R97-025RESOLUTION NO. R97-~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH,
FLORIDA, STRONGLY OPPOSSING THE
DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF SCHEDULE I
DRUGS TO PATIENTS; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Florida Police Chiefs Association,
meeting at its Mid-Winter conference in Orlando, Florida
on January 19, 1997, passed a resolution strongly
opposing any attempt to legalize the use of Schedule I
drugs; and
WHEREAS, an initiative was passed in the states of
Arizona and California, that allows physicians, under
certain conditions to prescribe Schedule I drugs for
patients; and
WHEREAS, the dangerous drugs that are restricted
under Schedule I include not only marijuana, but heroin,
LSD, amphetamines, phencyclidine and other halluCinogenic
drugs; and
WHEREAS, laboratory research in animals and humans
has shown that the use of marijuana, which is more
carcinogenic than tobacco, or other Schedule I drugs,
compromises brain functions, the immune system, the
lungs, and hormonal responses to stress and metabolic
change as well as making diseases such as tuberculosis,
asthma and multiple sclerosis worse and does not prevent
blindness due to glaucoma; and
WHEREAS, not one national health organization
accepts marijuana or other Schedule I drugs as a medicine
and many researchers adamantly state that marijuana or
other Schedule I drugs have no medical benefit
whatsoever; and
WHEREAS, the following organizations have stated
that marijuana and other Schedule I drugs have not been
shown scientifically to be safe or effective as a
medicine; the American Medical Association, American
Cancer Society, National Multiple Sclerosis Association,
American Academy of Ophthalmology, National Eye
Institute, National Cancer Institute, National Institute
for Neurological Disorders and Strokes, National
Institute of Dental Research and the National Institute
on allergy and Infectious Diseases; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Court of Appeals in 1994 affirmed
the decision of the Administra=or of the Drug Enforcement
Administration that marijuana remain a Schedule I
substance; and
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WHEREAS, it is neither rational nor compassionate to
provide a harmful, addictive drug with no scientifically
proven medical efficacy; and
WHEREAS, the passage initiatives in the states of
Arizona and California are dangerous and wrong because it
will make Schedule I drugs, including Marijuana,
available to the public without following the scientific
process of the Food and Drug Administration for approval
and regulation;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. The City commission of the City of
Boynton Beach, Florida, hereby strongly opposes the laws
passed in Arizona and California, and urges the citizens
our City to soundly defeat any movement that would
legalize the distribution and/or use of any Schedule 1
drug.
Section 2. That this Resolution
effective immediately upon passage.
shall become
Section 3. That a copy of this Resolution be
forwarded upon passage to the Palm Beach County
Legislative Delegation, appropriate members of the
Florida House and Senate, and the Florida League of
Cities.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this /~ day of February, 1997.
ATTEST:
Cit~ Clerk
CITY OF BOYNTQN BEACH~ FLORIDA
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