420 Girl - Alison Holcomb

[420RedHead]

I-502′s lead architect and ACLU attorney Alison Holcomb told the crowd of journalists in Seattle, amassed outside the doors to Cannabis City, "We are moving marijuana out of the shadows, regulating it for consumer and community safety, dedicating new tax revenues to keeping kids healthy, and keeping them in school. We are finally taking marijuana out of the criminal justice system and treating it as a public health issue. No edibles were sold, however. That more controversial part of the market is still weeks or months away, since the rules surrounding them are complex and each product must be approved by the state's Liquor Control Board. - Seattlepi

 

[420RedHead]

I say legalize drugs because I want to see less drug abuse, not more. And I say legalize drugs because I want to see the criminals put out of business. - Edward Ellison, former Head of Scotland Yard's Anti-drug Squad - Source: London's Daily Mail, March 10, 1998 - Alison Holcomb pictured