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US: Reefer Madness: Alive And Well In The Federal Government!

Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Coordinator

Hawai'i News Daily

Saturday 25 Jun 2011

If almost on cue from a movie director, the head of the Judiciary Committee in the House of Representatives, 'conservative' Republican from Texas Lamar Smith, has provided both cannabis law reformers and the general public a nearly perfect insight into why the US Congress—the creator of Cannabis Prohibition laws in 1937 and later the Controlled Substances Act of 1970—is so behind the times, science, culture, economy and….reality on the great need and utility in reforming cannabis laws.

Smith's anti-cannabis salvo against the new legalization bill should inspire cannabis consumers and activists to redouble their efforts this year to get as many co-sponsors as possible for HR 2306, and to recruit and elect political candidates to Congress who no longer embrace reefer madness or favor continuing—possibly for another 74 years—the status quo of arresting another cannabis consumer every 35 seconds in America.

NORML and our supporters decided to reach out to Representative Smith today, to let him know we considered HR 2306 sound public policy that deserved a hearing. Instead of addressing the concerns of the general public, Smith removed his page from Facebook and wiped it clean of any and all comments posted in support of the bill. Further commenting was also disabled on the page. Once one too many calls began coming into his congressional offices and the extension for the House Judiciary Committee, a prerecorded message was posted stating that his office was closed (it wasn't, their operating hours on Friday are posted as til 6pm EST).

Even President Barack Obama has stated he considers legalization a legitimate topic for debate, so why is Rep. Lamar Smith stonewalling the legislation?

http://cannabis.hawaiinewsdaily.com/2011/06/24/reefer-madness-alive-and-well-in-the-federal-government/

 

 

 

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