Marijuana Toolkit - Starting Points
1. Contact your mayor
Contact your Mayor, Village Trustees, Aldermen, and ask them to support an ordinance to prohibit a marijuana dispensary and marijuana businesses. Sample ordinance
2. Talk with churches/pastoral associations
As well as local law enforcement, doctors, counselors, fire chief and emergency personnel, teachers, school administrators, activists, and others in the community and ask them to speak at a public hearing in support of a ban on marijuana sales. Please reference our Talking Points: Reasons to Oppose Marijuana Businesses in your Community
3. Start a social media group to share information about the impact of marijuana:
4. Show up
Attend and speak at Municipal and County Board meetings
5. Speak out
Write a Letter to the Editor. Sample editorial
Marijuana Toolkit
Listed below are resources which may assist you in preparing remarks and talking points at hearings on medical marijuana, in Letters to the Editor, or when speaking before City Council Meetings. To view the documents, click the links below.
Practical Theorist: Cannabis The Current State of Affairs (CADCA June 30, 2020)
Government of Canada – Cannabis Health Warning Messages Marijuana (also known as Cannabis) is legal in Canada. Marijuana products must be clearly labeled with health warnings.
The Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado, The Impact – September 2019
American College of Pediatricians – Marijuana use: Detrimental to Youth
The Difference between Medical Marijuana and Marijuana 1.7.15
Medical Marijuana – Big Business
Marijuana isn’t necessarily safe to treat what ails us – article by David Murray, Houston Chronicle, July 26, 2014.
Corrupting citizens for fun and profit – article by Michael Gerson, Washington Post, July 14, 2014
Why we should not legalize marijuana
Long Term Effects of Marijuana – Impact on Brain
https://americanaddictioncenters.org/marijuana-rehab/long-term-effects
https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/marijuana-use-and-its-effects#1
