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Drug Czar Blasts City's Initiative 75 on Marijuana
Posted by CN Staff on September 10, 2003 at 23:08:17 PT
By Hector Castro, Seattle P-I Reporter
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer 
Though in Seattle to promote a federal program to fight drug abuse, the nation's drug czar yesterday took time to criticize Initiative 75, which would have the city's police turn a blind eye to marijuana use."It is a symptom of living in the past and in ignorance," said John Walters, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. "If you understand substance abuse is a disease, why would you want to foster that disease?"
State Sen. Jeanne Kohl Welles, a Seattle Democrat who supports I-75, said the initiative is about adjusting resources, not fostering drug use."This initiative does not change any state statutes or city ordinances," she said. "We're not debating about whether marijuana is harmful or not."Speaking yesterday at the Recovery Center of King County on Beacon Hill, Walters said the initiative was a veiled attempt to move towards legalization of marijuana."I think it matters, because it's designed to send a message that marijuana is a trivial matter," he said.Walters was here to tout the 25-Cities Initiative, a program aimed at highlighting effective drug treatment and strengthening relationships between the federal government and local agencies. The program doesn't provide any additional federal funding. Snipped: Complete Article: http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/blasts.htmSource: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA)Author: Hector Castro, Seattle P-I ReporterPublished: Thursday, September 11, 2003Copyright: 2003 Seattle Post-IntelligencerContact: editpage seattle-pi.comWebsite: http://www.seattle-pi.com/Related Articles:Yes To Initiative 75: Free Up Police, Courtshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17261.shtmlNo To Initiative 75: Proponents Use Scare Tacticshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17260.shtml I-75: a Dopey Idea - Seattle Timeshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17252.shtml
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Comment #8 posted by kaptinemo on September 11, 2003 at 09:21:28 PT:
My Daddy had a take on Walter's kind
He once told me: "A liar will always suspect you of lying, and a thief suspect you of theft."And a con man of you trying to con him.In psych circles, I believe that this is called 'projection'.*"It is a symptom of living in the past and in ignorance," said John Walters...a "con" and a "silly and irresponsible game."*Yepper, right there it is. Johnny Pee has gone and laid his finger himself on what Uncle has been doing with his help. He is once again abusing the Hatch Act, and if this country wasn't so beholden to the Republicans, and if so many of the legal profession weren't in cahoots with them, then a fair trial would certainly find him guilty of that abuse.The virtual descendents of the Founders, it seems, can only be found in places like this; everywhere else, the sheeple nod their heads and "baa-aah!" as they stand, daily, dumbly waiting for their shearing and their diet of nauseous pablum. Dished out by dissembling liars like ol' Johnny Pee. Oh, my country, how far you've fallen when scuzz like this gains power. 
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Comment #7 posted by Patrick on September 11, 2003 at 06:57:30 PT
Disease part 2
To quote Walters..."If you understand substance abuse is a disease, why would you want to foster that disease?"Not that my marijuan use is by any means " abuse" but Walters secret mission must be to build more prisons???Obesity is disease - Arrest fat people
Tourets is a disease - Arrest peope who cuss
Alzheimers is a disease - Arrest old people including Reagan
MS is a disease - Arrest children
Cancer is a disease - Arrest cancer patients, wait they already do that to the ones using medical marijuana.While you are at it Walters arrest people with heart disease, kidney disease, skin disease and on and on and on.
Pretty soon even dimwits will see the fallacy of his prohibition and the nonsense spewing forth out of this windbags mouth everytime he speaks.
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Comment #6 posted by OverwhelmSam on September 11, 2003 at 05:07:44 PT:
Walters Is Wrong
I wouldn't call it a veiled attempt to legalize marijuana. It appears to be an "IN YOUR FACE" initiative on the road to legalizing marijuana. No one is hiding the movement to legalize marijuana Walters. Enjoy your job while you can, I can assure you it will be terminated in 2004.
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Comment #5 posted by The GCW on September 11, 2003 at 04:42:57 PT
Walters = Reefer Madness in the flesh.
 “symptom of living in the past and in ignorance”, = Reefer Madness. 
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Comment #4 posted by billos on September 11, 2003 at 04:30:12 PT:
J.P.
 "If you understand substance abuse is a disease, why would you want to foster that disease?" And, as commented by "byrd," Walters believes that anyone with this disease should be sent to prison if caught. Why couldn't Walters have been in one of the towers two years ago?
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Comment #3 posted by byrd on September 11, 2003 at 03:58:58 PT
Disease
John Walters, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy: "If you understand substance abuse is a disease, why would you want to foster that disease?"Why would you want to put someone in jail for a disease then?
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Comment #2 posted by The GCW on September 11, 2003 at 03:55:12 PT
The rest of the story.
... Walters was here to tout the 25-Cities Initiative, a program aimed at highlighting effective drug treatment and strengthening relationships between the federal government and local agencies. The program doesn't provide any additional federal funding.Jim Vollendroff, drug-treatment coordinator for King County, said he met with National Drug Control Policy officials two weeks ago. His impression is that the agency is willing to listen to cities about their needs."We certainly have our differences in terms of priorities," Vollendroff said, "but they've been open to listening to the fact that each of these cities has a different problem."Walters said drug abuse continues to be a problem in Seattle, which has 42 substance-abuse treatment providers.Statistics provided by his agency assert that a survey taken in 2000 shows almost a quarter of high school seniors in King County reported having smoked marijuana."We can't let our guard down on any drug -- whether it be marijuana or methamphetamine, it doesn't matter," said Lt. Gov. Brad Owen, who also spoke at yesterday's news conference.Walters plans to visit all of the cities that make up the initiative: Atlanta; Baltimore; Boston; Chicago; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Dallas; Denver; Detroit; Houston; Los Angeles; Miami; Minneapolis; New York; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Phoenix; Portland, Ore.; Sacramento, Calif.; San Diego; San Francisco; St. Louis; Tampa, Fla.; and Washington, D.C.P-I reporter Hector Castro can be reached at 206-903-5396 or hectorcastro seattlepi.com
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Comment #1 posted by lilgrasshoppah77 on September 11, 2003 at 02:43:04 PT:
imbecile!!!!
How can he seriously have any credibilty whatever? How can people not see him for he thief and murderer that he is?
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