open letter to misc.kids.moderated readers
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followed the Attorney General's request. Other Federal and state government officials were SHOCKED that it passed and made angry noises and tried to interfere. * The New York Times, Aug 29 1996, Ventura, California, By Katharine Seelye * "Dole Criticizes Clinton as Lax On a Policy to Combat Drugs" * * Dole, speaking out against Proposition 215, which would allow marijuana * to be used as medicine: "If somebody, say from Mexico or any other country, * aimed a missile at California, you would do something about it. And they're * aiming millions and millions of missiles right at these young people right * here, whether it's a needle, whether it's a cigarette, whatever the delivery * system is. It's poison [at least it's not paraquat!], and it's got to stop * in America. My view is that drugs are wrong, you shouldn't use drugs, you * shouldn't smoke cigarettes---let's just throw them all out at the same * time." * * Mr. Dole later qualified his remarks: "I didn't say anything about * cigarettes." [what???] Proposition 215 passed into law. It was a major repudiation of Drug War hysteria. A major repudiation of the Schedule I Substances classification of marijuana. DEA: "Drugs -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 0.5.2 1hbaZ7dI9nd6255ucJDBDYUWSdbVnRKLtCc022/glPyvcnmw80xwufHRu8ipdGz6 JvOiBZkccbFfQ7aMPn+LclXOLQzh0I4mynGgQgWZzhpM31Gj9E vRoq39ujXjHg2L kvkt4Fehtqj2t45H4rSFDBS6D3SpbZNUaA+r+YO+iPjHUu3wWS dkifLCDitGB45Z dnOsYvRdJ6WNF1zQ27Jbc0G+jEdSBh== =bPlZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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