Author: JoeHann

    Johns Creek City Council Candidate Says YES to Marijuana Decrim

    Georgia C.A.R.E. Project received this note from Chris Coughlin, candidate for Johns Creek, GA city council. While we do not endorse candidates, we do report on candidate’s position on marijuana law reform.

    Hello I’m Chris Coughlin, a candidate for Johns Creek City Council, and I support the legalization of cannabis. However, due to the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, we’d only be able to decriminalize the possession until the state of Georgia takes action to take cannabis off their illicit schedules. However, even decriminalization would not send any Johns Creek citizens to jail and would provide an interim step until Georgia progresses on fiscal responsibility and freedom. Johns Creek pays $35 a day to imprison each offender and that costs the taxpayers over $1,000 a month for each person arrested for cannabis. Plus, the clearance rate for Part/Tier 1 crimes (murder, rape, assault, burglary, etc.) is less than 25%! I suggest Johns Creek focus on crimes that are detrimental to our community and stop wasting their time on simple possession so they can find the perpetrators of significant crimes like murder, rape, assaults, etc. Saving money, freeing cops from focusing on low level crimes, and treating our citizens with respect is a win-win-win! Please like and share my page with your community and anyone in the Johns Creek area.

      $100M worth of pot plants seized in Ga. bust

      Monroe County Sheriff John Cary Bittick poses in front of a few of the 23,000 marijuana plants seized last week. (Credit: Monroe County Sheriff’s Office)

      While the estimated value of the crop may be exaggerated, this field of cannabis indicates the cartels are alive and well in the state of Georgia and continues to profit from prohibition. It is estimated that law enforcement can only eradicate less than 10% of domestically grow marijuana.

      In spite of prohibition, marijuana is raked one the top 3 cash crops in Georgia.

      Georgia C.A.R.E. Project supports repeal of marijuana prohibition and the establishment of a regulated, legal market.

      From CBS News:

      MONROE COUNTY, Ga. — Investigators in Georgia seized 23,000 marijuana plants in a bust outside of Macon on June 23, reports CBS affiliate WMAZ.

      The plants have an estimated street value of $100 million.

      Monroe County Sheriff’s Office narcotics investigators and the Georgia Governors Task Force found the plants on a large plot of land near Culloden, Ga., using aerial surveillance as part of a special operation targeting grow operations, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

      Local, state and federal investigators were called in to help harvest the plot and seize the plants. No one has been arrested, and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is still searching for those responsible.