Congressman Jim Webb in his opening statement declared that marijuana is now California's most lucrative cash crop, surpassing even winemakers' profits, and that 4/5 of illegal marijuana fields in California are owned by Mexican drug cartels.
Webb said 86% of US high school students said it is "very easy" or "fairly easy" to buy marijuana, even though the number of people in custody on drug charges increased 13-fold in the last 25 years.
Here's the link to watch the archived hearing.
RELATED: From the Congressional website:
Charts:
- Percent of High School Seniors Who Can Obtain Drugs (PDF - 173.5 KBs)
- Total Prisoners in Custody on Drug Charges (PDF - 177.7 KBs)
- Price of Cocaine (PDF - 191.8 KBs)
- Drug Arrests as a Percent of Total Arrests (PDF - 164.4 KBs)
Witness Statements:
- Anne Swern, First Assistant District Attorney, Kings County, Brooklyn, NY (PDF - 155.4 KBs)
- Norma Fernandes, Community Coordinator, Kings County District Attorney (PDF - 17.8 KBs)
- Peter Reuter, Dept. of Criminology, University of Maryland (PDF - 144.6 KBs)
- John Walsh, Senior Associate, Washington Office on Latin America (PDF - 151.4 KBs)
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As I think of the debt running up daily, I have to then think of cures.
Tax it!!
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