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RESOLUTION NO 1J/"3
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEAL BEACH OPPOSING PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
INITIATIVE TO LEGALIZE MANUFACTURE, SALE, PUR-
CHASE, POSSESSION AND TRANSPORTATION OF MARIJUANA.
WHEREAS, it is known that the use of marijuana often leads to
the use of hard narcotics such as heroin as the addict's tolerance
and his need for more and stronger narcotics increases, and
WHEREAS, experience in England with the so-called "British
System" of providing drugs for addicts has shown that the legalizing
of drugs in any form results in their increased use and spread to
greater numbers of people, and
WHEREAS, the legalizing of marijuana will subject untold numbers
of our citizens to the personal tragedy and suffering from the many
ill results caused by the use of marijuana and as a result thereof to
addiction to heroin, and
WHEREAS, the legalizing of marijuana would subject our citizens
to the violent and unpredictable criminal tendencies of persons under
the influence of marijuana, and
WHEREAS, such action would result in millions of dollars of
additional cost to the public of police investigation, prosecution,
and incarceration of persons who commit violent and vicious crimes
while under the influence of marijuana and narcotics to say nothing
of the loss resulting from thefts committed by those seeking money
to support their ever increasing need for narcotics, and
WHEREAS, the use of habit forming narcotic drugs destroys will-
power, inhibitions and restraints of its users and leads to loss of
moral control and to physical and mental collapse, and
WHEREAS, it is well established that the use of narcotics leads
to criminal behavior which is often vicious and senseless, and
WHEREAS, the people of the State of California are entitled to be
protected against the criminal activities of narcotic users, and
WHEREAS, the proposal is ill considered and unrealistic and could
benefit only those who are engaged in the infamous traffic in
narcotics, and
WHEREAS, the legalizing of marijuana would serve only to compound
what is now one of the most serious and complex problems facing the
State of California and would create a clear and present danger to
the health, safety, and welfare of all of our citizens, and
WHEREAS, the refusal of the group sponsoring this petttion to
identify themselves constitutes an abuse of the initiative process,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Seal Beach most strenously oppose the proposed constitutional
amendment sponsored by)".',The Anonymous C01lBIlittee for the Abolition of
the Prohibition against Marijuana" and oppose the measure if it
qualifies for the ballot.
BE IT STILL FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Seal Beach supports the activities of the Special Committee to ~ppose
this propisition.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Seal Beach at a meeting thereof held on the 21st day of March, 1966,
by the following vote:
AYES: councilmen~~A"'~~J~J, ~..~~J4/
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Councilmen
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ABSENT :
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