Daily Archives: June 28, 2006

Hichey amendment loses. Time to write letters.

Posted on June 28, 2006 by Pete Guither

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 … Continue reading →

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Hinchey-Rohrabacher amendment vote due today

Posted on June 28, 2006 by Pete Guither

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 … Continue reading →

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UN report and unintentional byproducts

Posted on June 28, 2006 by Pete Guither

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 … Continue reading →

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Two Podcasts

Posted on June 28, 2006 by Pete Guither

“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 … Continue reading →

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Quotable

Posted on June 28, 2006 by Pete Guither

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 … Continue reading →

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