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Posted by CN Staff on October 23, 2006 at 06:32:05 PT By Ed Vogel, Review-Journal Capital Bureau Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal 
Nevada -- Almost $900,000 of the funds for the ballot question to allow adult Nevadans to possess up to an ounce of marijuana was funneled to the state by the Marijuana Policy Project, a national organization whose goal is to legalize marijuana nationwide.That angers opponents of Question 7, who say Nevada is being used as a "launching pad" for the group's national goals. [snip] Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal (NV) Marijuana Policy Project Regulate and Control Marijuana Nevadans To Vote on Legalizing Marijuana Drug Czar Visits Two States To Slam Pot Initiative Clergy Supports Effort To Legalize Marijuana Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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| Comment #3 posted by Celaya on October 23, 2006 at 16:04:20 PT |
| Marijuana remains against federal law and Raybuck expects the government will press upon the state to prevent Nevada from becoming a sanctuary for the reefer culture. Oh, no! The insidious r-e-e-f-e-r c-u-l-t-u-r-e !!!! Never mind about the alcohol culture. "The federal government won't allow it," he said. "They (Question 7 proponents) are misleading people into thinking they can get legal marijuana. They are promising something that isn't going to happen." It'll be interesting to see how they try to stop it. Perhaps they won't dare. This is a change whose time has come. --------------------- Nice letter, Paul. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #2 posted by whig on October 23, 2006 at 12:08:41 PT |
| "When they can't get it from pot shops, they will have to get it illegally," Raybuck said. Which is different from now how? [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #1 posted by paul armentano on October 23, 2006 at 09:07:11 PT |
| http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Oct-17-Tue-2006/opinion/10263994.html Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal LETTERS: Let Nevada voters decide pot issue To the editor: Hats off to the Review-Journal for rightly criticizing Drug Czar John Walters' decision to use taxpayers' funds to campaign against Nevada's Question 7 ("Mr. Walters goes to Nevada," Oct. 14). Regardless of whether one favors or disapproves of Question 7, state voters deserve the opportunity to decide this issue free from undue, federally sponsored interference. John Walters' primary duty, according to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Web site, is to "evaluate, coordinate, and oversee both the international and domestic anti-drug efforts" of federal agencies, such as the Drug Enforcement Administration. Nowhere is it written in Walters' job description that he is authorized to make criminal law or influence state drug policy. That duty ought to be left to Nevada's voters and the Legislature, where it belongs. Paul Armentano Washington, D.C. The author is the senior policy analyst of the Washington, D.C.-based National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. [ Post Comment ] |
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