CLNCC Resolution In Support Of The Delaware Marijuana Control Act

HB 110 will be heard in House Finance and Revenue Committee today. 

At the April monthly meeting, the Civic League for New Castle County passed this resolution in favor of the Delaware Marijuana Control Act:

The Civic League for New Castle County

Resolution in support of HB 110: The Delaware Marijuana Control Act

WHEREAS, The Civic League for New Castle County passed an informal resolution in support of the legalization of recreation marijuana at the February 2016 Board Meeting, and

WHEREAS, In the General Assembly, HB 110, AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 AND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE CREATING THE DELAWARE MARIJUANA CONTROL ACT, has been formally introduced with bipartisan sponsors and cosponsors, and

WHEREAS, regulation and taxation of marijuana will provide economic stimulation and revenue to the State, and

WHEREAS, an opportunity will exist for entrepreneurs to rehabilitate vacant and underutilized warehouse space for cultivation and packaging, retail space for sales and specialty shops, manufacturing space for the purpose of using the primary plant materials for edibles, and the accessory plant parts for paper products, textiles, resins, rope, oils, soaps, lotions and composite materials, as well as the recovery and reuse of farmlands that could otherwise be sold and potentially developed purposes other than agriculture, and

WHEREAS, as a victimless crime, for too long, prohibition of marijuana has had detrimental effects on communities by entering otherwise nonviolent offenders into the penal system, and entering to their record a criminal charge, which can prevent future employment and the ability to receive education scholarships and grants, and

WHEREAS, our Police and Public Safety officers have serious, more pressing crime to focus their limited resources upon,

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF THE CIVIC LEAGUE FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY that the passage of this legislation is strongly encouraged, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the General Assembly should act in haste to ensure the passage of HB 110 with a veto proof majority. 

Also, you can listen to yesterday's WDEL audio rebutting many of the claims that will be heard from opponents at the public hearing today:

Supporting Legal Marijuana: Delaware Criminal Attorneys Tom Donohue and Adam Windett