What's New
Support Federal Bill H.R. 2306 -
Empowering States in Regulating the Marijuana
Market
Contact Your Representatives
The
ProtectYouth.org Initiative Announces
Safer Texas Campaign
The new campaign will work to address increasing public
safety concerns
that our laws prohibiting the marijuana market are
sending a dangerous message to the public that alcohol
is more acceptable.
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information,
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Safer Texas Campaign
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Quick Facts
Did
you know?
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The
federal government's National Survey on Drug Use and
Health reports that the number of persons selling
illicit drugs (the vast majority involving marijuana) has nearly quadrupled from 1.2
million in 1992 to 4.4 million in 2008, with one in six
sellers under the age of 18.
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Studies & Reports
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Empowering Parents in Youth Drug Prevention
Parents play the most important
role in alcohol and other drug
prevention and education efforts, and
it is important that they
receive the most up-to-date information available
on youth substance use trends in
their communities.
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We are a
coalition of
parents,
educators,
students and
other concerned
citizens working
to promote
evidence-based
solutions to
reducing the
harmful
influence of the
marijuana
market ban, the root
to many of the
licit and
illicit drug problems
afflicting our
youth and
communities.
OUR GOALS
Stop
unrestricted
youth access.
Remove
unregulated growing and
selling from our residential
areas, parks and
schools.
Take the profit
out of crime.
Restore respect for the
law.
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Teen Marijuana Use Under Three Systems |
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Upward
Increase In Availability and Teen Use |
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Unregulated & Uncontrolled
Illegal
Market |
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Unregulated & Uncontrolled
Legal
Market |
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Regulation,
Education, and Taxation
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Complements parent
and community
efforts to stop
underage youth
access.
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Reduces exposure of
the public to sellers of
much more harmful
licit and illicit
substances.
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Allows government to
raise revenue
through taxation and
stops the revenue
stream to
violent criminal
organizations.
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