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  Federal Drug Czar Coming To Nevada

Posted by CN Staff on October 07, 2002 at 19:21:28 PT
By Geoff Dornan, Appeal Capitol Bureau  
Source: Nevada Appeal 

The federal director of National Drug Control Policy will visit Reno this week to push for voter rejection of a Nevada ballot question legalizing marijuana.John P. Walters, President Bush's drug czar, has a series of meetings scheduled with state and local law enforcement, prevention and treatment advocates and public officials Thursday and Friday.
According to his aides, he will "discuss the dangers of marijuana use and the threats posed by initiatives seeking to legalize or decriminalize marijuana."Walters already has visited Southern Nevada this year.Aides said Walters will discuss the importance of drug treatment and the myth that marijuana is harmless. Walters has said marijuana poses a serious threat to society.Federal drug enforcement officials are trying along with some Nevada prosecutors to drum up voter opposition to ballot Question 9. That question asks voters to legalize the use and possession of small amounts of marijuana by individuals 21 and older. It comes two years after voters approved legalizing marijuana for medical purposes in Nevada.But prosecutors led by Washoe County District Attorney Dick Gammick and Clark County Deputy District Attorney Gary Booker say marijuana has been developed into a much more potent drug than it was 20 or more years ago and is now responsible not only for addiction by psychotic behavior in heavy users. They argue it would greatly increase the willingness of juveniles to use the drug and increase the societal problems resulting from heavy use by adults.Booker and drug treatment advocates testified before the state Health Board on Friday that marijuana is the key gateway drug that gets juveniles started on the road to heroin, cocaine and other major drug addictions.Question 9 would legalize the possession of up to 3 ounces of marijuana by an adult in Nevada. Supporters of the question, who raised more than 70,000 signatures to put it on the ballot, say most Nevadans and adult U.S. residents do not regard marijuana as any more dangerous than alcohol. They say it's time police stopped wasting their time chasing small time pot users and concentrate on major dealers of dangerous drugs like methamphetamine.Source: Nevada Appeal (NV)Author: Geoff Dornan, Appeal Capitol Bureau Published: October 7, 2002Copyright: 2002 Nevada AppealContact: appeal tahoe.comWebsite: http://www.nevadaappeal.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:NRLEhttp://www.nrle.org/Marijuana Policy Projecthttp://www.mpp.org/Pot Initiative Leader Challenges Drug Czar http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14179.shtmlCzar Plans Nevada Visit To Fight Pot Questionhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14162.shtmlDrug Czar To Lobby in Nevada http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14161.shtml

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Comment #7 posted by afterburner on October 08, 2002 at 20:02:36 PT:

The Street is the Gateway
The Street is the Gateway to hard drugs, cannabis (marijuana) is not.Praise the Lord. Thank Him for cannabis and for the Internet.Re-legalize and be wise.
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Comment #6 posted by FoM on October 08, 2002 at 08:51:18 PT

This is Better Then a Soap Opera
I'm still looking for news but Question 9 is better then any soap opera I ever saw. The more they say against Cannabis the more it shows how wrong these laws are. I guess I love it! And old expression:Open mouth insert foot and turn slowly to the right!They sure are doing that very well!
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Comment #5 posted by canaman on October 08, 2002 at 08:42:16 PT

The Czar is becoming irrelevant to his cause
He's coming to rally the troops, but even the average soldier (cop) in the field is having a hard time believing him.It's hard to fight a war without public support. And support for the "War on Americans" is fading fast. Saddam is not the only one that kills his own people. I saw a great bumper sticker over the weekend. "America needs a regime change". There where peace signs on each side of the sticker.End the Drug War...Give Peace a Chance!
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Comment #4 posted by malleus on October 08, 2002 at 05:26:53 PT

An indicator of just how worried they are
*The federal director of National Drug Control Policy will visit Reno this week to push for voter rejection of a Nevada ballot question legalizing marijuana.*Yes, he's coming to Nevada - just for this. Just this. No other reason to hide behind. No "just visiting". No, he's going because he's afraid. He's very araid.He's using federal taxpayer dollars, flying in government aircraft, speaking as a federal official - to attempt to stop a local state vote. What was it that Kap kept saying about this being illegal?
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Comment #3 posted by JR Bob Dobbs on October 08, 2002 at 04:31:00 PT

LTE
Sirs,  Why is an employee of the federal government - one charged with enforcing the laws, not creating them - coming to Nevada to tell voters how to vote?  I demand my money back.
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Comment #2 posted by John Tyler on October 07, 2002 at 21:54:56 PT

Antis are scared
The anti are running scared on this issue. That's why Walters is coming to visit. That is why their lies are so strident and loud, their attacks personal and vicious. Their behavior makes them look more and more foolish. They don't know what they will do if this measure passes.
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Comment #1 posted by legalizeit on October 07, 2002 at 20:20:38 PT

False Testimony
>Booker and drug treatment advocates testified before the state Health Board on Friday that marijuana is the key gateway drug that gets juveniles started on the road to heroin, cocaine and other major drug addictions.How can they honestly testify this when so many studies have disproven this? They should be dragged off for furnishing false testimony.Furthermore, Why isn't someone ordering Walters to stay out of state issues? Why must our tax money be blattered on flying this nincompoop around so he can blab the same crap that everyone is tired of hearing already?The people already have enough objective evidence to help them make the right decision on Election Day. Walters' input is simply not needed, and politicians in NV should tell him to GO THE #*$  HOME!Instead, Booker, Gammick and all the other good puppy dogs will go panting to Reno to get a Scooby Snack from the Warthog!God bless the DEA, er, USA!
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