Prop 127 arizona facts
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1. Prop 127 was passed by the people of Arizona in November, 1982 and it went into effect on January 1st, 1983.
2. The first legal marijuana shops opened up in Phoenix on March 31st, 1984.
3. In April of 1985, Prop 215 was passed by the people of California and it went into effect on July 1st, 1986.
4. Marijuana use became legal in Colorado on December 6th, 1996.
5. The first commercial hemp production facility in the united states opened in Kentucky in June of 2013.
6. Despite what you may have heard, legalizing drugs does not lead to an increase in crime. In fact, violent crime tends to decrease.
7. The annual cost to the united states government for illegal drugs is over 1 trillion dollars.
8. The us government spends more money enforcing international drug laws than it does on Homeland Security.
9. The united states government is the largest single narcotics importer in the world.
10. There are over 100 million drug users in the world, with more than 50 million of those being in the united states.
11. One out of every eight dollars spent in the united states is spent on drugs.
12. The united states loses over 200,000 citizens due to drugs every year, almost all of which are due to drug overdose.
13. Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug used in the united states, with 23 percent of the population using it at some point in their life.
14. The united states is the largest single market for marijuana in the world.
15. Marijuana is the second most valuable illegal crop in the united states, only behind domestic pharmaceuticals.
16. Although alcohol kills more people in the united states every year than illegal drugs, it is legal and regulated by the government while all illegal drugs are banned.
17. The drug alcohol is more dangerous than all illegal drugs combined.
18. Although alcohol is legal, it is still a controlled substance and can only be produced, distributed and sold by the government.
19. All illegal drugs are potentially lethal, however some are more dangerous than others.
20. The most dangerous drugs, based on statistics, are Heroin, Cocaine and Methamphetamine.
21. Marijuana is a little more dangerous than cocaine and a lot more dangerous than both Heroin and Meth.
22. In comparison to alcohol, drugs like Heroin, Meth and Cocaine are major killers. Alcohol, on the other hand, is relatively non-lethal.
23. Although no specific information is available, by combining all the other statistics we can estimate the overall rate of mortality for both alcohol and all illegal drugs to be similar.
24. The above information is of course very generalized, and not all illegal drugs are created equal.
25. Marijuana is roughly on par with driving while intoxicated while alcohol is more dangerous than both.
26. The rate of mortality for illegal drugs varies greatly depending on the specific drug.
27. As an example, since 1998 Methadone has been listed as the drug causing most deaths in the state of Arizona.
28. Marijuana causes significantly more deaths each year than all illegal drugs combined.
29. Although the following information is based on only two states, Kentucky and Arizona, and of course is not representative of the rest of the country, it can be used to give a good general idea.
30. Of the top ten deadliest drugs in Kentucky, seven are drugs that can be legally obtained in the state.
31. Of the top ten deadliest drugs in Arizona, five are also available in Arizona.
32. Of the top ten deadliest drugs in the entire country, six are illegal (Meth, Heroin, Ecstasy, Methamphetamine, Cocaine and Marijuana).
33. The states of Alaska, North Dakota, Alabama and Mississippi had the lowest rate of mortality due to illegal drugs.
34. The states of Alaska, Mississippi and Alabama had the lowest rate of mortality due to legal drugs.
35. The states of Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, West Virginia and Alaska had the lowest rate of mortality due to both legal and illegal drugs.
36. Although drugs like Heroin, Meth, Marijuana and Cocaine can't necessarily be avoided, it would still seem that the states with the lowest rate of mortality are more likely to have a lower rate of drug usage overall.
37. The states with the highest rate of mortality are also more likely to have a higher rate of drug usage overall.
38. The states with the lowest rate of mortality are more likely to have a lower rate of drug usage overall.
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