidative stress, comprising
administering a therapeutically effective amount of a cannabinoid that has
substantially no binding to the NMDA receptor to a subject who has a disease
caused by oxidative stress.
2 The method of claim 1 wherein the cannabinoid is nonpsychoactive
3 The method of claim 2, wherein the cannabinoid has a volume of
distribution of 10 L/kg or more.
4 The method of claim 1, wherein the cannabinoid is not an antagonist
at the NMDA receptor
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the cannabinoid is.
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July 7, 2015
Legal Marijuana Is The Fastest -Growing Industry In The
U.S.: Report
Posted: 01/26/2015 12:00 am EST Updated: 01/28/2015 10'59 am EST
Legal marijuana is the fastest-growing industry in the United States and if the trend toward legalization spreads to all 5o states, marijuana
could become larger than the organic food industry, according to a new report obtained by The Huffington Post.
Researchers from The ArcView Group, a cannabis industry investment and research firm based in Oakland, California, found that the U.S.
market for legal cannabis grew 74 percent in 2014 to $2.7 billion, up from $1.5 billion in 2013.
The group surveyed hundreds of medical and recreational marijuana retailers in states where sales are legal, as well as ancillary business
operators and independent cultivators of the plant, over the course of seven months during 2013 and 2014. ArcView also compiled data from
state agencies, nonprofit organizations and private companies in the marijuana industry for a more complete look at the marketplace.
"In the Last year, the rise of the cannabis industry went from an interesting cocktail conversation to being taken seriously as the fastest
growing industry in America," Troy Dayton, CEO of The ArcView Group and publisher of the third edition of the State of Legal Marijuana
Markets, said in the executive summary of the report. "At this point, it's hard to imagine that any serious businessperson who is paying
attention hasn't spent some time thinking about the possibilities in this market."
ADULT USE LEGISLATION
o Adult Use 2012
tQ Adult Use 2014
® Adult Use 2015-2016 (projected)
0 Adult Use 2017.2020 (projected)
d No Adult Use Law
Graph courtesy of ArcView Market Research.
The report also projects a strong year for legal marijuana in 2015 and projects 32 percent growth in the market. Dayton said that places
"cannabis in the top spot" when compared with other fast-growing industries.
Over the next five years, the marijuana industry is expected to continue to grow, with ArcView predicting that 14 more states will legalize
recreational marijuana and two more states will legalize medical marijuana. At least 10 states are already considering legalizing recreational
marijuana in just the next two years through ballot measures or state legislatures.
To date, four states -- Colorado, Washington, Alaska and Oregon -- have legalized retail marijuana. Washington, D.C., voters also legalized
recreational marijuana use, but sales currently remain banned. Twenty-three states have legalized medical cannabis. Still, marijuana
remains illegal at the federal level.
The report projects that, by 2019, all of the state -legal marijuana markets combined will make for a potential overall market worth almost
$11 billion annually.
MEDICAL USE
LEGISLATION
▪ Medical Use 1996-2000
Li Medical Use 2001-2005
52 Medical Use 2006-2010
Medical Use 2011-2014
Medical Use 2015-2016 (projected)
▪ No Medical Use Law
74% GROWTH iN 2014
Research.
20$is
82%
Graph courtesy of ArcView Market
The report also breaks out some interesting marijuana trends from around the nation. California still has the largest legal cannabis market
in the U.S., at $1.3 billion. Arizona was found to have the fastest-growing major marijuana market in 2014, expanding to $155 million, up
more than $12o million from the previous year. Medical marijuana is already legal in Arizona and California and recreational legalization
measures are likely to appear on the 2016 ballots in both states.
More than 1.5 million shoppers purchased legal marijuana from a dispensary, either medical or recreational, in 2014. Five states now boast
marijuana markets that are larger than $100 million, and in Colorado and Washington -- the first states to open retail marijuana shops in
the U.S. -- consumers bought $37o million in marijuana products last year.
Oregon and Alaska are expected to add a combined $275 million in retail marijuana sales in their first year of operation, the report projects.
And while D.C. has also legalized recreational marijuana use, ArcView couldn't project a market size in the District because of an ongoing
attempt by congressional Republicans to block the new law.
Colorado
30%
Michigan
4%
Oregon
2%
Washington
8%
Arizona
6%
All Others
1%
California
49%
Source: ArcView Market Research (consumer and wholesale sales)
Graph courtesy of ArcView Market Research.
The huge growth potential of the industry appears to be limited only by the possibility of states rejecting the loosening of their drug laws.
The report projects a marijuana industry that could be more valuable than the entire organic food industry -- that is, if the legalization trend
continues to the point that all 5o states legalize recreational marijuana. The total market value of all states legalizing marijuana would top
$36.8 billion -- more than $3 billion larger than the organic food industry.
"These are exciting times," Dayton said in the executive summary, "and new millionaires and possibly billionaires are about to be made,
while simultaneously society will become safer and freer."
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Jeff Deutsch Top Commenter UC Berkeley
I'm a Scientist with a strong interest in Cancer research. The evidence of the value of
Marijuana as a life saving medicine is now so strong that the need to remove Marijuana
from Schedule 1 has become a moral imperative.
This weekend over 3,000 Americans will die, in pain, of Cancer Every day after that,
1,500 more Americans will die, after suffering horribly, from it. Every single minute
another American dies of Cancer Every American Cancer patient deserves the right to
have safe, legal, and economical access to Medical Marijuana. Every single one.
Americans who need Medical Marijuana shouldn't be used as "Political Footballs"
Please call the Whitehouse comment line at (202) 456-1111 and ask that the President
take immediate action to remove Marijuana from Schedule 1 so American Physicians in
all 50 states can prescribe it. See More
Reply Like 42 Follow Post January 28 at 7 40am
J.O. Williams Top Commenter
Many people would live longer under chemo and terminal cancer if Marijuana
could be used for pain and to increase their appetites.
Anecdotal evidence for me is a friend was given 3 months to live but the
Doctor said "get on Medical marijuana" and he lived for one year
Reply Like 10 January 28 at 11:55am
Arturs Abramenko Driver at NAMS AB
I'm a weed smoker for 12 years, and after 7 years without any health check,
since I got no serious health problems, my results were told to be better then
for professional athlete! 1 think its all just thanks to Marijuana'
Reply Like 8 January 28 at 1 17pm
Friends Of Normal- lets Legalize Medical Marijuana
Thanks very much for your comment. I've copied your comment with this
article to our page status. It is apparent from comments that most people
don't realize that high THC cannabis oil causes cancer cell apoptosis When I
first heard of it in 2013, I told the guy posting to our page not to post things
like cancer cure unless he had proof because he gave the opposition
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One Year Of Legal Marijuana Generated $70 Million In
Tax Revenue For Washington State
Posted: 07/06/2015 6:50 pm EDT Updated' 07/07/2015 10:59 am EDT
Washington state raked in more than $70 million in taxes during its first year of legal and regulated marijuana sales.
The Washington State Liquor Control Board, the government body charged with overseeing the state's marijuana industry, reports that state
pot shops sold more than $257 million worth of marijuana, generating more than $64 million through July 1 thanks to the state's marijuana
excise tax.
Add in local sales and other taxes, and Washington's state and local governments have collected more than $70 million, according to The
Associated Press -- roughly doubling the state's original marijuana tax revenue forecast of $36 million for the first year of sales.
"These impressive numbers are likely to catch the eyes of policymakers in other states that could use a little help closing their budget gaps,"
Tom Angell, chairman of the advocacy group Marijuana Majority, told The Huffington Post.
"While this amount of money isn't nearly enough to run a whole state with, these are real dollars that can now be spent on things like
schools, healthcare and road repair instead of going straight into the pockets of the drug dealers who controlled the marijuana market prior
to legalization," Angell added. "And this is only the first year. Expect to see even more revenue generated -- and more jobs created -- in the
next few years."
Here's a look at rising marijuana sales and taxes in Washington state in the last year:
Recreational marijuana sales and tax due, in millions of dollars
® Sates is Excise Tax Due
So
S10
S20
S30
S40
Source: Washington State liquor Control Board
THE HUFFINGTON POST
Despite the state's slow start getting its regulated pot industry off the ground and early concerns about marijuana shortages, the Evergreen
State topped Colorado's first-year marijuana tax revenue of about $44 million. While voters in both states legalized recreational marijuana
in 2012, Colorado became the first state -- and first government in the world -- to regulate marijuana production and sales when its first
shops opened on Jan. 1, 2014. The first marijuana shops in Washington state didn't open until July of that year.
Since then, marijuana sales have increased steadily across the state. The state Liquor Control Board reports that the state's marijuana
businesses are selling nearly $1.5 million in marijuana per day from about 16o retailers statewide, as of July 1. Here's what average daily
sales looked like in the past year:
Marijuana Sates Increasing In Washington
Data from Washington state is showing that weed sales and taxes collected are
increasing dramatically by the month.
S1.5
S1.2
S0.9
S0.6
50.3
SO
July Aug. Sept. Oct Nov. Dec.
2014 �..
Average daily marijuana sates, in millions of dollars
Source: Washington State Liquor Control Board
Jan. Feb. March April
2
May June
THE HUFFINGTON POST
In the first year of legalization, Washington state's marijuana businesses sold more than 22,000 pounds of marijuana and700,000
marijuana -infused edible products, including both solids and liquids. Meanwhile, state cultivators harvested nearly 6o,000 pounds of
marijuana flower.
The state has approved more than 6 million square feet of plant canopy to produce marijuana to date, according to data HuffPost received
from Brian Smith, the communications director for the state Liquor Control Board.
Besides Washington and Colorado, two more states -- Oregon and Alaska -- as well as the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for
recreational purposes. While Oregon's new law went into effect just last week and Alaska's went into effect in February, the first shops in
both states aren't expected to open until 2016.
Legal marijuana is the fastest-growing industry in the United States, a recent industry report found, and if the trend toward legalization
spreads to alt 5o states, marijuana could become larger than the organic food industry.
Marijuana remains illegal under federal law.
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Kevin Cadogan Top Commenter
Live and let live. I know conservatives can't understand that, but us normal folks do
Everybody wins in legalization.
Reply Like 47 Follow Post 22 hours ago
Brian Thompson Top Commenter University of Denver
As a conservative I say legalize all controlled substances Prohibition does
not and has never worked.
BTW, stop stereotyping conservatives, we ain't all bad.
Reply Like 23 21 hours ago
Judi Kertes Top Commenter
Brian Thompson , So, it's ok with you if a couple of dudes start cooking meth
next door to you?
Let's not and say we did.
Reply Like 5 21 hours ago