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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 […]

strayan on Campaign Ad: “https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-once-and-future-drug-war-11642780895 During the 50 years the U.S. has battled the narcotics trade, illegal drugs have become more available and potent.…” Jan 22, 18:52
Son of Sam Walton on Campaign Ad: “I hear that. A donation is just what the doctor ordered. This is a symbol that we only have a…” Jan 21, 19:39
Home Staging NYC on Marijuana gateway theory suffers new setbacks: “Check out our page home staging services” Jan 21, 02:59
darkcycle on Campaign Ad: “Gary Chambers? Where do I donate? A link would be helpful….” Jan 19, 13:09
Servetus on Still Happening: “A newly developed opioid molecule is safer for use in pain relief: …”We demonstrate that these compounds bind to a…” Jan 16, 13:23
Servetus on Corporate choices: “If I ever need really heavy duty protection, I keep a couple of Israeli military gas masks in my earthquake…” Jan 15, 15:21
Son of Sam Walton on Corporate choices: “What if you believe in Vaccines, but not masks? (today’s masks at least) Masks have been linked to Cancer in…” Jan 15, 09:04

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