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Friday, October 21, 2016 – Sunday, October 23, 2016 VOLUME 110 ISSUE 26
SPORTS | PAGE 16
COACH RICK ‘ROCKET’ DEMONT HOPES TO PROPEL ARIZONA SWIMMING BACK INTO THE SPOTLIGHT WITH A NATIONAL TITLE
ARTS & LIFE | PAGE 8 GET AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE MUSIC, ART, TECH, FOOD AND ORIGINS OF DUSK—TUCSON’S HOMEGROWN FESTIVAL
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ADAM BUNTZMAN MOVES DNA volumes with pipettes in a lab on Oct. 5. Buntzman is a Ph.D. research assistant professor in the College of Medicine.
NEWS
Voters skeptical of marijuana
BY ROCKY BAIER @prof_roxy
Arizona residents can vote to legalize recreational marijuana with Proposition 205 on Nov. 8. If passed, Proposition 205 would decriminalize marijuana to instead regulate the substance like alcohol, legal for individuals over 21. Carlos Alfaro, deputy campaign manager for the Yes on 205 Campaign, said he supports Proposition 205 because he believes in personal freedom. “I think it’s unnecessary and ridiculous that we’re arresting 15,000 adults in Arizona for simple marijuana possession,” Alfaro said. “Prop. 205 is the best way to help that because not only would it be legalizing it, it would
be ending prohibition and giving money to our public schools by taxing marijuana.” Proposition 205 would eliminate the vast majority of possession arrests in Arizona, according to Alfaro. The proposition would levy a 15 percent tax on all sales, which would be used to fund public health and education. The Arizona Joint Legislative Budget Committee conducted a study that estimated Proposition 205 could bring in $124 million annually in taxes and fees. Of the taxes raised, more than $55 million would go to schools. The regulations, sales and taxes would be set by a new Department of Marijuana Licenses and Control, which
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would allow the government to get funding from something individuals currently do through illegal means. Kestrel Gorlick, a computer science and mathematics freshman, said people will get marijuana if they want it, legal or not. “However, the fact [is] that somebody with three grams of weed on them gets the same jail time as someone who physically assaults somebody,” Gorlick said. “Any kind of leeway cutting out that amount of crazy jail time for anybody is a really good step in the right direction. More than anything, it’s just that the events that led to it being criminalized in the first place are so shady and wrong. It needs to be fixed.”
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Marijuana use is at an alltime high, according to a University of Michigan study via USA TODAY. The study stated that one in every 17 college students use marijuana daily or near daily, meaning 20 or more times a month. The legal risks of smoking marijuana are high in Arizona, where only medical marijuana is legal. Possession of less than two pounds is punishable by four months to two years in prison and a $1,000 fine. “These laws are not working, and they are making criminals out of our communities and it’s time to stop it,” Alfaro said. Those opposed to Proposition 205 have a slew of other
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