New Drug Czar Nominated; ONDCP To Be Removed From The Cabinet
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more from News:
http://blog.norml.org/2009/03/12/new-drug-czar-nominated-ondcp-to-be-...
Unlike the prior Drug Czar, John ‘Unicorn’ Walters, a moral crusader (aptly dubbed Bill Bennett’s ‘Mini-Me’ by the DPA’s Ethan Nadelmann), Chief Kerlikowske crafted pragmatic public policies and law enforcement practices that immediately distinguish him from his predecessors such as Bennett, Gen. Barry McCaffrey and Walters.To wit:
-200,000 pro-reform cannabis law supporters converge on the waterfront in Seattle in mid-August for the world famous Hempfest, where adults openly consume cannabis and the hundreds of police present make few to no arrests (and where, ironically, alcohol use is strictly forbidden).
-Local law enforcement in Seattle apparently does not harass the artisans who craft and market the remarkable glass paraphernalia (AKA, medical delivery devices) for which Seattle is famous.
Compare that with Walters’ and former Attorney General Ashcroft’s zealous pursuit and culture-smashing symbolism of arresting, prosecuting and actually incarcerating NORML Advisory Board member Tommy Chong for nine months in a federal prison for the ‘crime’ of selling high-end artisan, Chong Bongs.
-Seattle police have a generally good track record working with medical cannabis providers, physicians and patients—including Chief Kerlikowske meeting with medical cannabis stakeholders about how to best implement Washington State’s 2000 medical cannabis laws. Compare this with Walters and McCaffrey who collectively spent 14 years insisting that there is no such thing at all as medical cannabis (often comparing it to crack cocaine), patients who claim efficacy or relief from cannabis as ‘fakers’, recommending physicians as ‘kooks’ and the majority of citizens who’ve voted for medical cannabis law reform as ‘easily duped by legalizers’.
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Herbal_Minded
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Its good the ONDCP has been removed from the cabinet because its has been to often used as a propoganda mouthpiece for anti-reform ideology.
I hope the dont get back in the cabinet until the can show some scientific objectivity.
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Herbal_Minded
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estee_arie
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if the world want to end drug wars we all know how to do it- legalization and taxing. its an old but relevant argument.
- 11 months ago
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estee_arie
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Robroy1
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I Hope there is Hope for Dope! Here's to Hoping!
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Robroy1
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sickinjersey
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by by.
- 11 months ago
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sickinjersey
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pjacobs51
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He will be doing things quite different with a shift in emphasis from arrest and prosecution to intervention and treatment.
- 11 months ago
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pjacobs51
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ras_menelik
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VINTAGE WEB SITE ;)
Office of National Drug Control Policy - Marijuana
Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Cannabis is a term that refers to marijuana and other drugs made from the same plant. Other forms of cannabis include sinsemilla, hashish, and hash oil. All forms of cannabis are mind-altering (psychoactive) drugs. More
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ras_menelik
