Post Adoption of AZ 200 CA 215 Information Update
II Propositions’ Impact:
•Gives children wrong message- “drugs are good”
•Balkanizes the nation’s “national” drug strategy
•Subverts FDA’s science-based designation of medicinal substances
•Increases taxpayers’ burden to litigate medical proof issues, potential for conflicting results and additional litigation costs
•Creates law enforcement conflicts- limited federal prosecution and enforcement resources, deputization and immunity issues, contraband seizure authority/immunity
•Pits federal government against the states- 10th Amendment issues
•Contradicts U.S. international treaty obligations- 1961and 1972 treaties
•Causes confusion for drug-free workplace entities and medical profession