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he Obama administration’s new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting “a war on drugs,” a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use.

In his first interview since being confirmed to head the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske said Wednesday the bellicose analogy was a barrier to dealing with the nation’s drug issues.

“Regardless of how you try to explain to people it’s a ‘war on drugs’ or a ‘war on a product,’ people see a war as a war on them,” he said. “We’re not at war with people in this country.”…continue

Posted by CN Staff
By Charlie Cain, Detroit News Lansing Bureau
Source: Detroit News

Lansing, MI — They laughed and hugged, posed for group photos and celebrated that they were finally going to be allowed to legally use marijuana to treat their medical problems.

No one wore a bigger smile when dropping off an application Monday to join the Michigan Medical Marijuana Registry than Renee Wolfe, a 48-year-old mother of four sons who has been illegally using pot for 30 years.

“Marijuana allows me to eat, allows me to live a fairly normal life,” said Wolfe, an Ann Arbor resident who used a wheelchair to roll into the Michigan Department of Community Health building to apply. She has battled multiple sclerosis since 1979.

“I’m able to walk better when I smoke,” she said.

Monday was the first day the state accepted applications for the program to allow people with “debilitating” medical conditions to use marijuana.

A group of 55 people chartered a bus to take them from a Lansing caf� to a nearby state office building to pay $100 and file paperwork, including a certificate from a Michigan-licensed physician that they have a medical condition that could be helped through the use of marijuana. Under the Michigan Medical Marijuana Program, the state will issue picture ID registration cards to those who qualify. The cards should be in the hands of patients by the end of the month.

Backers of the law estimate that as many as 50,000 Michiganians will register. By the close of business Monday, 101 had applied.

Medical conditions that qualify for the new program include cancer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and Crohn’s disease. It also covers those with wasting syndrome, severe and chronic pain or nausea, seizures and persistent muscle spasms.

In November, nearly two-thirds of voters decided Michigan should join a dozen other states to allow medical marijuana use.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who opposed the measure, said the state will work to make sure things go smoothly. She remains cautious, however.

“It’s a gateway drug, and it’s got to be done very carefully,” she said, referring to the distribution of medicinal pot.

Under the law, a registered user can possess up to 2.5 ounces of pot. The law is silent on where they are to get the marijuana. But the law makes clear the state will play no role in making the drug available.

Source: Detroit News (MI)
Author: Charlie Cain, Detroit News Lansing Bureau
Published: Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Copyright: 2009 The Detroit News
Contact: letters@detnews.com
Website: http://www.detnews.com/
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Posted by CN Staff on May 04, 2009 at 04:54:49 PT
Editorial
Source: Reporter

USA — You know it’s time to pay attention when liberals and conservatives begin to voice the same thought: How much longer can we afford to treat marijuana as a dangerous drug?

The push to legalize marijuana has been promoted by liberal groups for decades. But as state and federal governments looks for ways to cut costs and raise revenues, conservatives are chiming in.

The cover story of the March 7 issue of the Economist magazine laid out an argument for ending the entire war on drugs. The magazine pointed out that, despite all of the eradication efforts, the number of people using illegal drugs has not decreased in the last 10 years.

Further, it noted, the United States spends $40 billion and arrests 1.5 million people a year in an attempt to reduce illegal drug consumption. Keeping one prisoner in jail costs approximately $30,000 a year, and about half of the people in jail today are there because of drug offenses.

U.S. drug policies are making criminal gangs rich beyond belief and helping to destabilize countries around the world. It is now almost suicidal to be a police officer in Mexico, where officers are assassinated with impunity by drug lords — violence that is spilling into the United States. Afghanistan’s warlords — as well as the Taliban, which has moved into parts of Pakistan — support their troops with profits from opium sales.

In the United States, organized crime is responsible for most of the drug trade. These are the same kinds of gangs that made it rich bootlegging alcohol during Prohibition in the early 20th century. It should be clear by now that outlawing something only makes people want it more.

Proponents of marijuana legalization claim that instead of fighting its use with courts and prisons, the government should legalize it, tax it and educate people about its effects, just as is done with cigarettes and alcohol. Instead of spending $40 billion a year, they say, the U.S. could be making $40 billion a year in taxes.

Decriminalization also would allow more study on its medical benefits.

There are, of course, arguments against decriminalization. Children already have too easy access to cigarettes and alcohol. Who wants to add legalized marijuana to that mix? There are concerns about marijuana leading to “harder” drugs, such as cocaine or methamphetamine — the kinds of drugs that account for most of the drug-related prison sentences.

There are a lot of facts, myths and emotions on both sides of the issue, but that doesn’t mean we should ignore it. And just because we have criminalized it for 50 years, does not mean that we have to continue doing so for the next 50 years.

As support for legalizing “possession of small amounts for personal use” grows — a Washington Post-ABC News poll last week showed 46 percent of Americans support that — it is time for a national discussion about America’s drug policies.

Source: Reporter, The (Vacaville, CA)
Published: May 4, 2009
Copyright: 2009 The Reporter
Contact: letters@thereporter.com
Website: http://www.thereporter.com/
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