A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THAT REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS SHOULD NOT BE ADVOCATING FOR THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA AS A “MEDICINE”:

WHEREAS the South Carolina legislature has, during every session for the past ten years, considered voting for the misnamed “SC Compassionate Care Act” (presently S-423, H-3486 in 2024) that would legalize marijuana (“cannabis”) for Healthcare dispensation, via state-regulated dispensaries; and

WHEREAS the GOP / Republican Party stands for LIFE according to the party platform, we need not vote in favor of something that would cause untold harm and detriment to our state via advocating for hallucinogenic drug use; and

WHEREAS the statistics clearly show that legalizing “medical” marijuana actually lays the foundation for the marijuana lobby to normalize use of marijuana as a recreational drug; and

WHEREAS the arguments put forth by the multi-billion $ marijuana industry stating that marijuana actually reduces the use of opioids / narcotics is completely debunked and false; and

WHEREAS the arguments put forth by the multi-billion $ marijuana industry stating that marijuana will curtail the number of suicides among veterans due to PTSD and depression is completely debunked and false; and

WHEREAS marijuana use has been linked to increases in vehicular accidents and fatalities, homelessness and multiple other criminal behaviors; and

WHEREAS medicinal marijuana/ cannabis has already been legalized in 38 states and many of these (14 presently) have now enacted legalization (or decriminalization) of recreational use of marijuana which is the main goal of the billion $ marijuana lobby and industry);

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Spartanburg County Republican Party calls on the S.C. General Assembly to stand for LIFE in all forms and to courageously resist the impending efforts to legalize and normalize marijuana in our State.