Two Americas: One High, One Not.
Posted on July 14th, 2009 by Dakta Green, Filed under News. 1 Comment »
In the absence of any meaningful public discussion on cannabis law reform in New Zealand, we turn to America to follow their ongoing public debate.
The main opponents,
IN THE PROHIBITION CORNER: – Barry Richard McCaffrey, 4th Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
He was Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) under President Bill Clinton from 1996 to 2001. As Drug Czar, McCaffrey was instrumental in negotiating a deal to place anti-drug messages in prime time television shows without acknowledging that these messages were paid for by his Office. This created quite a scandal when it was revealed in Salon.com.
“There is no silver bullet in the drug issue,” the general said. “You just can’t do law enforcement or prevention or treatment. You have to do all of it.”
General McCaffrey drew the strongest applause at a breakfast meeting with the Miami Coalition for a Safe and Drug-Free Community, an umbrella organization of civic and other groups, when he said, “We’re not going to solve the problem by putting another million Americans in jail.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_McCaffrey
and in the green corner: – Rob Van Dam, long time cannabis law reform advocate.
I had the pleasure of meeting and toking with Rob Van Dam when he turned up at a Friday 4.20 Albert Park protest about two years ago. He met Chris Fowlie (Norml News Editor) and was subsequently featured in Norml News.
He had no problem standing openly with the protesters. He shared our anger (at prohibition laws) and our smoke.
Sadly the videos we had linked to this article have been removed from Youtube 
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