Please know that Let’s Get Clear Georgia has changed its name to Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy.
Our advocacy efforts focus on protecting all of Georgia’s children, teens, adults and communities and on empowering them to protect themselves from the destructive effects of any form of marijuana lacking the approval of established medical associations.
Who We Are
Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy is a non-profit corporation of individuals and organizations utilizing science and credible research in opposing the expansion of laws and policies in Georgia regarding the use of cannabis in various non-standardized, un-tested, and un-dosed forms for medical and recreational purposes.
Our Mission
To promote advocacy and other collaborative efforts using best policies and practices to prevent the expansion of the legalization of cannabis for medical use which lacks the approval of established medical associations as well as to prevent recreational legalization in Georgia.
Our Vision
A Georgia free from the destructive effects of the use, misuse, abuse of, and dependence on marijuana in any form which lacks the approval of established medical associations.
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Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy
Position Statement
A Balanced Approach
Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy Opt Out Webinar
Want to keep a marijuana greenhouse or medical marijuana shop out of your hometown? Find out how by watching Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy Opt Out Webinar with Dana Stevens, Director of Local Affairs, Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) and Dr. Gregg Raduka, Former Executive Director of GA MJ Policy.
Download the 2021 Edition of Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy Opt-Out Toolkit now to find out how to keep a dispensary or a marijuana greenhouse out of your hometown.
Overview of this Opt-Out Toolkit
Just because it is now legal in Georgia to cultivate marijuana and manufacture and sell “medical” 5% THC Oil products does not necessarily mean these have to operate in and be located in your hometown, city or county.
Opting out is still necessary even though your city or county may not have opted in.
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Will Commercialization Deliver Social Justice?
Abu Edwards - Former National Director, Smart Approaches to Marijauna
The Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado The Impact Vol. 8
(Last Updated: September 2021)
The Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (RMHIDTA) program has published annual reports every year since 2013 tracking the impact of legalizing recreational marijuana in Colorado. The purpose is to provide data and information so that policy makers and citizens can make informed decisions on the issue of marijuana legalization.
Section I: Traffic Fatalities & Impaired Driving5 Section I: Traffic Fatalities & Impaired Driving
Section II: Marijuana Use
Section III: Public Health
Section IV: Black Market
Section V: Societal Impact
What is Happening in Florida and What Is Being Done About It: Lessons for Georgia
Click here to see a pdf of Amy Ronshausen’s (Executive Director of the Drug Free America Foundation) power point presented at GA Marijuana Policy's 2nd Annual Policy Summit at the Loudermilk Center in Atlanta on December 9th, 2019. Because Florida has gone further down the “slippery slope” than Georgia at this point, Ms. Ronshausen shows us what to watch out for in Georgia.
Drugged Driving Arrests and Crash Numbers Continue to Climb in Ohio
5 minute news video from Ohio featuring a mother who lost her daughter to a driver impaired from Marijuana (THC). 1/3 of the Drugged Driving arrests in OH last year were due to Marijuana (THC). The Video also features a Drugged Driving Summit sponsored by Triple A (AAA).
Study Commission to look at in-state cultivation, manufacturing and sales of THC Oil
Very unfortunately on the last day of the session, March 29, the Georgia General Assembly passed HB (House Bill) 65 which legalizes intractable pain and PTSD as two more conditions to be treated by THC oil (medi-pot). Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy get a minimum age of 18 for PTSD included in the bill since the DSM-5 includes psychiatric criteria for PTSD for pre-school children. HB 65 also sets up a Joint (combined House and Senate) Study Commission to look at in-state cultivation, manufacturing and sales of THC Oil. Dr. Raduka, Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy's Executive Director, has been nominated to be a member of the Commission, whose members will be selected by Lt. Governor Cagle and House Speaker David Ralston. Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy has also made known who it would like to see be Commission members. The Study Commission will probably start meeting this Summer and issue its report by December 31, 2018.
Dr. Gregg Raduka, Executive Director of Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy, presenting at the 1st Meeting of the Joint House/Senate Study Commission on Low THC Medical Oil Access, August, 2018. Dr. Raduka’s “Leave-Behind” Notebook of 1 pagers for the Commission members can be accessed by clicking here.
To stop pot shops like the one above from coming to your hometown and to stop legal pot fields from growing in Georgia, sign up here to get on the Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy email list.
Sally's son, Andy, committed suicide after becoming addicted to marijuana. In his suicide note, he said "Marijuana killed my soul and ruined my brain."
Big Marijuana Moves to Exploit the Opioid Epidemic
Big Marijuana moves to exploit the opioid epidemic pushing false/dangerous narrative of marijuana as antidote to opioid crisis
Drug Free America Foundation is sending a letter to legislators in states where the marijuana lobby is pushing a false and dangerous narrative that marijuana is an antidote to the opioid epidemic confronting the United States. Medical experts, in fact, say the opposite is true.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse analysis found that marijuana use is associated with an increased risk of prescription opioid use. “Respondents to the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions reported past-year marijuana users in their initial interview had 2.2 times higher odds than nonusers for having a prescription opioid use disorder and 2.6 times greater odds of abusing prescription opioids,” said Calvina Fay, executive director of Drug Free America Foundation. Read More >>
30 Second Silent Counter-ad Video On
What The Marijuana Industry Isn’t Telling Us
Marijuana and Opioids - A Link We Can't Ignore
4-Year Follow-up Study Finds that Participants Who Used Cannabis for Chronic Non-cancer Pain had a Greater Pain Severity Score Compared with People with No Cannabis Use
Findings: 1514 participants completed the baseline interview and were included in the study from Aug 20, 2012, to April 14, 2014. Cannabis use was common, and by 4-year follow-up, 295 (24%) participants had used cannabis for pain. Interest in using cannabis for pain increased from 364 (33%) participants (at baseline) to 723 (60%) participants (at 4 years). At 4-year follow-up, compared with people with no cannabis use, we found that participants who used cannabis had a greater pain severity score (risk ratio 1·14, 95% CI 1·01–1·29, for less frequent cannabis use; and 1·17, 1·03–1·32, for daily or near-daily cannabis use), greater pain interference score (1·21, 1·09–1·35; and 1·14, 1·03–1·26), lower pain self-efficacy scores (0·97, 0·96–1·00; and 0·98, 0·96–1·00), and greater generalised anxiety disorder severity scores (1·07, 1·03–1·12; and 1·10, 1·06–1·15). We found no evidence of a temporal relationship between cannabis use and pain severity or pain interference, and no evidence that cannabis use reduced prescribed opioid use or increased rates of opioid discontinuation.
Toolkit For States Facing
“Medical” Marijuana & Marijuana Legalization Initiatives
CADCA (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America) Guide
This guide will give you the tools you need to push back against “medical” marijuana and marijuana legalization initiatives (see Appendix 1 for a list of states currently facing these initiatives, and links that you can click on to see the full text of these initiatives). It provides strategies to ensure that you can effectively communicate research-based messages against these initiatives.
Know the Facts and Keep Them Simple
In order to successfully combat “medical” marijuana and marijuana legalization initiatives, our field must play offense, not defense. We need to educate both grasstops influentials (e.g. legislators, the media, scientists) and voters using messages that will resonate with them based on facts and statistics.
Marijuana In The News
Medical Marijuana Ads May Spur Teen Pot Use
News Source: HealthDay
This news is related to: Marijuana advertising, marijuana billboards, marijuana magazine ads, and marijuana signage in stores
Marijuana use is associated with an increased risk of prescription opioid misuse and use disorders via @NIDAnews
News Source: NIDA News
This news is related to: Marijuana use associated with an increased risk of prescription opioid misuse
Downloadable Advocacy Documents
Marijuana Abuse Prevention Education Materials
Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy
Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy has 20 separate source-verified educational tracks/talking points which cover the most pressing issues related to marijuana substance abuse and position papers from national organizations stating their current position on using medical marijuana to treat specific medical conditions. Marijuana addiction can have a negative impact in our relationships, how we perform at work, and our ability to drive. Learn about the following topics at ClearGA.org: