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LEGALIZE IT EVERYWHERE Presenting BONG WEED and BONG WEED COIN BONG WEED COIN LEGALIZE IT EVERYWHERE Presenting BONG WEED and BONG WEED COIN While focusing on the issue of worldwide legalization and decriminalization of cannabis, we will collectively put resources toward developing this multibillion-dollar project. We will work with established donation campaigns and organizations and who share our goal of a more tolerant cannabis future. From legislation decriminalizing cannabis itself, to the legislation designed to support the cannabis-finance sector, we will work towards supporting cannabis reform on all fronts. ABOUT BONG WEED COIN: BONG WEED COIN IS UNIQUE. IT IS THE VERY FIRST CRYPTOCURRENCY CREATED SPECIFICALLY TO HELP EMPOWER THE CANNABIS SECTOR BY WORKING ON CANNABIS REFORM FOR BOTH THE USERS AND PRODUCERS. BONG WEED COIN IS A COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECT BUILT ON BINANCE SMARTCHAIN, WHICH ACTS AS A DECENTRALIZED ENTITY; WHERE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WORK TOGETHER AND WHERE WE PLAN TO START PRODUCING/SELLING OUR OWN CANNABIS PRODUCTS – STARTING IN AREAS WHERE ITS ALREADY LEGAL. WITH THOSE PROCEEDS, WE WILL DONATE THE REVENUE TO CREDIBLE CHARITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS WHICH SHARE OUR MISSION. WHAT IS CANNABIS, A.K.A. MARIJUANA? Cannabis is a plant that has long been utilized for its therapeutic/medicinal properties. The word cannabis can refer to any of the three species within the Cannabis family; Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis. At the point when the blossoms of these plants are harvested then cured, you©re left with quite possibly the most well-known substances on the planet ± cannabis flower. As cannabis decriminalization increases, so too, do the names and nomenclature associated with it. Today, there are many terms which refer to the cannabis flower; bud, grass, pot, weed, marijuana, ganja, dank, etc. It has different forms for ingestion ± here are the top three; bud (dried blossoms), hashish (THC extracted through physical agitation), and hash oil ªdabsº (thick, slick fluid, brilliant earthy colored to dark in shading, which is separated from cannabis with various solvents). Cannabis has been regarded highly for its medicinal properties for thousands of years, and what's best is its all natural! THE PROBLEM WITH CRIMINALIZATION - NONREGULATION Due to decades of propaganda and demonization of cannabis by the U.S. government, it is understandable for individuals of the general public to imagine that it is unsafe. However, as more studies are being done, it has been shown that many claims that were used to keep people off cannabis were either exaggerated instances or straight-up falsehoods. The general consensus that is held now is that regulated cannabis use holds greater value than simply allowing people to partake in legal consumption, it also helps lowers the frequency of other nonviolent crimes. This means that legalization not only benefits the individual consumer, but also the general public through lessened crime and significant tax revenue. The popularity of cannabis will always draw people in – regardless of its legal status – and this can be dangerous as unregulated cannabis may be bunk, overpriced, tainted, or even fake – there has been instances where fake and synthetic cannabis products have led to people getting sick and even dying. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF LEGALIZATION? Despite the negative ideas held by skeptics when Colorado passed Amendment 64, which paved the way for recreational use of cannabis in the U.S., there was no increase in crimes or unemployment as they had predicted would occur. Generally, crime has fallen by 15% and murder rate, too, has decreased. After recreational cannabis, also referred to as “adult-use” cannabis, was first authorized in Colorado, then Washington, in 2012, their economies have seen massive booms in business licenses, tourism, tax revenue, housing, population growth, and even more. The argument that supports these results is that the regulation of cannabis leads to less black-market activity – as people are prone to buy legitimate cannabis over something from a drug dealer – this leads to better knowledge for the consumer, it helps the economy, there’s less health hazards involved. Another sound argument from cannabis proponents is the fact that alcohol is far more dangerous to an individual’s health, as well as the public’s, yet it is legal everywhere and far less regulated – despite being a known carcinogen. LEGALIZATION BEGINS! Cannabis use was acceptable for a large portion of history up to the twentieth century. In 1906 the Wiley Act, also called the Pure Food and Drug Act, was passed in the U.S. this was a broad piece of legislature which deemed cannabis “addictive” and also officially criminalized the plant in the country. It wasn’t until Colorado passed Amendment 64 that cannabis was finally deemed legal in the country – albeit not federally recognized. In the following years many other states followed suit - in March 2021, Governor Cuomo marked weed authorization into law, following the express council's overwhelmingly endorsement of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) in New York. For quite a long time, racially disproportionate punishment has been focused on Hispanic, Black, and Native individuals in New Mexico – as a result, in March 2021, New Mexico passed the Cannabis Regulation Act and a programmed expungement and resentencing bill. California was the original state in the U.S. to allow medical marijuana in 1996 through Prop 215. Prop 215 was proposed by a San Francisco activist whose partner had used cannabis to treat his AIDS symptoms. So far, there are about 47 nations, including the U.K., where medical use is permitted. TIME TO DECRIMINALIZE According to ProCon.org, most adults in the U.S., which is more than 128 million individuals, have consumed cannabis at least once, despite its legal status. Almost 600,000 Americans are arrested for cannabis each year. Public support for decriminalizing cannabis has gone from 12% in 1969 to over 70% today. According to FBI statistics, violent crimes in Washington diminished in the years after legalization. [295.6 offenses detailed per 100,000 Washington inhabitants in 2011 versus 284.4 fierce offenses per 100,000 individuals in 2015] Four-in-Ten U.S. Drug arrests in 2018 were for possession, sale, or manufacture of marijuana % of arrests for each drug category, including possession, sale and, manufacture Manufactured Sale Or Manufacturer Drugs 8% 6.1% Cocaine 23.5% Marijuana 40.8% Others Possession 29.6% 92% CONVICTION CASES CAN'T BE IGNORED: Today, over twenty states have sanctioned pot in some structure or another, with cannabis turning into a staple item for many consumers. However, it is easy to forget that thousands of people are incarcerated in states for cannabis-related reasons – even in ones where it is now legal. These cases were tried before the legalization period, and without expungement, these people will have to wait for their sentences to finish to be free again. Without activism and reform, these unfortunate people are simply forced to continue their punishment, despite their ‘crimes’ no longer being illegal today. PEDRO MORENO Pedro Moreno was accused of marijuana distribution. He was condemned to a life sentence and has served more than 21 years in jail as of now. Moreno says that he and his four siblings were sentenced for similar charges in the same fashion. However, his siblings all got mercy in 2017 while Moreno didn't. MICHAEL PELLETIER Michael Pelletier is sitting in government jail carrying out a life punishment. He has been a wheelchair-bound paraplegic since the age of 11. Reports that came out around the time of his capture portrayed him as the head boss in a drug ring that was making billions of dollars, yet the case was grossly overstated. Pelletier's spat with weed started when he was 14 and begun treating the physical and mental side effects of his paraplegia with the medical properties of cannabis. He simply bought the cannabis to treat his symptoms. He got set-up by a peer and Pelletier got the most noteworthy sentence and was not given the chance to appeal. BATTLE TO LEGALIZE IT: Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA). What does the MRTA do? It is an administrative framework that is responsible for the sanctioned use of cannabis and the income that is created from it would be utilized for acceptable purposes as youth programs, work preparing, and drug treatment programs. It gives simple admittance to youth and building up authorizing framework for private companies. Government Initiatives DPA (Drug Policy Alliance) has worked enthusiastically to pass the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act in Congress. They worked with House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler and afterward Senator Kamala Harris to draft and present the enactment, and collaborated with other public common and basic freedoms associations to frame the Marijuana Justice Coalition, which has attempted to guarantee that government cannabis change puts the individuals who have been most hurt by forbiddance upfront. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) NORML has been working out of Washington, DC, since 1970. The association upholds the authorization of sporting cannabis for grown-ups and has been at the cutting edge of numerous legitimization drives. It additionally works in numerous far-off nations, including the United Kingdom, France, New Zealand, and South Africa. BONG WEED COIN FIGHT FOR LEGALIZATION BONG WEED COIN making a transformative stride towards the advancement of the marijuana business. How? One of the points of the BONG WEED is to battle for the decriminalization of marijuana throughout the planet. The financing which would be gained by BONG WEED FACILITIES would be utilized to work to battle and support cases throughout the planet of cannabis clients, assist them with getting bail additionally would be utilized to convince the legislators to decriminalize this business throughout the planet, to haggle with a noble cause, legitimate bodies, dissident and lobbyist and software engineers that work with the decriminalization of cannabis and partake in drives for legitimization and continue individuals to give for the better reason to gifts and a good cause.
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