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Hichey amendment loses. Time to write letters.

The vote was 163 in favor, 259 opposed. In my opinion, those who voted against it did so, for the most part, for one of two reasons:

Fear of appearing soft on… anything. Fear of getting reduced campaign contributions from the pharmaceutical industry.

I’ll tell you one thing for sure after listening to that debate. […]

Hinchey-Rohrabacher amendment vote due today

Today is likely the day for the next attempt. This is the fourth time that the HInchey amendment has been brought forward, and I have high hopes balanced with election year pessimism. A couple of new things on our side include:

The Citizens Against Government Waste report that expressly supports the amendment The Prebyterian Church […]

UN report and unintentional byproducts

There have been hundreds of media “reports” out there in the past day that have been mindlessly parroting the UNODC hype because it’s easy, but not all of them are buying it. Check out the Vancouver Sun

UN drug report unintentionally argues against prohibition The 2006 World Drug Report of the United Nations Office on […]

Two Podcasts

“bullet” The ONDCP’s latest “podcast” is actually just the audio of their fact-deficient press conference with the UN and the DEA on the occasion of the UNODC’s latest report, and the claims that marijuana has magically become some kind of Super-Drug. It’s one hour and six minutes long, and I don’t have time (or stomach) […]

Quotable

In the debate over marijuana legalization in Nevada comes an interesting piece: The Poetry of Drug Politics by Lohantan Valley News publisher Rick Swart:

At the same time there is something just a little bit hypocritical about standing around the VIP tent drinking cantaloupe margaritas and espousing the ills of “gateway” drugs. Mind-altering drugs are […]

Ryan Mills on Amazon supports marijuana legalization: “We sell and supply high quality and purity (medical chemicals, research chemicals, plant food, cocaine, crystal meth, carfentanyl, fentanyl, amphetamine…” Oct 14, 13:28
GoldenPigeon on The dope on Mexico’s drug war: “Both Germany and Spain appear to be moving at the same speed towards a fairly mellow future. Spain: https://tinyurl.com/9385e2fr Germany:…” Oct 13, 15:49
Son of Sam Walton on The dope on Mexico’s drug war: “M-O/T: One could draw similarities to the Hashish/Cannabis fields and the small regional poppy fields of Afghanistan before the Soviet…” Oct 12, 16:36
NorCalNative on The dope on Mexico’s drug war: “Pete, been reading you for years. Your analysis on drug war issues is spot on. I’ve learned and grown from…” Oct 11, 18:01
Son of Sam Walton on Marijuana gateway theory suffers new setbacks: “Karen’s Law in Colorado finally made it past the first huddle. In the past, Karen’s Law had been voted no…” Oct 8, 08:01
Son of Sam Walton on Marijuana gateway theory suffers new setbacks: “They stayed in jail for so long because the authorities forgot to take the tea to the lab on the…” Oct 6, 08:27
Son of Sam Walton on Marijuana gateway theory suffers new setbacks: “THC Acetate? THC-0 or ATHC. Hardcore dabbers, vapers, and those of us who like to gunk up our pipes with…” Oct 6, 08:14

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