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  Drug Czar Won't Respond To Campaign Law Complaint

Posted by CN Staff on January 28, 2003 at 20:44:50 PT
By The Associated Press  
Source: Associated Press  

The national drug czar has declined to respond to complaints that he broke Nevada law by not filing reports on money spent opposing November's marijuana ballot initiative.The Marijuana Policy Project, which backed the defeated initiative to allow possession of up to 3 ounces of marijuana, said drug czar John Walters failed to submit his campaign finance report.
Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller asked Walters for a response earlier this month.But the Office of National Drug Control Policy said in a letter received Tuesday by Heller that Walters is immune from enforcement of Nevada's election laws.The letter from office general counsel Edward Jurith said Walters was immune because he was a"federal official acting within the scope of duties, including speaking out about the dangers of illegal drugs."Heller said he would review the response and may seek the opinion of state Attorney General Brian Sandoval.Bruce Mirken of the Marijuana Policy Project said Walters' response indicates"he has moved from simply ignoring the law to actively defying it."Mirken said past U.S. Supreme Court decisions found that the key test of immunity is whether state or local regulation"intrudes or interferes"with the federal government activities."The claim that he was just doing his job is obvious nonsense,"Mirken said."He was explicitly campaigning against Question 9."Complete Title: Drug Czar Won't Respond To Nevada Campaign Law ComplaintSource: Associated PressPublished: January 28, 2003Copyright: 2003 Associated PressRelated Articles & Web Site:Marijuana Policy Projecthttp://www.mpp.org/Drug Czar's Office Reviewing Request for Reporthttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15218.shtmlDrug Czar Asked for Explanationhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15202.shtmlMPP Files Complaint Against Drug Czar http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14902.shtml 

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Comment #3 posted by greek_philosophizer on January 29, 2003 at 04:43:51 PT:

BEST/WORST CASE SCENARIO?
  The fine for not reporting is
only 100 dollars per day. Can
they arrest him for not paying 
if he comes back to the state or
suspend his activities within 
the state?
  If not then the only gain
is a very mild annoyance of an
unelected federal official and
lots of free publicity.
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Comment #2 posted by The GCW on January 29, 2003 at 04:29:50 PT

Kids selling pot brownies are not drug dealers!
(Although kids should not be doing so, and especially not at school, but a felony?????)Pot brownies a real hit at HS b'day 
 
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/story/54470p-51046c.htmlhttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n143/a04.html?397
 
By MARTIN MBUGUA, EDWARD BARRERA and MAKI BECKER
DAILY NEWS WRITERS 
 
It was a birthday party that went to pot.
Lee Friedman, who turned 17 yesterday, decided to celebrate his big day by sharing marijuana-laced brownies with some fellow students at his Manhattan high school, police said.But the festivities went awry when six Fiorello LaGuardia High School students, ranging in age from 15 to 19, began feeling dizzy after eating the extra-special fudgy treats and went to the school nurse."I saw about five students getting all dizzy," said John Frank, 16, a junior at the upper West Side arts school.Four of the students were taken to St. Luke's Hospital, where they were treated and released, hospital officials said.Expensive eatsOne student refused medical attention from paramedics, and the sixth disappeared, according to a law enforcement source.Several of the stricken students identified Friedman as the birthday boy who peddled the brownies for $8 a pop.At least four of the students submitted to urine tests, the source said.Friedman was arrested yesterday afternoon and charged with selling marijuana to a minor, a felony. He was also slapped with one count of endangering the welfare of a child.Georgette Chung, another student at LaGuardia, said drug deals are common on campus."I see it happening all the time," she said.Police were looking for another student last night who they believe may have helped Friedman sell the brownies. Originally published on January 25, 2003 (This story should be an example of why to Re-legalize cannabis. Now prohibitionists want to waste this kid.)
 

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Comment #1 posted by FoM on January 28, 2003 at 22:14:38 PT

Marijuana Policy Project Press Release
http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread15304.shtml#5
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