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Pot Effort Grows Slowly
Posted by CN Staff on September 23, 2002 at 07:20:17 PT
By Liz Halloran, Courant Staff Writer 
Source: Hartford Courant 
While efforts to allow marijuana use for easing serious medical symptoms are capturing headlines from California to the nation's capital, a quieter but persistent campaign to legalize recreational pot use is gaining momentum here and abroad.Canada and Britain have taken major steps recently toward revamping their anti-marijuana laws, following the lead of most European countries. And in the United States, proposals to ease penalties for marijuana use will be on the ballot in November in at least three states.
"The marijuana issue has come of age," says R. Keith Stroup, who 32 years ago founded NORML, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that has remained dedicated to legalizing marijuana.The most dramatic ballot initiative this fall is in Nevada, where voters comfortable with gambling and prostitution will be asked whether they want to let adults possess up to 3 ounces of pot in their homes. That's enough, according to Stroup's calculations, to roll about 90 joints the thickness of a pencil.Arizona will consider scrapping arrests for possession and cultivation of small amounts of marijuana. In Ohio, where possession of up to 100 grams of pot was decriminalized in the 1970s, voters will decide whether all non-violent drug users should get treatment instead of prison for their first two offenses.But as advocates herald what they say is the dawn of a new public attitude toward marijuana, opponents - from psychiatrists to the nation's drug czar - are hardening their opposition to the fight for the right to fire up a joint. They say the cost to society would be dear, most seriously in the potential for increasing marijuana use among children."If marijuana is more available, more kids would be exposed to it and that's the major concern," said Dr. Marianne Guschwan, an addiction psychiatrist and clinical assistant professor at New York University.During the "Just Say No" 1980s and early 1990s, advocates of marijuana legalization were all but silenced. The trend to decriminalize pot possession that began in Oregon in 1973 stalled at 11 states by 1978."The mood of the country got more conservative and we lost ground for 15 or 20 years," said Stroup, 58, who trained as a lawyer and said he and many of his contemporaries began smoking pot at anti-Vietnam War rallies in the 1960s.With a decline in serious crime in the 1990s and a parallel increase in the number of arrests nationwide for marijuana possession, the pro-marijuana forces have decided to roll out their campaigns with renewed vigor.Armed with fresh national statistics saying that 14 million Americans smoke marijuana, advocates say they believe the events of Sept. 11 give their arguments an added potency. Billions of dollars that could be used in the war on terrorism, they say, are being wasted annually on the arrest, prosecution and incarceration of people for marijuana possession."We are questioning whether it's a good use of our tax dollars to arrest and prosecute people who smoke marijuana," said Joseph H. White, a Greenfield, Mass., businessman and father. His organization, Change the Climate Inc., has made its name with billboard and public transit advertisements questioning the nation's spending on pot possession penalties."So many of us who grew up in the late '60s and early '70s have become happy, successful, well-adjusted business people and parents," White said. "Whether or not we continue to smoke marijuana is irrelevant."Though numbers are subject to debate, Stroup claims that up to $10 billion annually is spent in the U.S. to enforce marijuana laws, and that last year 734,000 pot arrests were made each year - 88 percent for simple possession.Guschwan, the addiction psychiatrist, points to another set of statistics that she finds more powerful. A recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services survey shows that 8 percent of youngsters between the ages of 12 and 17 reported using marijuana in the 30 days prior to the survey; 17.3 percent of that same group said they'd used alcohol during the same period."Alcohol is more available and more kids use it. If marijuana was more available, more kids would be exposed to it," she said. "Advocates of legalization argue that we would save money in terms of fighting the drug problem, but we would see an increase in morbidity, mortality and societal costs."Youth would be more at risk of developing problems, and it would affect their productivity and success in school," she said.Will Glaspy, a spokesman with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, said more than 60 percent of teenagers in drug rehabilitation programs are there because they had become addicted to marijuana."You have a contingent of people making unscientific claims about marijuana," he said. "DEA's position is that marijuana is a schedule 1 controlled substance. It is a harmful drug."While both sides throw out statistics and theories about the correlation between criminal laws, availability and use or abuse of marijuana, much of it is simply rhetoric, says Rosalie Pacula of the Rand Corp."People are getting caught up in the rhetoric when we haven't done the analysis to get the facts. We are just now beginning to get the actual data to know" how legalization or decriminalization of marijuana affects use and the costs to society, said Pacula. She and her colleagues at Rand are in the midst of a major research project on the effects of "marijuana depenalization."The analysis has proved tricky: Though 11 states have decriminalized marijuana possession in various ways and to various degrees, other states have approved statutes that may ease pot penalties more significantly. So simply analyzing data based on whether a state has decriminalized possession is useless."That's what we don't have good data on yet," Pacula said.She added that, in states like California, which has decriminalized possession of small amounts, arrests for marijuana possession have soared in recent years. Researchers are testing whether suspects arrested on more serious charges are pleading guilty to lesser possession charges, even for large amounts of pot that may indicate they're dealing, and whether pot possession charges are being used in "quality of life" policing that targets young blacks disproportionately."Violent crime has been down and more cops have been available to do DUI checks or to walk the streets," she said. "I suspect we'll see things change with terrorism and violent crime on the rise."As the debate continues in the U.S., a Canadian Senate committee has, after a two-year study, recommended that marijuana be legalized, that a sale and distribution system be established, and that amnesty be granted to anyone convicted of pot possession "under current or past legislation."The committee, in issuing the report early this month, stressed that it is not endorsing marijuana use, but simply concluding that using it is a personal, not criminal, choice and should be regulated, as is the use of wine and beer. Criminalizing the behavior, the committee said, is "ineffective and costly."Britain is following a similar course, having recently made an administrative decision to stop making pot-possession arrests - without changing the law."The pending changes in Canada and England are going to be the most powerful steps in moving this country toward legalization," predicted Stroup, whose NORML organization for the first time this year formed a political action committee. In Nevada, Billy Rogers, who came to the state to get the pot initiative passed, predicted that it would be, although recent polls have shown support slipping. Some say the effort is having trouble because the initiative combines the endorsement of medical and recreational uses of marijuana."Ultimately, this issue is about protecting responsible adults in the privacy of their own home," said Rogers. In 1965, 600,000 Americans tried pot for the first time, according to the government's annual national household survey on drug abuse. In 2000, the most recent year for which statistics are available, 2.4 million Americans lit up their first joint."Do I think legalization is coming here? All I can say is I hope not," said Guschwan, the addiction psychiatrist. Note: Legalization Movement Is Quiet, But Smoking.Source: Hartford Courant (CT)Author: Liz Halloran, Courant Staff Writer Published: September 23, 2002 Copyright: 2002 The Hartford CourantContact: letters courant.comWebsite: http://www.ctnow.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:NRLE: http://www.nrle.org/NORML: http://www.norml.org/Marijuana Policy Project: http://www.mpp.org/Change The Climate: http://www.changetheclimate.org/Legalizing Marijuana: Five Major Sticking Pointshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14204.shtmlGoing to Pot: Nevada Plan to Legalize Marijuana http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14104.shtml Canadian Panel Backs Legalizing Marijuana http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14010.shtmlBritain To Let Pot Smokers Off Lightly http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13384.shtml
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Comment #18 posted by afterburner on September 24, 2002 at 11:53:30 PT:
Worst of all is using "child safety" as a sca
ADULTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE PAKALOLO 
The federal government's stance on marijuana prohibition has nothing to do with science, experience or rationality. Several government-funded studies have found it to be relatively benign, and recommend decriminalization. Also ignored are the millions of Americans who have been smoking pot for decades without serious physical or mental damage. Those who deal with intoxicated folks -- cops, bartenders and others -- will tell you that compared to the drunk, the crackhead or the meth user, a pot smoker is rarely troublesome. Worst of all is using "child safety" as a scare tactic for maintaining prohibition. This tactic works well with parents, much as it did during alcohol Prohibition and the Red Scare, despite its being untrue. Legalization has nothing to do with children. It is about respecting civil liberties and allowing responsible adults to engage in consensual activities. We let adults drink alcohol, smoke tobacco, drive cars, have elective surgery and own firearms, and we work to prevent youth from doing the same. Why not treat marijuana the same way? Spike Bradford 
Pubdate: Sun, 22 Sep 2002
Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin (HI)
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Adults should Be Able To Use Pakalolo
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Comment #17 posted by The GCW on September 23, 2002 at 16:57:13 PT
Leave it to the Canucks ???
I've always liked this one. (Must see it with the photo!)http://www.cannabis.net/kush.html"The drug is really quite a remarkably safe one for humans, although it
is really quite a dangerous one for mice and they should not use it."J.W.D Henderson
 
Director of the Bureau of Human Drugs, Health and Welfare, Canada
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Comment #16 posted by legalizeit on September 23, 2002 at 13:55:20 PT
Shut up, GlassPee!
>Will Glaspy, a spokesman with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, said more than 60 percent of teenagers in drug rehabilitation programs are there because they had become addicted to marijuana.They are there because some judge made them go, not because they are addicted.>"You have a contingent of people making unscientific claims about marijuana," he said. "DEA's position is that marijuana is a schedule 1 controlled substance. It is a harmful drug."Taken at face value, this statement is ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! The DEAth's position that MJ is schedule 1 and harmful, along with its misclassification as a "Narcotic," IS completely unscientific and goes against the findings of, among others, NIDA, the Canadian Senate and one of the DEA's own judges!Do us all a favor and shut up, GlassPee. Better yet, go and pee in a glass. We want to know how much "evidence" you've been smoking!>Guschwan: "Advocates of legalization argue that we would save money in terms of fighting the drug problem, but we would see an increase in morbidity, mortality and societal costs.I'd like to know how Guschwan figures there will be morbidity and mortality increases from a drug that has never killed anyone in recorded history!! As far as societal costs: How many delinquent kids are out there who don't have a mom or dad just because mom or dad got caught with some plant matter and had to go to jail or get the kids taken away by CPS for it?
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Comment #15 posted by malleus on September 23, 2002 at 13:35:33 PT
I saw it, Hope :)
And have yet to stop smiling. Leave it to the Canucks to make a savvy and sly dig right out in the open.
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Comment #14 posted by Hope on September 23, 2002 at 12:19:10 PT
World Forum Montreal 2002
Pun intended? 
http://www.worldforumdrugs-dependencies.com/eng/Babillard_en.stmTop right hand corner.
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Comment #13 posted by FoM on September 23, 2002 at 11:57:49 PT
Pictures From Washington D.C. Protest
http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=marijuana&c=news_photosU.S. Park Police officers arrest Doug McVay with Common Sense for Drug Policy (C, partially obscured) and Charles Thomas (seated right), executive director of Unitarian Universalists for Drug Policy Reform, for handcuffing themselves to the White House fence, September 23, 2002. The pair were protesting against the U.S. government's arrest and prosecution of patients who use marijuana for medical reasons and their providers. McVay and Thomas are calling for U.S. President Bush to pardon Byron Epis who was convicted, and will soon be sentenced to a mandatory minimum of ten years in a federal prison, for growing marijuana to treat his back pain and for providing it to other seriously ill people. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang - Sep 23 2:04 PM ET http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020923/170/2b28f.html Doug McVay (R), with Common Sense for Drug Policy, and Charles Thomas, executive director of Unitarian Universalists for Drug Policy Reform, handcuff themselves to the White House fence September 23, 2002. The pair were protesting against the U.S. government's arrest and prosecution of patients who use marijuana for medical reasons and their providers. McVay and Thomas are calling for U.S. President Bush to pardon Byron Epis who was convicted and will soon be sentenced to a mandatory minimum of ten years in federal prison, for growing medical marijuana for his back pain, and to providing it to other seriously ill people. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang - Sep 23 1:41 PM ET http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020923/170/2b22c.html 
 U.S. Park Police officers arrest Charles Thomas, executive director of Unitarian Universalists for Drug Policy Reform, for handcuffing himself to the White House fence on September 23, 2002, in protest of the U.S. government's arrest and prosecution of medical marijuana patients and providers. Thomas and others were calling for U.S. President Bush to pardon Byron Epis who was convicted and will soon be sentenced to a mandatory minimum of ten years in federal prison for growing medical marijuana for his back pain and to providing it to other seriously ill people. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang - Sep 23 1:45 PM ET http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020923/170/2b23j.html
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Comment #12 posted by FoM on September 23, 2002 at 11:48:56 PT
p4me
That is down right wonderful news! 
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Comment #11 posted by p4me on September 23, 2002 at 11:44:56 PT
If it's free, it's for me
I called BellSouth and told them I could not afford their DSL service and they gave me one month of free service. What does that tell you, Doughnut man. Your behemoth organization cannot control everything as that they failed to stop me from watching pot-tv every M,W,&F. Another voice of reason shouting treason on the Internet there big boy, and I am a better typist than I ever desired. One of these days, they are going to have marijuana doughnuts and I bet you eat many more of them than I will. That sugar is one of the worst health problems in America, but it sure does help sell diabetes medicine and pain medicine for overworking the joints and frame. What are you going to do when you don't have insurance when all of the DEA is replaced by people that can think? You will be eating a lot of those MJ doughnuts.Share the pain. I have held that expression for some time and it would be part of an elaboration of have a thrifty meal, if ever I got past the bumpersticker stage. If everyone would limit the times they ate out it would SEND A MESSAGE that the reformers were going to fight the monied by stopping our spending. By doing work for ourselves and not hiring it out we would spread our pain. By having friends over for Thrifty Tuesday meals, we could talk of our share the pain strategy as millions of low paid workers suffered with reduced earnings and restaurants closed. When people take in their sandwiches to work and say, "I cannot support the economy that robs good people of their property and freedom" it brings the situation to everyone's attention even if the media fights to control the masses with fascist propaganda. I think it a good idea to break bread at the vigils and protest that are coming and it would be my desire that it be homemade hemp bread and that it become a noted ritual as we say "Change and change now." Let's get serious and end this stuff now instead of dragging our feet or silencing our true opinions.But the pain of the huge military spending and the pork projects is now upon us. Just like the World Monetary Fund seeks to do to other nations that seek help the United States is embarking on cutting social programs for the average taxpayer to pay for the military and HUD programs that support the increased wealth of the upper 1% and their tax cut. The pain is out there and the pain we feel as the oppressed opposition to the fascist prohibition should be spread so that we may right the 65 year wrong that ruin our people and our planet.It was an article at buzzflash.com about an op-ed piece from the NY Times- http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/politics/22DRUG.html?ex=1033655321&ei=1&en=c2b9cb19ea47df35 - talking about the pain that is coming to people that actually expect the government to have priorities and function for WeThePeople. A lot of these are nothing-better-to-do-than-vote senior citizens that did not lose their right to vote because of the unjust drug laws. Yeah, doughnutman, I type faster now and I am about to Macro some bumperstickers and spread across the Internet. We are going to kill this Schedule One Lie and end your prohibition. I don't know how to solve a $400+ billion dollar deficit, but I think it would help to get rid of your job doughnut man.Spread the pain and have a thrifty meal.1,2
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Comment #10 posted by Had Enough on September 23, 2002 at 10:58:43 PT
How Uncle Sam wimped out on cybersecurity
Just a few lines from the article that references a common failure with our elected officials. It’s well worth the readWhat the Bush administration presented was a strategy only in the sense that the government encouraging people to brush after every meal and "Just Say No" can be considered strategies. Good ideas, certainly, but not something you want to depend on when lives are at stake. Instead, the administration's approach to this important issue seems to be to count on business to do the right thing. I will pause now for the laughter from my fellow California residents as we remember the way our utility industry has #$^$%-ed us the past couple years. The rest of America can think of Enron and the smoking hulk that was once the mighty accounting firm Arthur Andersen.HERE'S MY bottom line: If the Bush administration really believes that protecting our data infrastructure is a national security issue, it has a strange way of showing it. Cybersecurity czar Clarke needs to offer more than encouraging words for companies to do what they already know they need to do--but haven't. He needs to offer a real plan. While I don't discount the threat Saddam poses, I think the government should either take cybersecurity seriously enough to do something or just walk away. As it stands, it's just wimped out. http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2881029,00.html
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Comment #9 posted by Had Enough on September 23, 2002 at 10:40:31 PT
Of interst to some
 An encounter of the unexpected kind, the News Dissector is ushered into the press presence of the Commander-In-Chief. 
 
http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=183
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Comment #8 posted by FoM on September 23, 2002 at 10:37:57 PT
Upcoming Events: World Forum Montreal 2002
World Forum Montreal 2002Drugs, Dependencies and Society: Impacts and ResponsesGovernment of Canada22 - 27 September, Montreal, Canada2nd European Conference on Drug Trafficking and Law EnforcementDrugScope26-27 September, Parishttp://www.odccp.org/odccp/index.html
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Comment #7 posted by krutch on September 23, 2002 at 10:28:05 PT:
Correction
This lineIf MJ was legalized few kids would have a harder time getting pot.Should read:If MJ was legalized few kids would have an easier time getting pot.
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Comment #6 posted by krutch on September 23, 2002 at 10:26:08 PT:
This is wrong
"If marijuana is more available, more kids would be exposed to it and that's the major concern," said Dr. Marianne Guschwan.If Dr. Guschwan had a brain in her skull she would know this is wrong. If MJ was legalized few kids would have a harder time getting pot. When I was a kid the hardest drug to get was booze. I had to talk an adult into buying it for me. Illegal street drugs where available in the school yard from any number of dealers who were also students.I am sick of hearing this argument. It is wrong. Don't fool yourself Dr. Guschwan, kids who want dope can get it already. They can probably get it more easily than some adults who smoke. The dealer who provides it to them also may deal in harder drugs. Don't sell your prohibitionist ideas as a save the children campaign. 
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Comment #5 posted by p4me on September 23, 2002 at 10:13:24 PT
Dr. Russo
Dr. Russo said in Comment2,"What solution would you suggest?"Well my suggestion is to starve the economy and have a thrifty meal. A person should Vote Against All Incumbents. A person should call bullshit when he hears it and a person should have a Piss-On-Washington attitude. Of course I could be wrong. Writing emails to the people that parrot the Republican sheep in these enlightened-lacking articles seems like a good idea too. A few selectives hangings would help tremendously, but no one seems to have worked out the details on that one.And maybe I should do my little part and remind my fellow Extremist the elections are November 5th and you should follow the party mandate and TAKE NO PRISONERS.1,2
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Comment #4 posted by p4me on September 23, 2002 at 09:14:54 PT
Another LTE to rid of us cannabis ignorance
In the article “Pot Effort Grows Slowly,” Liz Halloran says, “The most dramatic ballot initiative this fall is in Nevada.” Even if the initiative passes it will have to be voted on again for the will of the people to be recognized. Alaska has an initiative on the ballot that would legalize growing and possession with no limit and if it is passed it will become law two years before Nevada has a chance. This email will also appear in the comment sections under her article at http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread14211.shtmlFrom this link comes the following words- http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/elections/petitions/status.htm#01mrna : Initiative to Decriminalize Hemp, Including Marijuana
This bill would do away with civil and criminal penalties for persons 21 years or older who grow, use, sell, or give away marijuana, or other hemp products. These products include hemp used for paper, fiber, food, fuel, medicine, or personal use in private. Marijuana could be regulated like alcohol or tobacco. State law could not stop doctors from prescribing marijuana. The bill allows for laws limiting marijuana use in some cases to protect public safety. It allows laws to limit marijuana use in public. The bill would not nullify laws regulating marijuana use by minors.The full text of the ballot initiative can be read at http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/elections/petitions/01mrna.htmOn this link is a 47-page report on 2002 ballot initiatives- http://www.ballotwatch.org/2002Pre-electionReport.pdf If you want to say something about cannabis and ballot initiatives you should address the issues on page 4 that regard criminal activity on the part of the DEA that draw no response from them and no commentary from the sorry journalist in America that write about cannabis issues like they know what they are talking about. Do the people of America and cover the cannabis reform issue with the idea that we have prohibition because of corruption and nothing to do with the plant and at least you would be starting on the right trail. The last paragraph of the “Drug Policy Reform” addresses the corruption of government that goes unanswered and unprosecuted. If you have the quote that says that it is the duty of a patriot to fight the corruption of government would you please email that to me?TOP Initiatives to Watch 2
Drug Policy Reform – This issue has been on a roll since it came to the forefront of
ballot politics in 1998. This election, the citizens will again have the opportunity
to voice their opinion on this controversial topic. Voters in Ohio will face an
initiative requiring treatment instead of incarceration for non-habitual drug
offenders. In Arizona, the voters will once again address the medical marijuana
issue and Nevadans will vote to decriminalize the possession of less than 3
ounces of marijuana.In addition to these clearly drug related initiatives, two others will indirectly
affect the drug reform movement – both in South Dakota. One would “make it
legal under state law, but not under federal law, for a person to plant, cultivate,
harvest, possess, process, transport, sell or buy industrial hemp (cannabis) or any
of its by-products.” The other would allow a criminal defendant to argue the
merits, validity, and applicability of the law, including sentencing laws. This
initiative is strongly supported by drug reformers because it would allow people
arrested on drug related charges to argue that the law that they were arrested
under is a bad public policy and therefore the defendant shouldn’t be 2002 General Election Pre-Election Report - Page 3
convicted – even if they actually had broken the law. If this initiative passes, it
could mark the next front in drug reform related initiatives.According to Bill Zimmerman, Executive Director of the Campaign for New
Drug Policies, “the long term goal of the drug reform movement is to remove the
‘sacred cow status’ of our nation’s drug laws and subject those laws to
democratic debate and discussion.” There is no doubt that in using the initiative
process, the drug reform movement has accomplished this goal.However, this election cycle the drug reform movement is facing a
challenge far greater than just individuals within a state who are opposed to
their efforts. The federal government, in the form of the Drug Enforcement
Agency or DEA, has taken a very active role in working to defeat these
initiatives. Over the last few months the Director of the DEA, Asa Hutchison, has
traveled extensively around the country campaigning against these ballot
measures. Whether or not this is appropriate or legal behavior is up to the
individual observer, but as Zimmerman states, “the DEA is not mandated by law
to interfere with ballot initiatives or to campaign for the defeat of ballot
initiatives, even if they directly involve issues of drug enforcement. In fact,
Congressional appropriations for the DEA specifically preclude their spending
any federal money on such activities.” The DEA hasn’t responded to Institute
inquiries on this issue. Whether this active involvement in electoral politics is legal or not will no doubt be ultimately decided by the courts.1,2
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Comment #3 posted by VitaminT on September 23, 2002 at 08:42:54 PT
Spinning it any way they like: Prohib = Liar!
Quoth Dr. Marianne Guschwan, an addiction psychiatrist and clinical assistant professor at New York University. " Alcohol is more available and more kids use it. If marijuana was more available, more kids would be exposed to it," she said. "Advocates of legalization argue that we would save money in terms of fighting the drug problem, but we would see an increase in morbidity, mortality and societal costs.  Contradictions be damned! We'll spin this any way we like and the press will faithfully report and NEVER challenge our logic or lack thereof! Quoth Glen Hanson, acting director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse: Since access to beer and cigarettes is restricted at the retail stage . . . . youths have significant hurdles to obtaining them.
 ''As far as marijuana is concerned, there is not any control there,'' he said. ''If you want it, you can get it. That is not good news.'' 
More Students Say Schools Drug Free 
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Comment #2 posted by Ethan Russo MD on September 23, 2002 at 08:36:25 PT:
Balance?
It appears that this writer is attempting to achieve balance by presenting both sides of the issues. That is a journalistic plus. However, we must ask the question as to whether the playing field can be truly level when the debate has been poisoned by lies, deceit and propaganda on the government side for the past century.I believe the most telling evidence would be what happened when some 44 experts in drug policy got together for 2 days at the Academy of Medicine and Bar of the City of New York in March 2000 to discuss issues. Two supported the status quo. The remainder endorsed marked change in drug policy, sometimes radically so. There was near unanimity among these experts that the politicians that make the laws are not listening to them. What solution would you suggest?
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Comment #1 posted by GREENFOX on September 23, 2002 at 07:35:28 PT
OK, but./.....
 "If marijuana is more available, more kids would be exposed to it and that's the major concern," said Dr. Marianne Guschwan, an addiction psychiatrist and clinical assistant professor at New York University. All I have to say is this: ask any child which is easier to get, alcohol or marijuana, and within the answer to that question lies the answer to prohibition.sly in green, foxy in kind...~-gf
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