Whereas society will be safer with an end to cannabis prohibition...
Prohibition makes control impossible, leaving drug dealers in charge. Legalizing and regulating the sale of cannabis will reduce its availability to minors and cut off an important source of funding for criminal elements.
Whereas precious government resources are being wasted enforcing cannabis prohibition...
Up to $22.3 million state taxpayer dollars and countless law enforcement man-hours are spent in Delaware each year enforcing cannabis prohibition that could instead be better used in the pursuit of justice for violent crimes and crimes against property.
Whereas there has never been a death recorded from cannabis consumption...
Cannabis is less addictive than heroin, cocaine, alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine. Delaware is suffering from an opioid epidemic, and research shows that cannabis legalization mitigates opioid use and reduces overdose deaths.
Whereas the current policy of cannabis prohibition is an abject failure...
Cannabis use is mainstream and widespread in today's society. Throughout recorded history, humans have utilized cannabis extensively as a common plant for a variety of purposes: spiritual, medicinal, industrial, and recreational. Cannabis prohibition was a political mistake; legalizing cannabis is common sense.
