cannabisnews.com: Drug Free America Foundation To Protect Children


cannabisnews.com: Drug Free America Foundation To Protect Children





Drug Free America Foundation To Protect Children
Posted by FoM on March 27, 2001 at 12:43:50 PT
Press Release
Source: Business Wire
As the United States Supreme Court hears arguments of whether voters in state ballot initiatives can sidestep the regulatory process of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and vote to make marijuana and other dangerous drugs available as a "medicine," parents and grandparents will hold vigil outside. Nearly 50 groups are expected to rally, calling attention to the 15,000 children and youth who die in America each day from drug-related incidents. 
Supporters will gather at the steps of the high court Wednesday, March 28, 2001 from 11 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., wearing black armbands and carrying photos of children who have lost their lives to drugs. "Ultimately, the Supreme Court must address the issue of whether voters in state ballot initiatives can pass laws which sabotage effective national drug policy," said Calvina Fay, executive director of Drug Free America Foundation. "The Food and Drug Administration has long been the trusted mechanism to review and approve which drugs may be used as a medicine. It protects Americans from unsafe, ineffective drugs." Drug Free America Foundation and two of its divisions, the Institute on Global Drug Policy and the International Scientific and Medical Forum on Drug Abuse, have joined nearly 50 other anti-drug organizations in a comprehensive Amicus ("Friend of the Court") Brief. The document details the risks of smoking marijuana and noted that the drug lacks the scientific research necessary to determine if it may be useful in the treatment of any medical condition. Dr. Eric Voth, Chairman of the Institute on Global Drug Policy, is recognized as an international authority on drug use and was a primary contributor to the Brief. "The ballot initiative process is a scam which seeks to legalize marijuana by popular vote, rather than through scientific research," he said. "Such measures set a dangerous precedent for the health and welfare of our society. If drugs needed only to be popular in the electorate to be approved as so-called medicine, tobacco might also be smoked for `medical' applications." Summary:   Washington, Mar 27, 2001 (Business Wire) -- As the United States Supreme Court hears arguments of whether voters in state ballot initiatives can sidestep the regulatory process of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and vote to make marijuana and other dangerous drugs available as a "medicine," parents and grandparents will hold vigil outside. Nearly 50 groups are expected to rally, calling attention to the 15,000 children and youth who die in America each day from drug-related incidents. Supporters will gather at the steps of the high court Wednesday, March 28, 2001 from 11 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., wearing black armbands and carrying photos of children who have lost their lives to drugs. Drug Free America Foundation, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) non-profit drug education organization based in St. Petersburg, Florida.Complete Title: Drug Free America Foundation and Institute on Global Drug Policy Rally to Protect Children from Drugs       Contact: Drug Free America Foundation St. Petersburg, Fla.Katherine Ford, 727/893-2616Website: http://www.dfaf.org/Source: Business WireCopyright: 2001 Business WirePublished: March 27, 2001Website: http://www.businesswire.comRelated Article:Smoking Pot is Never Sound Medicine http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread9159.shtmlCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archives http://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml 
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Comment #14 posted by AmericanSmoker on March 27, 2001 at 22:16:14 PT
Poor work for professionals
This line about the FDA is wrong:"It protects Americans from unsafe, ineffective drugs." It should read:"It protects Americans from unsafe, ineffective companies that produce consumables." At least that was its intention.
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Comment #13 posted by FoM on March 27, 2001 at 20:46:34 PT
C-Span Schedule For March 28, 2001 - Maybe?
Hi Everyone, I'm not sure if C-Span is covering the hearing tomorrow but you might want to check out the link if you want to see it. Thought I'd pass it on.http://www.c-span.org/9 AM ET Call In1 PM ET LiveState Prescription - Drug LegislationC-SPAN, Washington JournalJoy Johnson Wilson , National Conf. of State Legislatures The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times. http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dschedule&timeid=211852539546
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Comment #12 posted by kaptinemo on March 27, 2001 at 16:55:47 PT:
Considering the source
Now, I defy anyone here - as well as any anti - to tell me that this article was anything other than biased.But what many of you might have missed is the opportunity to check out the source of this article. An online business rag that celebrates unbridled capitalism...no matter who gets ground up by the wheels of commerce.That such an online font of unmitigated greed sponsors such anti bilge should surprise no one; after all, drug testing is indeed Big Business. Developing, manufacturing and marketing of the technology used to 'legally' invade your privacy, from microrecorders and piss-test cups to Sikorsky helicopters, is keeping this bloated post-ColdWar economy from collapsing and imploding altogether. They care little for morals; the only thing that counts is the bottom line. And antis make such wonderful (as Lenin had remarked about enemies of the Communists who thought they were working for enemy powers but were actually working for the Bolshies) 'useful fools'. So cheap! So reliaable! So...stupid not to tumble to the fact they are being used by corporate sharpies. Who if they could, would try to sell you rolling papers at the same time they are selling handcuffs to Officer Jack Boot..So, when I see anti dreck like this, it's almost laughable; because the only people who would print it are using the died-in-the-wool antis in the same fashion as toilet paper. 
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Comment #11 posted by Jack Brown on March 27, 2001 at 16:49:32 PT:
Moms and Dads teach their kids how to use drugs
When we were a child and got a headache mom would take you to the medicane cabinet and get you a pill, or maybe you had a feaver? Off to the medicine cabinet we go. During all the drug war stuff I have not once heard the term prescriptions abuse or prescriptions junkie. Just stop for one minute and think of how many medican cabinets or out there with some heavy-duty drugs stored in them? Maybe a child safe medicine bottle just is not enough. If the the drug is not prescribed by a doctor it is illegal. How many of those kids that died used the drugs that they found in Mom and Dads dresser or Grandmoms medicine cabinet? Go check it out and see how much danger is in your medicine cabinet. Some kids would say, “Hey that is my stash!”.
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Comment #10 posted by zion on March 27, 2001 at 16:29:26 PT
Commie pinkos
 Dr. Eric Voth, Chairman of the Institute on Global Drug Policy, is recognized as an international authority on drug use and was a primary contributor to the Brief. "The ballot initiative process is a scam which seeks to legalize marijuana by popular vote, rather than through scientific research," he said. 1. Marijuana was not made illegal through scientific research. It was made illegal through hyperbole and sensationalistic journalism in the 1930's.2. Alcohol prohibition was repealed not through scientific research, but through the ballot box. It is generally agreed from the scientific community that alcohol does tremendous harm to society. These are the fruits of living in a free country. Please roll over and die if you would prefer that voice of the electorate should not be honored and respected in this nation.-z
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Comment #9 posted by FoM on March 27, 2001 at 16:09:34 PT
They should read this and rethink how they feel
Maybe they should read Grandpa's Marijuana Handbookhttp://www.grandpaspotbook.com/HOW TO OBTAIN MARIJUANA As a senior citizen residing in California, you can obtain marijuana legally if you have a medical need for it. All that's required is a note from your doctor verifying that he/she is treating you for a particular health problem and you can obtain pot from a local cannibas buyers' club like the one where I get my own stash.(A caveat: California politicos are working to nullify the will of the voters with new attacks against legal medical pot. Stay tuned for further developments.)Alas, if you live anyplace except California or Arizona, you must commit a crime to get pot. You'll find dealers on street corners in ghettos and barrios or hanging around 7-Eleven stores late at night who will sell you pot at varying prices. However, as a senior citizen you're probably uneasy about buying pot from shady guys on dark corners, so I offer the following tips to help you score and get home in one piece. http://www.grandpaspotbook.com/obtain.html
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Comment #8 posted by MikeEEEEE on March 27, 2001 at 15:58:24 PT
Hey Grandma!!!
Old ladies shouldn't carry sticks and shouldn't be allowed to jail people either.
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Comment #7 posted by Dave in Florida on March 27, 2001 at 15:53:14 PT
They are getting scared
Nearly 50 groups are expected to rally, calling attention to the 15,000 children and youth who die in America each day from drug-related incidents. Wow, I never realized that 5,475,000 people died each year from illegal drugs.. "The Food and Drug Administration has long been the trusted mechanism to review and approve which drugs may be used as a medicine. It protects Americans from unsafe, ineffective drugs." Show me the FDA paperwork on asprin..that kills 2000 people per year.
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Comment #6 posted by observer on March 27, 2001 at 14:59:55 PT
Jailers Forget to mention Jail, Again?
rabid prohibitionist Voth:If drugs needed only to be popular in the electorate to be approved as so-called medicine, tobacco might also be smoked for `medical' applications.Notice that these jailers never mention "jail" or prison one time. The initiatives like Prop 215 never say anything about "smoked" nor do they concern themselves with the relative effectiveness of various remedies. The issue is JAIL, which of course, these prohibitionists never mention.People are not jailed for smoking a tobacco cigarette, regardless of what their motivation is.They never tell you that cannabis was smoked as a remedy. They forget parts of history they don't like. Down the prohibitionist memory-hole.``To meet the substantial nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical demand for marijuana, fluid extracts were marketed by Parke Davis, Squibb, Lilly, Burroughs Wellcome, and other leading firms 29 and were sold over the counter by drugstores at modest prices. Grimault and Sons actually marketed ready-made marijuana cigarettes for use as an asthma remedy. 30 As medicine progressed after 1903, marijuana's use declined, but its therapeutic value remained unchallenged, and doctors continued to prescribe it.''http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/cu/cu54.html``In the 1920s, marijuana cigarettes were sold legally in drug stores as a treatment for such ailments as asthma, migraine headaches and to ease the pain of childbirth.''http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99/n030/a09.html``The debate about legalising cannabis for medical use was reignited in 1998 when the House of Lords science and technology committee acknowledged that part of the cannabis plant seemed to alleviate asthma as effectively as conventional treatments. ''http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1576/a01.html http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread9114.shtml 
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Comment #5 posted by Cuzn Buzz on March 27, 2001 at 13:47:13 PT
DOLTS!
**************************DOLTS!!!!!!**********************"Ultimately, the Supreme Court must address the issue of whether voters in state ballot initiatives can pass laws which sabotage effective national drug policy," said Calvina Fay, executive director of Drug Free America Foundation. "The Food and Drug Administration has long been the trusted mechanism to review and approve which drugs may be used as a medicine. It protects Americans from unsafe, ineffective drugs." HUH? YOU MEAN SAFE AND EFFECTIVE DRUGS LIKE THALIDOMIDE? OR MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER "APPROVED" DRUGS WHICH HAVE SIDE EFFECTS WORSE THAN THE ILLNESS THEY ARE INTENDED TO TREAT?IT'S CLEAR PEOPLE, THESE DOLTS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE TRUTH, AND THEY ARE CERTAINLY NOT THE "GRASSROOTS" SUPPORTERS OF THE DRUG COMPANIES THEY PRETEND TO BE.MORE LIES, FUNDED BY BIG MEDICINE, BIG GOVERNMENT, AND BIG MONEY.BUT!WE ARE WINNING!
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Comment #4 posted by Juan Costo on March 27, 2001 at 13:20:34 PT
15,000 die each day?!?!?!?
This is beyond exagerration. And its not a typo either -- the press release mentions it twice. Amazing. This press release helps our cause by revealing the complete lack of integrity of the opposition. 
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Comment #3 posted by meagain on March 27, 2001 at 13:17:35 PT
Never ever lean
"Ultimately, the Supreme Court must address the issue of whether voters in state ballot initiatives can pass laws   which sabotage effective national drug policy," said Calvina Fay, executive director of Drug Free America   Foundation. "The Food and Drug Administration has long been the trusted mechanism to review and approve   which drugs may be used as a medicine. It protects Americans from unsafe, ineffective drugs." This guy is a total moron there are more harmful legal drugs out there than the illegal ones drugs that really KILL peopleJust ask my cousin BEAR who died from legal medication known as anti-depressants/alcohol if she had been using pot for depression she would be alive today.
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Comment #2 posted by sm247 on March 27, 2001 at 13:14:52 PT
Some people never learn
If you idiots would realize that there are kids out there who are going to smoke marijuana (not that we want them to)the problem is when YOU force them to stop with gestapo tactics like drug testing those same kids don't just stop they move on to other drugs looking for a substitute(not that we want them to)problem is these substitutes are more harmful than even the marijuana things like meth snuffin paint all kinds of crap right down to cigarettes and chewing snuff. ME for one as a parent would rather find out my kids are smokin pot than other more harmful things. THAT IS HARM REDUCTION. This court case has nothing to do with these children so BUTT OUT. 
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Comment #1 posted by defenderoffreeworld on March 27, 2001 at 12:50:29 PT:
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rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrright......
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