1987-46 Urging the Legislature to Make the Possession and Use of Marijuana Illegal.KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 87 -e6 -R
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A RESOLUTION OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY URGIN
LEGISLATURE TO MAKE THE POSSESSION AND USE OF MARIJUANA ILLEGAL.
WHEREAS, the Stats of Alaska allows legal private possew on and use
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of marijuana, and (�
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WHEREAS, Alaska's present statutes regarding possby�i n and use of
marijuana are in conflict with Federal law, and
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WHEREAS, recent studies have revealed increasing vidence of
marijuana's destructive effects on the brain, immune syi(t m, lungs, and
reproductive system of human beings, and
WHEREAS, recent studies show marijuana a ?t a single and best
predictor of future illegal drug use, and rr�/Q/
WHEREAS, the estimated direct cost of ug ug abuse in business in the
United State is $60 billion per year, measures 7 n lost productivity, increased
absenteeism, rising medical costs, mors wo//r kp ace accidents, and stealing by
employees to support their addictions, app Ali
WHEREAS, the U. S. and the Stat of Alaska spends millions of dollar]
every year to treat drug abuse Pat lentil. and
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island B rough and City of Kodiak Substance Abus
Task Force recommend that posses'!Zen and use of marijuana be recriminalized.
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WHEREAS, it is totally inconsistent to urge young people to "say no"
to drugs at the same time 4t Ii legal to Poasasa and use drugs, and
WHEREAS, this a matter of concern for the general health, welfare
and public safety of the c tizens of Alaska.
NOW, THERFc9QE BE IT RESOLVED by the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly
that the Legislat 010/1a d the Governor of the State or Alaska are urged to
reenact the ales hich make the possession and use of marijuana a criminal
act_
PASSED NO APPROVED this day of 1987.
/ rooiAe ISLAND SGROUGH I
Borough Mayor
Presiding Officer
ugh Clerk