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harmfulness or non-harmfulness of marijuana are or are not yet
known.
(9) That any uncertainty regarding :he relative harmfulness
or non-harmfulness of marijuana does or does not authorize the
government to exercise its police power to criminalize and
prohibit the possession, use and distribution of marijuana_
(I0) That all sovereignty and power over the right of the
people to possess substances of known or undetermined harmfulness
which are not expressiy prohibited by any provision of the
Constitution does or does not rest with the government and not
with the people°
(ii) That the right of the people to be free from criminal
prosecution for possessing (regardless of one's intent) a
substance having relatively harmless or undetermined harmful
effects on the user, other person or society, is or is not a
right retained by the people under the Ninth and Tenth
Amendments.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM JOHN TROY, III
By Counsel
Counsel for the Accused:
MOFFITT, ZWERL!NG & KEMLER_ PoC°
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