If passed by the voters on November 2, 2010, Proposition 19 will
* Reduce the racial bias in cannabis arrests
* Create between 60,000 and 110,000 new jobs in California
* Generate between $1.2 billion and $1.4 billion in new direct tax revenue annually
* Expand California's economy by between $16 billion and $23 billion annually
* Reduce crime in California
* Reduce violence in California and Mexico
* Free up law enforcement resources to focus on violent crime and property crime.
* Reduce environmental damage to California's public lands from illegal grow operations.
* Reduce prison costs and prison overcrowding
* Reduce funding to drug cartels, who currently get about 70% of their revenue from illegal cannabis sales
* Reduce police corruption
* Improve the relationship between police and the communities they serve
* Reduce alcohol's cost to society by allowing adults to choose a safer alternative
If Prop 19 doesn't pass, we'll continue to have the police harassing and imprisoning simple, recreational smokers while the growers and cartels profit from our fear of a continued police state against the cannabis community. Prices will continue to rise, we'll continue to have more federal funding against cannabis grows, and we'll continue to have the largest increase in private and state prisons in the world. Enough is Enough, Vote Yes on 19 and work to legalize the nation
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