cannabisnews.com: MPP Wants Expense Report from Drug Czar MPP Wants Expense Report from Drug Czar Posted by CN Staff on May 01, 2004 at 08:02:57 PT By Geoff Dornan Source: Nevada Appeal The group pushing a ballot question to legalize small amounts of marijuana has asked the Nevada Supreme Court to force the federal drug czar reveal his expenses in campaigning against the issue.Marijuana Policy Project members claim John Walters, head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, campaigned against the initiative two years ago and is doing so again. According to the petition, because Walters is intervening in a state election issue, he should be required to follow Nevada election laws which require those supporting or opposing ballot questions to file campaign expense reports. The group made the same argument when Walters traveled to Las Vegas in October 2002 specifically to urge voters to reject legalizing any amount of marijuana. The attorney general's office issued an opinion at that time agreeing Walters "substantially intervened in a matter that was clearly a state of Nevada issue.""The excessive federal intervention that was exhibited in this instance is particularly disturbing because it sought to influence the outcome of a Nevada election," according to that opinion.But the opinion nonetheless agreed with Justice Department lawyers representing Walters who said he was immune from having to comply with Nevada election reporting laws.The new petition asks the Nevada court to compel Secretary of State Dean Heller to enforce Nevada election reporting laws. It says Walters has already appeared in Las Vegas to oppose the new petition being circulated by the Committee to Regulate and Control Marijuana which would again ask voters to back legalization of small amounts of marijuana in November 2004.A spokeswoman for the group said they expect to collect more than the minimum 51,233 signatures to put the question on Nevada's November ballot before the June 15 deadline. The petition in 2002 sought to legalize up to 3 ounces of marijuana for adults and was defeated at the polls. The new petition would amend the state constitution to allow adults to possess and use up to 1 ounce of marijuana and has again drawn opposition from Walters and his office."Once again Mr. Walters is intervening in this purely state issue," according to the petition, which cited his appearance in Las Vegas March 11 where he campaigned against the initiative and criticized its supporters.In the petition, marijuana proponents argue reporting the cost "is no greater burden than would be imposed on the agency if it had to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request raising the same issue." It argues the federal government undoubtedly already has the cost of Walters' trips and activities in its accounting records.Complete Title: Marijuana Policy Project Wants Expense Report from Drug CzarSource: Nevada Appeal (NV)Author: Geoff DornanPublished: April 30, 2004Copyright: 2004 Nevada AppealContact: appeal tahoe.comWebsite: http://www.nevadaappeal.com/Related Articles & Web Sites: Marijuana Policy Projecthttp://www.mpp.org/Regulate Marijuanahttp://www.regulatemarijuana.org/Drug Czar's Nevada Expense Report Soughthttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18764.shtmlGroup Seeks To Compel Drug Czar To Report http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18756.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #9 posted by Jose Melendez on May 03, 2004 at 07:37:36 PT ONDCP response: "Children who are confronted by their parents . . . "(who are sick and tired of their kids pilfering their stash or raiding the booze cabinet)" . . . at the first sign of a drug or alcohol problem are less likely to continue use in the future." (Especially if those parents are sick and tired of hearing that their kids are being DARED to turn in said parents over aforementioned stash, and finally tell Junior to grow his own damn weed, and vote together, as a FAMILY, with your NEIGHBORS and FRIENDS against those who support such hypocrisy.)" . . . Action, the antidrug."Lights, camera:http://www.marijuana.com/420/showpost.php?p=288235&postcount=40 [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by FoM on May 01, 2004 at 14:38:38 PT ekim Here's a list that I found. I don't know if it is complete though.http://www.cures-not-wars.org/cities.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by ekim on May 01, 2004 at 14:09:14 PT wonder if Portland has a Cannabis Parade http://www.kucinich.us/schedule.php May 1 Sat. Portland, Oregon 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Mayday Parade North Park Blocks at corner of NW Broadway & Glisan Contact: Renee Hyatt, (503) 957-4235first stop on the march Portland, Oregon 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Panagea Project Benefit Aladdin Theatre 3017 SE Milwaukee Avenue Phone: (503) 233-1994 All items subject to change. More details will be posted as soon as available. Sunday, May 2 Ashland, Oregon 8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. "Act for the Earth: A Bioregional Ecology Conference and Skills Training" Southern Oregon University, Stevenson Union, Rogue River Room 1250 Siskiyou Blvd. Contact: Bob Morse, (541) 482-8449 . Ashland, Oregon 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Spirituality in Politics Panel Discussion Windmill Inn, Chautauqua Ballroom, Mount Ashland Room 2525 Ashland St. Contact: Larry Morningstar, (541) 552-0467 Portland, Oregon 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. "Oregon Voter Digest" Live Television Appearance Portland Community Media 2766 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Contact: Terre Lundy, (515) 988-5534 http://www.mmdetroit.org [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by RasAric on May 01, 2004 at 13:55:50 PT Off Topic Goodies Footage of UFOs taken in Iraq...altough most footage is very detailed as dark objects during the day and glowing at night, "government researchers" claim it is ...get this, light from Venus being filtered through the earth atmosphere. Oh wait maybe it isnt so off topic since we're just being lied to AGAIN from government reps. [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by FoM on May 01, 2004 at 09:46:53 PT Cheech and Chong Trivia Game http://www.beatgreets.com/display.pd?path=33279&bfrom=1&prodnum=3025461& [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by FoM on May 01, 2004 at 09:36:21 PT dididadadidit Have a great day! I will be posting news about the marches when we get some later in the day. Here are two small articles that I archived from the UK!Hundreds Expected at City Park Pot Festival: http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18771.shtml'Cannabis Festival' Set for Park: http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18770.shtml [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by dididadadidit on May 01, 2004 at 09:31:10 PT Happy Marching I'm joining the Albuquerque march today and will wear a self designed t-shirt with a picture of a cannabis leaf on the left and a really wasted picture of FlightSuitBoy on the right. Under the leaf are seventeen discriptions like bhang, cannabis, doobie, ganja, etc., etc., with the description "dope" conspicuous by its absence. Well, not quite absent. "Dope" is the one descriptive word under the picture of Bu$h, which has the look of a coke streak from under the nose across the cheek.Cheers: [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by FoM on May 01, 2004 at 08:32:17 PT Happy Million Marijuana March Everyone! Hi Everyone!I hope the day is a good one for all the people marching to free cannabis! I'm celebrating today in my own way. I am watching Simon and Garfunkel's The Concert in Central Park!Million Marijuana March 2003: http://freedomtoexhale.com/million.htm Cures Not Wars [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by FoM on May 01, 2004 at 08:11:51 PT Check Out Where This Article Originates In Defence of CannabisSaturday, May 01, 2004 Over 600 South Africans are marching in Cape Town to call for the legalisation of cannabis and highlight its potential use in low-cost housing and medicine, the main organiser said. Andre du Plessis on Saturday said the aim was also to highlight the many uses of cannabis and stressed that the vast majority of the marchers were professionals and not beatniks or hippies. Cannabis, or marijuana, is colloquially called "grass" in several countries. "We will be discussing cannabis and its potential in South Africa's industrial sector, in agriculture and in health and from the criminal and police perspective." Du Plessis, an information technology engineer, said he had undertaken a six-year study and found that it could be used in low-cost housing. Great insulation "My research shows that we can deliver a 82 sq metre house for 15,000 rand ($2,188) which is three times the size of a house which is being currently built using conventional methods. "These houses can be built with bricks made out of the stalk of the hemp and mixed with lime and sand. The houses will be thermal with great insulation." "But the most interesting information is that it can help in fighting cancer tumours ... and lead to remission in various parts of the body but most importantly in the brain." "But the most interesting information is that it can help in fighting cancer tumours" -- Andre du Plessis, organiser Du Plessis said there would be similar marches in other countries on Saturday, organised under the umbrella of three organisations - Million Marijuana March, Cannabis Culture and Cheers Not Wars. He deplored the fact that Cape Town was the only city in Africa participating in the event. "It's important that Africa catches up to the rest of the world. Agriculture is a very important sector here - we have the land, we have the farmers, we have the sunshine and we have the rain." He slammed South African laws on cannabis as being muddled and almost "defunct". He stressed there were few convictions for cannabis use anyway due to "overcrowded prisons" and called for its decriminalisation. But he underlined that nobody would be allowed to smoke at the march, saying: "I don't want to start a civil disobedience movement on the streets." http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/11C3F740-E23B-478F-A3F6-A623AF57AF67.htm [ Post Comment ] Post Comment