Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States and federal prisons and an upwards of 750,000 in local jails for marijuana related crimes. Today there are over 1.5 million Americans serving time in an institution. If marijuana was decriminalized, these numbers were further be reduced again to below 700,000 inmates and save the taxpayers billions of dollars per year. The United States spends an estimated $68 billion per year on prisoners with a third of that number have been incarcerated for non-violent drug crimes including a sixth of those numbers as marijuana drug related offenses. A reduction in the prison population due to decriminalizing marijuana could save an
The Brain Tumour Charity friends, schools and employers The Brain Tumour Charity’s primary awareness campaign is HeadSmart: be brain tumour aware. HeadSmart is a multi-award winning, UK-wide campaign based on research funded by The Brain Tumour Charity at The University of Nottingham (2003-2006). HeadSmart aims to educate the public and healthcare professionals about the signs and symptoms of brain tumours in children and young people, to reduce diagnosis times, to save lives and to reduce long term disability. The campaign’s goal is to reduce diagnosis times to four weeks or less in line with NHS targets. The charity campaigns on a range of issues