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RESOLUTION NO. 5355
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA EXPRESSING SUPPORT OF STRICT ENFORCEMENT
OF LAWS RELATING TO ILLICIT USE OF MARIJUANA
AND CERTAIN DANGEROUS DRUGS.
WHEREAS, the use of marijuana, ISD, dangerous drugs, and
dependence -inducing substances presents an extreme danger to the
user and constitutes a major problem to society and law enforcement,
and
WHEREAS, the use of marijuana, LSD, dangerous drugs, and
dependence -inducing substances has its greatest impact on young
people, and
WHEREAS, more than 90,% of all heroin addicts had their
first exposure to narcotic use through the use of marijuana, which
has increased by 234% since 19b0, and
WHEREAS, addiction to heroin is murder on the installment
plan and the use of marijuana represents the first down payment, and
WHEREAS, the Expert Committee of the United Nations World
Health Organization has determined and stated that marijuana is
likely to produce drug dependence in dependence -prone persons, and
recognized the danger of its use by advocating its total abolition,
and
WHEREAS, it has been proposed by some that existing penal-
ties for possession and use of marijuana be downgraded from felony
to misdemeanor, and by a few, that its use be legalized, and
WHEREAS, any weakening or abolition of legal control of
marijuana will be most detrimental to society collectively and users
individually, and
WHEREAS, failure to strengthen the laws pertaining to
manufacture, possession, sale, transfer or use of LSD and dangerous
drugs would further handicap law enforcement at the local, state,
and federal levels,
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the City of Azusa opposes any.
effort to downgrade penalties for the possession or use of marijuana.
Be it further resolved that the City of Azusa support and assist in
all efforts to strengthen the laws pertaining to illegal use of LSD
and other dangerous drugs by placing them in the felony category,
and to support and assist law enforcement by providing all necessary
legal means to cope with and solve the many problems connected with
marijuana, LSD, dangerous drugs, and like dependence -inducing
substances.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
resolution.
1968. Adopted and approved this 19th day of February ,
Mayo /
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I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 19th day of _ February , 1968, by the
following vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Calvert, Solem, McLees, Cooney
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
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