A program to generate billions in revenue for California counties, minimize patient reliance on the black market, regulate the cultivation and dispensation of medical cannabis, and fund unique program
March 6, 2004 (Press Release) --
Los Angeles, 6 March, 2004 – Ahimsa International ("AI"), a non-profit organization, yesterday submitted to Governor Schwarzenegger and California county supervisors a proposal for a program advocating a comprehensive approach to SB 420 compliance, including statewide, county-owned, medical cannabis dispensaries.
“Ahimsa International is committed to developing innovative programs to help reduce and prevent social and environmental degradation,” said AI’s president, Ms. Dana Jay. “Our proposal for a self-sustaining, statewide county program that prioritizes health and safety demonstrates this commitment. The Medical Cannabis Safety Program (MCSP) is a potent prescription for seriously ill patients, environmentally devastated state and national forests, and ailing county and state treasuries.”
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was requested to encourage and empower county officials to take action to implement the MCSP as an immediate, remedial measure to comply with SB 420, and to rejuvenate devastated county budgets.
As a result of a lack of regulation by either the U.S.D.A. or the F.D.A., the MCSP will provide responsible administration and regulation of the cultivation and dispensation of safe medical cannabis to qualified patients. Designed to prioritize and ensure the safety of patients, implementation of the MCSC’s 5-pronged approach will involve the cooperation of the California Medical Cannabis Growers Guild, the California Medical Cannabis Directory, Ahimsa International, the Medical Cannabis Safety Center, and California counties.
The MCSP addresses yet-to-be-fully-recognized health and safety hazards, including patient health risks due to contamination of medical cannabis by pesticides, herbicides, and bacterial and fungal agents, and severe environmental damage to watersheds, wildlife, and forest resources caused by abundant illicit marijuana gardens.
According to conservative estimates, by the DEA, the illicit cannabis industry in the U.S. grosses over 1 quadrillion dollars annually. By redirecting the flow of profits from the black market into county treasuries, the counties move simultaneously towards the achievement of self-sustainability and a victory in the war on drugs.
There are many reasons to implement the MCSP, the best of which is that to refuse it would mean the perpetuation of a thriving cannabis black market and the continued struggle by counties to fund county services and programs with under-funded treasuries.
Other unique programs developed by Ahimsa include: the Social Crisis Zones Research Study, a 5-year, diagnostic examination of the devastation experienced in America’s inner cities, and the Terra Vista Youth Leadership Center, an alternative to incarceration of violent juvenile offenders. Also awaiting funding is the Altruistic Heroes Program, a student-created web site museum allowing at-risk youth to interact with 2000 historical heroes.
For further information about the MCSP, Ahimsa, the Guild, the Directory, and the Safety Center, please visit www.AhimsaInternational.org and www.Cannabis-Directory.com.
“Ahimsa International is committed to developing innovative programs to help reduce and prevent social and environmental degradation,” said AI’s president, Ms. Dana Jay. “Our proposal for a self-sustaining, statewide county program that prioritizes health and safety demonstrates this commitment. The Medical Cannabis Safety Program (MCSP) is a potent prescription for seriously ill patients, environmentally devastated state and national forests, and ailing county and state treasuries.”
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was requested to encourage and empower county officials to take action to implement the MCSP as an immediate, remedial measure to comply with SB 420, and to rejuvenate devastated county budgets.
As a result of a lack of regulation by either the U.S.D.A. or the F.D.A., the MCSP will provide responsible administration and regulation of the cultivation and dispensation of safe medical cannabis to qualified patients. Designed to prioritize and ensure the safety of patients, implementation of the MCSC’s 5-pronged approach will involve the cooperation of the California Medical Cannabis Growers Guild, the California Medical Cannabis Directory, Ahimsa International, the Medical Cannabis Safety Center, and California counties.
The MCSP addresses yet-to-be-fully-recognized health and safety hazards, including patient health risks due to contamination of medical cannabis by pesticides, herbicides, and bacterial and fungal agents, and severe environmental damage to watersheds, wildlife, and forest resources caused by abundant illicit marijuana gardens.
According to conservative estimates, by the DEA, the illicit cannabis industry in the U.S. grosses over 1 quadrillion dollars annually. By redirecting the flow of profits from the black market into county treasuries, the counties move simultaneously towards the achievement of self-sustainability and a victory in the war on drugs.
There are many reasons to implement the MCSP, the best of which is that to refuse it would mean the perpetuation of a thriving cannabis black market and the continued struggle by counties to fund county services and programs with under-funded treasuries.
Other unique programs developed by Ahimsa include: the Social Crisis Zones Research Study, a 5-year, diagnostic examination of the devastation experienced in America’s inner cities, and the Terra Vista Youth Leadership Center, an alternative to incarceration of violent juvenile offenders. Also awaiting funding is the Altruistic Heroes Program, a student-created web site museum allowing at-risk youth to interact with 2000 historical heroes.
For further information about the MCSP, Ahimsa, the Guild, the Directory, and the Safety Center, please visit www.AhimsaInternational.org and www.Cannabis-Directory.com.
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