HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 9094RESOLUTION NO.
9094
RESOLUTION OPPOSING PROPOSED C)NSTITUTIONAL INITIATIVE
TO LEGALIZE MANUFACTURE, SALE, PURCHASE, POSSESSION AND
TRANSPORTATION OF MARIJUANA
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Los Angeles adopted a resolution strenuously opposing the pro-
posed constitutional amendment sponsored by "The Anonymous
Committee for the Abolition of the Prohibition against Mari-
juana" and opposing the measure if it qualifies for ballot,
and
WHEREAS, said resolution urges all cities and counties
in California to join in opposing said vicious amendment, and
WHEREAS, said resolution of the Board of Supervisors
recites the following matters pertaining to the proposed amend-
ment:
1. A group calling itself "The Anonymous Committee
for the Abolition of the Prohibition against Marijuana" has
commenced action to amend the Constitution of the State of
California to legalize the manufacture, sale, purchase, possess-
ion, and transportation of marijuana within the State of Calif-
ornia, and
2. This group has chosen to remain anonymous, and
3. It is known that the use of marijuana leads in-
evitably to the use of hard narcotics such as heroin as the
addict's tolerance and his need for more and stronger narcotics
increases, and
4. Experience in England with the so-called "Brit-
ish System" of providing drugs for addicts has shown that the
legalizing of drugs in any form results in their increased
use and spread to greater numbers of people, and
5. The legalizing of marijuana will subject untold
numbers of our citizens to the personal tragedy and suffer-
ing of becoming dependent upon the use of marijuana and as
a result thereof to addiction to heroin, and
6. The legalizing of marijuana wouldsubject our
citizens to the violent and unpredictable criminal tendencies
of persons under the influence of marijuana, and
7. Such action would result in millions of dollars
of additional cost to the public of police investigation,
prosecution, and incarceration of persons who commit violent
and vicious crimes while under the influence of marijuana
and other narcotics to say nothing of the loss resulting from
thefts committed by those seeking money to support their ever
increasing need for narcotics, and
8. The use of habit forming narcotic drugs destroys
will -power, inhibitions and restraints of its users and leads
to loss of moral control and to physical and mental collapse,
and
9. The people of the State of California are en-
titled to be protected against the criminal activities of
narcotic users, and
10. It is well established that the use of narcotics
leads to criminal behavior which is often vicious and sense-
less, and
11. The proposal is ill considered and unrealistic
and could benefit only those who are engaged in the infamous
traffic in narcotics, and
12. The legalizing of marijuana would serve only
to compound what is now one of the most serious and complex
problems facing the State of California and would create a
clear and present danger to the health, safety and welfare of
all our citizens, and
13. The refusal of the group sponsoring this
monstrous petition to identify themselves constitutes an
abuse of the initiative process;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of National City, California, that this Council
heartily concurs in the findings and opinions of the Board
of Supervisors and joins Los Angeles County in opposing any
effort to legalize the use or merchandising of marijuana.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
day of April, 1966.