cannabisnews.com: Drug Czar Talks About Tightening at Border Drug Czar Talks About Tightening at Border Posted by CN Staff on December 12, 2002 at 07:35:37 PT By Kim Lunman and Shawn McCarthy Source: Globe and Mail The U.S. drug czar said yesterday that anybody who thinks marijuana is not addictive is stuck in "the reefer-madness seventies." "There's not a question about whether marijuana is a dependency-producing substance today," John Walters told Canada AM in an interview broadcast yesterday. "Some people seem to be living with the view of the reefer-madness seventies."Mr. Walters made his comments on the eve of a parliamentary report on the non-medical use of drugs that is expected to recommend decriminalizing some marijuana possession. The report is to be released in Ottawa today.It was another verbal volley over the border in an escalating debate on effective drug strategies. The United States is waging a zero-tolerance war on drugs, while the Canadian government is moving toward decriminalization of marijuana.Some fear that the growing tolerance toward marijuana in Canada may cause tougher measures at the border, particularly in British Columbia, where marijuana has become a major cash crop.Mr. Walters, who met with members of both the parliamentary committee and the Senate committee that recommended legalizing marijuana, said border security in the United States is being heightened to stop the flow of drugs and terrorism."The issue for us is that Canada has become a major supplier of certain drugs," he said. "We're worried about the common health of our citizens. But we're, in the United States, mostly worried about obviously our own citizens, as we should be. We have major supply coming in from Canada that's growing and we need to get on top of it."Deputy Prime Minister John Manley, who is in charge of U.S.-Canada border relations, said he is not aware of a specific threat from the United States to tighten the border in response to the proposed relaxation of marijuana laws.Mr. Manley was in Washington late last week, meeting with U.S. Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge. Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)Author: Kim Lunman and Shawn McCarthyPublished: Thursday, December 12, 2002 – Print Edition, Page A7Copyright: 2002 The Globe and Mail CompanyContact: letters globeandmail.caWebsite: http://www.globeandmail.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:Cannabis News Canadian Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/can.htmChanges To Marijuana Law May Rankle Washington http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14952.shtmlCommittee To Recommend 30-Gram Pot Limit http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14951.shtmlParliamentary Committee To Recommend Pot Lawhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14942.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #12 posted by FoM on December 12, 2002 at 12:21:30 PT Thanks for the link druid I went ahead and put the Cannabis Report on my persnol web site because the report has so many click on areas and the url is shorter if you or anyone wants to check it out.http://freedomtoexhale.com/cr.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #11 posted by The GCW on December 12, 2002 at 11:30:31 PT REEFER MADNESS IN THE FLESH. John Walters is REEFER MADNESS IN THE FLESH & deserves the proverbial stake in the heart. [ Post Comment ] Comment #10 posted by WolfgangWylde on December 12, 2002 at 10:51:01 PT Richard Cowan summarizes the situation nicely... ...here As Canada Moves Toward Some Form Of Decriminalization, Canadian Narks and Walter [ Post Comment ] Comment #9 posted by druid on December 12, 2002 at 10:16:07 PT: FoM No Problem!!! My Pleasure! I just get soooo bored at work sometimes. :) I always enjoy spreading the news on things just like you! I find myself hitting search on google for things every 30 seconds sometimes... :p I also use a pretty good search engine tool called Copernic. "Copernic Agent Basic gives you the ability to cover more of the Web and to get relevant, high quality results from more than 90 search engines grouped into categories. From a single query, Copernic Agent Basic consults multiple search engines at once, combines their results, removes duplicates and keeps only the very best of the information gathered from queried search engines." http://www.copernic.com/desktop/products/agent/basic.html [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by freddybigbee on December 12, 2002 at 09:48:05 PT: Reefer Madness "Some people seem to be living with the view of the reefer-madness seventies."Wasn't reefer madness a product of the 30s? Did the czar spend 40 years in suspended animation? What in the world is he talking about? [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by John Tyler on December 12, 2002 at 09:34:44 PT Walters, it is all in your mind. It seems that Walters and others in the Bush adminstration are so pathologically obsessed with this issue that one has to wonder if they are not the ones afflicted with "reefer madness". [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by Sam Adams on December 12, 2002 at 08:56:09 PT Doublespeak 1984 again! The Czar takes a phrase "reefer madness", which means exactly what HE is doing, and tries to convince people that it means directly the opposite.The sad thing is that Doublespeak works on most Americans, being the plump, apathetic sheep that we are....... [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by FoM on December 12, 2002 at 08:36:48 PT druid Thanks!!! [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by druid on December 12, 2002 at 08:28:54 PT: Here is the Final Report!!!! http://www.parl.gc.ca/InfoComDoc/37/2/SNUD/Studies/Reports/snudrp02-e.htmand the section on cannabis:http://www.parl.gc.ca/InfoComDoc/37/2/SNUD/Studies/Reports/snudrp02/20-ch9-e.htm#and the table of Contents:http://www.parl.gc.ca/InfoComDoc/37/2/SNUD/Studies/Reports/snudrp02/08-toc-e.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by druid on December 12, 2002 at 08:20:11 PT: Another CBC Video http://www.cbc.ca/clips/ram-newsworld/ottawa_dope021212.ramFrom "MPs call for relaxing of marijuana laws" http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/12/12/potlaws021212 [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by MikeEEEEE on December 12, 2002 at 08:06:17 PT measures at the border -- pressure from the antis At a time of recession the US will be hurting itself if it blocks the boarders, effectively choking itself economically.I hope the Canadians do what's right. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by FoM on December 12, 2002 at 07:46:12 PT CBC Video http://www.cbc.ca/clips/ram-lo/hunter_dope021212.ram [ Post Comment ] Post Comment