Essay on Weeding Out Amendment 64 - 642 Words

Colorado voters do not realize how easy they have made it for children to obtain marijuana. When Amendment 64 was passed, an already troublesome condition escalated to a more dangerous level for our youth. School officials are â€Å"reporting an increase in marijuana-related incidents in middle and high schools† (Nancy Lofholm). Sadly, parents smoke openly, in front of their children. Now that they can legally obtain one ounce of marijuana, they do not see the need to keep the drugs out of sight. Once in plain sight, kids have more access to marijuana to share or sell with their peers. Easy availability of weed to minors has very harmful effects on the young mind. Amendment 64 needs to be altered to include more stringent controls to keep the†¦show more content†¦The new law gives kids a false confidence, and now they feel they are â€Å"cool† by bringing drugs to school. The effects of this new law must not be taken lightly because it is creating an uncomforta ble environment in schools. It is recognized that more students are smoking before school and during their lunch periods. A police report said that, â€Å"†¦school officials call him and he talks to the kids, but it is a little more difficult now to cite them if they arent caught in the act. They can say that they were around an adult medical marijuana user and werent smoking themselves† (Lofholm). Without changing Amendment 64 to add regulations to strongly discourage access and use by our youth things will only get worse. Parents and other legal adult users need to be educated about the increased marijuana incidents on school grounds, as well as the harms of marijuana on the young developing brain. To the credit of the writers of Amendment 64, they included protective packaging requirements on sellable products. â€Å"Marijuana must be placed in special child-resistant packages, designed to be significantly difficult for children under five years of age to open, before it is removed from the dis pensary† (Matt Ferner). The law also prevents anyone under the age of 21 to purchase recreational marijuana. Where they failed was to protect anyone from six years to the legal age! Kids of the prohibited age are most likely to use the product and suffer lifelong brainShow MoreRelatedAgricultural Science and Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics17383 Words   |  70 Pagesmottled green, hard; flesh red, green, Africa yellow or whitish, usually sweet, man-seeded. Seed white, black, reddish, yellow, flat, smooth; about 15 seeds per g. Southern United States Extended shape, fleshy to the taste, smooth, unilocular, with out a of America to northern central hole, of different colours. The seeds are between white and parts of Costa Rica yellow, smooth, sharp-pointed, and large. Its large is of 1.5 cms, wide from 0.6 to 0.7 cms, and from 0.1 to 0.2 cms thick. North orRead MoreHemp Cultivation in China42289 Words   |  170 Pagesescaped and wild Cannabis does not survive as an intrusive weed in cultivated fields since it is removed by local farmers. Journal of the International Hemp Association, Volume 2, Number 2, 1995 w N To Jinan 61 * (*some male plants start out as female at first nodes, but change to purely male as flowering continues) Table 1. Phenotypic differences between the spontaneously growing wild and escaped populations and the cultivated small-seed and large-seed landrace types of the Tai anRead MoreMarketing Mistakes and Successes175322 Words   |  702 Pageseditions, a variety of firms, industries, mistakes, and successes are presented. You will be familiar with most of the organizations, although probably not with the details of their situations. We are always on the lookout for cases that can bring out certain points or caveats in the art of marketing decision making, and that give a balanced view of the spectrum of marketing problems. The goal is to present examples that provide 1 2 †¢ Chapter 1: Introduction somewhat different learning experiencesRead MoreLibrary Management204752 Words   |  820 Pagesmarketing, team building, and ethics. The volume covers all of the important functions involved in library management and development. Although these functions are presented and discussed separately, it is important to remember that they are carried out simultaneously and concurrently. The actual operation of a library or information center follows no precise linear pattern. Most managerial functions progress simultaneously; they do not exist in a hierarchical relationship. For instance, budgeting