KEEP MT Great Reasons to RODyCTIVE VOTE NO on I-190 Initiative to Legalize Marijuana in Montana You Tube "15 Great Reasons NOT to Legalize Pot in MT" Eyewitness testimony can be viewed in above video 1 Pot legalization saturates every sector of society so it is impossible to enforce that those under 21 can't have i. The valedictorian of a Calfomia High School testifies, "I go to our school bathroom and t stinks from the kids smoking pot there. The halways reck of it My dassmates post about it, as if it is something cool, but in reality they are not productive people at al They are not studying and not geting jobs. Her teacher bestifies, "Marijuana has just ruined our year 0ur kids have just lost their motivation, They don'twant to study or do anything. They just want to get stoned." Every business in Flathead county has a "help warted" sign. We don't need our young people 'not studying and not getting jobs. not productive people at al" 2 You will be walking down "Tral of the Cedars" and need to walk through a pungent plume of pot smoke trom the beaded hikers on the bench because once pot is legaized public smoking becomes common and people that don't want to smell t are forced to at every park, concert. freworks display, public beach, and sporting event. Pot lovers chant 'freedom" but what about our freedom to breath ciean air in the place that has the cleanest air in the nation 1? Ats BAD BUSINESS, Tourism has grown to become Montanas' second largest industry and supports 11 % of MT. Jobs. In 2018 t paid $230 Milion in State and Local taxes. In 2019 265 million in taves. That is a 35 milion dollar increase IN JUST ONE YEAR! An easily researchable fact is that after 5 years pot expects to pay 38.5 Milion per year in taxes (From 193 Malion in pot pouring in to our schools and communites every year) So even after FIVE YEARS pot expects to pay the same amount tourism NCREASED in taxes paid in only ONE YEAR! Yet it would greatly ham tourism. Bil and Pegay testty. "We went to Loveland Colorado and saw hordes of homeless addicted people so we left for Colorado Springs where the same sight overwhelmed us. (The locals in both places told us the addicted homeless DID NOT FILL THE PARKS TILL POT WAS LEGALIZED ) We looked at each other and said, "Tis is not refreshing and doesn't FEEL Ike a vacation. LETS GO SOMEWHERE ELSE ! WE came to Mortana and loved the wholesome family triendy environment rWashington now gets 395.5 Milon per year trom Pot and in Seatte alone spends over one billon per year on the addicted homeless problem which Pot legalization exacerbated. That is not positive cash fiow! 5According to a 7 year study of 5000 13 to 19 year olds those who began smoking pot proved 27 times more likely to start using meth and opioids, The National Academy of Medicine reports that using pot "is likely to increase the risk of schizophreria and other psychosis, the higher the use, the greater the risk" Al of the first four states to legalize marjuana have seen "sharp increases in murders and aggravated assaults since 2014. Researchers found that car accidents increased 10% ater the legalikation of recreational marijuana in Colorado.In another study of seriously injured Washington drivers admited to a Level-1 shock trauma center, more than a quarter of all drivers (26.9 percent) tested positive for Marijuana) US. NEWS & World Report Alexa Larderi May 15, 2019 A state can not harm their most valuable resource : people - even for cash payouts in the form of tax dollars. and expect i to be Oa win win situation. A father concludes the YouTube Video saying, "My son got into pot and it led to opiates and now he is dead PLEASE DON'T LET THIS GET LEGALIZED I "God wil bless us if we resist and His hand of blessing will it it we capitulate. Anybody besides me notice that the pot states were raging internos this summer while we were blessed and overfiowing with visitors and retugees trom Oregon? 7 Merchandising 193 milion of pot per year will etal larpe bilboards for the competing box stores. Come on Mortana vote NO if we warted the big pot bilboards we could move to Portand, we live here so we can look at the Mountains not the "Need Weed" bilboards! Q Many people have let Oregon. Colorado and Calfomia to come to Montana all saying the same thing. "When it was legalized, eit ratt, strange people, and eriminals moved into our neighborhoods and heroin flooded our high schools. ONCE WE REJECTI-190 our aractiveness for tourism, education, and all productive ventures wil skyrocket. On the other hand if we become a drug haven many of our best people will leave for neighboring states that are resisting ik and in exchange we will get an infux of dead beats and drug sellers. We realize there ARE productive, contribuing Marijuana users but once legalized the crowd that comes often is not. Legalizaton handoutts law enforcement's abity to bust hard drugs. A local sarpent on the sherifts department toid me."Smeling pot is the main way we bust hard drugs because when we go up to a car andit reeks of pot we have probable cause to search and that's when we find the Meth, Crack, and Heroine. Once legalzed prebable cause is taken away so hard drugs skyrockets in a community. Anyone who wants to can easily get a card for $60.00 and smoke in Mortana ALREADY so not legalizing weed is not cramping anyone's style. 10 119 Once a state becomes dependent on drug money t is a hard if not impossible habit to break. We don't need the drug money nor the apathy, addictions, and hard drug sellers it brings. t ids drop out of school because of it, and they do, and potential employees stay home to smoke and play video games, 1 2nd they do. What wil happen It they are called on to defend their country? Vote NO to l-190. Paid for by Keep Montana Productive, PO Box 362, Hungry Horse, MT 59919 410198 KEEP MT Great Reasons to RODyCTIVE VOTE NO on I-190 Initiative to Legalize Marijuana in Montana You Tube "15 Great Reasons NOT to Legalize Pot in MT" Eyewitness testimony can be viewed in above video 1 Pot legalization saturates every sector of society so it is impossible to enforce that those under 21 can't have i. The valedictorian of a Calfomia High School testifies, "I go to our school bathroom and t stinks from the kids smoking pot there. The halways reck of it My dassmates post about it, as if it is something cool, but in reality they are not productive people at al They are not studying and not geting jobs. Her teacher bestifies, "Marijuana has just ruined our year 0ur kids have just lost their motivation, They don'twant to study or do anything. They just want to get stoned." Every business in Flathead county has a "help warted" sign. We don't need our young people 'not studying and not getting jobs. not productive people at al" 2 You will be walking down "Tral of the Cedars" and need to walk through a pungent plume of pot smoke trom the beaded hikers on the bench because once pot is legaized public smoking becomes common and people that don't want to smell t are forced to at every park, concert. freworks display, public beach, and sporting event. Pot lovers chant 'freedom" but what about our freedom to breath ciean air in the place that has the cleanest air in the nation 1? Ats BAD BUSINESS, Tourism has grown to become Montanas' second largest industry and supports 11 % of MT. Jobs. In 2018 t paid $230 Milion in State and Local taxes. In 2019 265 million in taves. That is a 35 milion dollar increase IN JUST ONE YEAR! An easily researchable fact is that after 5 years pot expects to pay 38.5 Milion per year in taxes (From 193 Malion in pot pouring in to our schools and communites every year) So even after FIVE YEARS pot expects to pay the same amount tourism NCREASED in taxes paid in only ONE YEAR! Yet it would greatly ham tourism. Bil and Pegay testty. "We went to Loveland Colorado and saw hordes of homeless addicted people so we left for Colorado Springs where the same sight overwhelmed us. (The locals in both places told us the addicted homeless DID NOT FILL THE PARKS TILL POT WAS LEGALIZED ) We looked at each other and said, "Tis is not refreshing and doesn't FEEL Ike a vacation. LETS GO SOMEWHERE ELSE ! WE came to Mortana and loved the wholesome family triendy environment rWashington now gets 395.5 Milon per year trom Pot and in Seatte alone spends over one billon per year on the addicted homeless problem which Pot legalization exacerbated. That is not positive cash fiow! 5According to a 7 year study of 5000 13 to 19 year olds those who began smoking pot proved 27 times more likely to start using meth and opioids, The National Academy of Medicine reports that using pot "is likely to increase the risk of schizophreria and other psychosis, the higher the use, the greater the risk" Al of the first four states to legalize marjuana have seen "sharp increases in murders and aggravated assaults since 2014. Researchers found that car accidents increased 10% ater the legalikation of recreational marijuana in Colorado.In another study of seriously injured Washington drivers admited to a Level-1 shock trauma center, more than a quarter of all drivers (26.9 percent) tested positive for Marijuana) US. NEWS & World Report Alexa Larderi May 15, 2019 A state can not harm their most valuable resource : people - even for cash payouts in the form of tax dollars. and expect i to be Oa win win situation. A father concludes the YouTube Video saying, "My son got into pot and it led to opiates and now he is dead PLEASE DON'T LET THIS GET LEGALIZED I "God wil bless us if we resist and His hand of blessing will it it we capitulate. Anybody besides me notice that the pot states were raging internos this summer while we were blessed and overfiowing with visitors and retugees trom Oregon? 7 Merchandising 193 milion of pot per year will etal larpe bilboards for the competing box stores. Come on Mortana vote NO if we warted the big pot bilboards we could move to Portand, we live here so we can look at the Mountains not the "Need Weed" bilboards! Q Many people have let Oregon. Colorado and Calfomia to come to Montana all saying the same thing. "When it was legalized, eit ratt, strange people, and eriminals moved into our neighborhoods and heroin flooded our high schools. ONCE WE REJECTI-190 our aractiveness for tourism, education, and all productive ventures wil skyrocket. On the other hand if we become a drug haven many of our best people will leave for neighboring states that are resisting ik and in exchange we will get an infux of dead beats and drug sellers. We realize there ARE productive, contribuing Marijuana users but once legalized the crowd that comes often is not. Legalizaton handoutts law enforcement's abity to bust hard drugs. A local sarpent on the sherifts department toid me."Smeling pot is the main way we bust hard drugs because when we go up to a car andit reeks of pot we have probable cause to search and that's when we find the Meth, Crack, and Heroine. Once legalzed prebable cause is taken away so hard drugs skyrockets in a community. Anyone who wants to can easily get a card for $60.00 and smoke in Mortana ALREADY so not legalizing weed is not cramping anyone's style. 10 119 Once a state becomes dependent on drug money t is a hard if not impossible habit to break. We don't need the drug money nor the apathy, addictions, and hard drug sellers it brings. t ids drop out of school because of it, and they do, and potential employees stay home to smoke and play video games, 1 2nd they do. What wil happen It they are called on to defend their country? Vote NO to l-190. Paid for by Keep Montana Productive, PO Box 362, Hungry Horse, MT 59919 410198