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By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 27, 2009
Thank you for contacting me regarding the legalization and decriminalization of marijuana. I appreciate hearing from you. I am unequivocal in my opposition to the decriminalization of drugs, including marijuana. In fact, I believe we should enact more stringent arrest and sentencing guidelines for drug offenders. It is undeniable that marijuana is a serious drug that should be subjected [...]
Posted in GOVERNMENT | Tagged Georgia, Politicians on Pot, Rep. John Linder, Republican
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 27, 2009
More federal elected officials on the record – keep these responses from your senators and representatives comin’ to stash@norml.org. I’m building a map. Thank you for contacting my office regarding the legalization of marijuana. I appreciate hearing from you and appreciate the opportunity to respond. Illegal drugs and drug addiction are a terrible problem in our country. Such [...]
Posted in GOVERNMENT, LEGISLATION | Tagged Georgia, Politicians on Pot, Republican, Sen. Johnny Isakson
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 27, 2009
Keep those letters comin’, Stashers. Denver from Florida (now that’s confusing) received this reply from his Congressman, Robert Wexler: Thank you for contacting my office expressing your support for the legalization of marijuana. While I appreciate your concerns regarding the enforcement priorities of our federal agents, and our federal budget priorities, I do not support [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, GOVERNMENT, LEGISLATION, SCIENCE | Tagged congressman robert wexler, Democrat, Florida, Politicians on Pot, Rep. Robert Wexler
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 26, 2009
The House Minority Leader, John Boehner, was interviewed from the “Digg Dialogg” segment on CNN.com and, of course, the first question asked by the public to a politician is once again about marijuana legalization (question appears at about 3:20 on the video): Embedded video from CNN Video Uh… so which is it, Rep. Boehner? Do [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, ENTERTAINMENT, GOVERNMENT | Tagged american cancer society, american medical association, CNN, Dialogg, Digg, house minority leader john boehner, john boehner, Legalize, marijuana legalization, minority leader john boehner, Politicians on Pot, Rep. Boehner, Republican
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 23, 2009
A devoted Stasher named Chris from Virginia wrote to his representative, Frank Wolf, regarding support of the Hinchey/Rohrbacher Amendment that would de-fund DEA raids on medical marijuana dispensaries. The salient point of Rep. Wolf’s reply? “I respect your views but do not share your position on this issue. I believe that legalization would reduce the [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, GOVERNMENT, LEGISLATION | Tagged Congress, Politicians on Pot, Rep. Frank Wolf, Republican, Virginia
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 16, 2009
NORML’s Deputy Director Paul Armentano: In August I commented on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s revealing interview with CNN, where she called on the public to actively voice their support for marijuana law reform. “We have important work to do outside the Congress in order for us to have success inside the Congress.” Pelosi said. “[W]e need [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, GOVERNMENT, LEGISLATION | Tagged Change.gov, Congress, DC, house speaker nancy pelosi, legalization of marijuana, marijuana prohibition, Paul Armentano, Politicians on Pot, Speaker Pelosi, Washington
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 14, 2009
The city of El Paso buckled to unusually explicit federal government pressure Tuesday and withdrew a call for a national debate on ending drug prohibition. Last Tuesday, the El Paso city council voted 8-0 to express solidarity with its sister city in Mexico, Juarez, which has seen its murder rate double this year alone as [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, GOVERNMENT, LEGISLATION | Tagged Congress, drug cartels, drug legalization, El Paso, federal government, John Cook, Juarez, Legalization, legalization of marijuana, marijuana legalization, Mayor John Cook, Mexico, Politicians on Pot, Rep. Silvestre Reyes, silvestre reyes, Texas
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