Winds Of Marijuana Law Reform Rebuffed At White House by Allen St. Pierre
NORML: November 26th, 2009While there is a constant buzz of cannabis law reform these days in America, largely at the local and state level, unfortunately these strong winds of change do not largely penetrate the Capital Beltway.
Pollack: There’s a culture war in which marijuana is one of the key fronts.
McLellan splain'n himself: People make a living debating this on stage. You know? That’s hard for me to believe, that there’s a living to be made going around debating about marijuana’s benefits and why you ought to legalize drugs and crap like that. It’s just like a silly discussion to me.
“It’s time to use science and common sense to direct our efforts — not ideology, not positions of the past, but a fresh look at what the data tells us. We also need the willingness to rethink old positions and particularly to change direction when the science says it’s time to change direction”
~ A. Thomas McLellan,
Deputy Director of the US ONDCP,
Czar Kerli’s #2 guy. DrugWarRant Chart of the Day
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