The Week Online with DRCNet, Issue #96 -- June 25, 1999
   A Publication of the Drug Reform Coordination Network

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.  Governor of New Mexico Calls Drug War "Failed" -- Calls
    for Discussion of Alternatives
    http://www.drcnet.org/wol/096.html#governorspeaks

2.  Hyde's Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act Passes House
    Easily
    http://www.drcnet.org/wol/096.html#safepassage

3.  Vancouver's Cannabis Cafe, Hemp BC Closed
    http://www.drcnet.org/wol/096.html#hempbccloses

4.  Activist Banned From Talking About Marijuana
    http://www.drcnet.org/wol/096.html#nospeech

5.  NEW YORK: Staten Island Assemblyman Wants Needle
    Exchange Banned
    http://www.drcnet.org/wol/096.html#statenisland

6.  IDAHO:  "Drug Bust: The Longest War" TV Special
    Preempted by Drug Testing Speech in Boise
    http://www.drcnet.org/wol/096.html#preemptedinboise

7.  News in Brief
    http://www.drcnet.org/wol/096.html#newsbriefs

8.  Supreme Court Roundup
    http://www.drcnet.org/wol/096.html#roundup

9.  WASHINGTON:  Free Video and Lunch-Talk Series
    http://www.drcnet.org/wol/096.html#videoseries

10. EDITORIAL:  Can't Keep a Good Idea Down
    http://www.drcnet.org/wol/096.html#editorial

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1. Governor of New Mexico Calls Drug War "Failed" -- Calls
   for Discussion of Alternatives

Gary Johnson, Republican Governor of New Mexico, ignited a
firestorm in his state on Wednesday (6/23) by calling for a
re-examination of the failed drug war and a discussion of
alternatives, including decriminalization.

"It (the drug war) needs to get talked about," he said in an
interview, "and one of the things that's going to get talked
about is decriminalization.  We really need to put all
options on the table."

Johnson, who said that the drug war was a "miserable
failure" that "hasn't worked," noted that "the drug problem
is getting worse.  It's not getting better."

The suggestion became a big story in the New Mexico media,
with the state's largest newspaper, the Albuquerque Journal,
running it as the lead story the following day (see
http://www.abqjournal.com/news/3news06-24.htm) and local
news stations interviewing DARE officers and others for
reaction.

Steven Bunch, President of the New Mexico Drug Policy
Foundation, commended the governor for bringing the issue to
public debate.

"Governor Johnson is absolutely correct about the failure of
the so-called drug war.  Prohibition has caused more
problems than the policy has solved.  It has corrupted our
nation and it insures that our children have access to
substances that we cannot possibly control in a black
market."

Predictably, not every New Mexico elected official was
receptive to the idea.

A spokeswoman for Rep. Joe Skeen (R-NM) told the Journal
that the congressman's views "can be summed up in three
words: 'Just Say No.'"

Johnson, who is 46 years-old and is the father of two
teenage children, has previously acknowledged that he had
used marijuana, and occasionally cocaine while in college.
Now an avid triathlon, he stopped using drugs in his early
20's and has not used alcohol in 12 years.

"What I did was criminal," he said, "and yet those people
that I knew that did the same and those that still do it
today, I don't consider them criminals."

MAKE A DIFFERENCE:  Write to Governor Johnson and let him
know that you appreciate his political courage -- especially
if you're from New Mexico.  If you have family or friends in
New Mexico, urge them to call.  The Governor's number is
(505) 827-3000, or you can write to Governor Gary E.
Johnson, Office of the Governor, State Capitol Building,
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503, or comment through the net at
<http://164.64.43.1/opinion/Opinion.htm>.  His office needs
to hear from people, especially constituents, so Governor
Johnson will know there is support for what he is trying to
accomplish.

Submit letters to the editor to the Albuquerque Journal at
[EMAIL PROTECTED], fax to (505) 823-3812, or
mail to:  Letters to the Editor, The Albuquerque Journal,
P.O. Drawer J, Albuquerque, NM 87103.  Your letter needs to
include your name, address and phone number, and your
signature if using fax or snail-mail.  It should probably be
under 200 words, to have the best chance of getting printed.

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2. Hyde's Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act Passes House
   Easily

(press release from the Drug Policy Foundation,
 http://www.dpf.org)

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act
of 1999, a bill sponsored by Reps. Henry Hyde (R-IL), John
Conyers (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA) and Barney Frank (D-MA),
sailed through the House of Representatives by a 375-48
margin at 5:05pm today.

"This is the most important property-rights legislation to
come out of the House this year," said Drug Policy
Foundation Senior Policy Analyst Scott Ehlers.  "Americans
are a step closer to being protected from some of the worst
abuses of police power."

Ehlers said that proponents of the bill were hoping that it
would pass by a wide enough margin for the Senate to take
notice.  "The House has clearly and resoundingly said that
property rights are important and that the Senate should
pass this bill."

An amendment by Reps. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) and Anthony
Weiner (D-NY), which would have watered down H.R. 1658 and
strengthened civil asset forfeiture laws, failed by a 268-
155 vote.  H.R. 1658 would make numerous changes to civil
forfeiture law, including:

 * Forcing the government to prove that seized property is
related to a crime, as opposed to the current practice of
the owners' having to prove that their property is not
guilty;

 * Creating an "innocent owner" defense, whereby property
owners unaware of criminal activity occurring on their
property could recover their property;

 * Providing indigent defendants with appointed counsel; and

 * Eliminating the cost-bond requirement, which currently
requires property owners to pay up to $5,000 or 10 percent
of the seized property's value in order to contest the
seizure in court.

(Thanks to the many of you who responded to our asset
forfeiture alerts.  We will alert you when there is a bill
to lobby for in the Senate.  Visit http://www.fear.org for
further information.)

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3. Vancouver's Cannabis Cafe, Hemp BC Closed
 - Peder Nelson, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

The Cannabis Cafe and Hemp BC of Vancouver, British Columbia
were closed by court order on Wednesday, June 9.  The
closing came after Supreme Court Justice Thomas Melnick
upheld a city council decision denying the businesses an
operating license.  At the same time, Melnick granted an
injunction to Vancouver city council lawyers to close the
two proprietorships.

Marijuana activist Marc Emery, who stirred up local,
national, and international politics with his outspoken
views, founded the stores in 1994.  In 1998, Emery sold the
shops to Shelly Francis, who operated them until the
shutdown.  Both the shop and the cafe were raided several
times by local police, and were the subject of an
investigation run jointly by local authorities and the US
Navy.

The city council held a special show-cause hearing on May
17-18, 1999, to determine whether a business license would
be granted to Francis.  Her request was denied.  The council
cited reasons such as lack of cooperation with local police,
patrons smoking while in the establishments, and the
degradation of the community.  Nevertheless, local merchants
and community members attended the meeting armed with 10,000
signatures on a petition in support of the Cannabis Cafe and
Hemp BC.  The denial prompted an application for relief by
both parties directed to the BC Supreme Court.

In his decision, Justice Melnick noted that the city
attorney's demands of Francis at the show-cause hearing
"would make the expression 'red tape' appear
inconsequential," but that in the end, "the city faces
losing credibility in enforcing its licensing scheme" if the
injunction were not granted.

The closing of the businesses represents a victory for
Vancouver Mayor Philip Owen, who had publicly vowed that the
stores would be "toast."  A spokesman for the mayor told The
Week Online he had no comment for this story.

"I guess they've won," Francis said in an interview with the
Vancouver Sun.  "[But] I will always continue this fight to
decriminalize marijuana.  It's one that has to be fought."
Her lawyers said Ms. Francis is planning an appeal.

Read DRCNet's earlier coverage of this story at
<http://www.drcnet.org/wol/061.html#hempbc>.  The Hemp BC
website is still online at <http://www.hempbc.com>.

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4. Activist Banned From Talking About Marijuana

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ordered a medical
marijuana user to stop speaking publicly about marijuana, or
face a two year prison term.  Joe "Hemp" Kidwell was
sentenced last week by Judge Albert Matthews for cultivating
fourteen marijuana plants in a storefront office in Venice
Beach in 1998.  Kidwell, whose doctor testified in his
defense at his trial, is protected under the state's laws
barring prosecution of people who use marijuana medicinally.
But the judge also restricted him from using marijuana
anywhere but inside his own home.

Kidwell has been an outspoken and controversial marijuana
activist.  Before his conviction, he operated First Hemp
Bank Distribution Network, a Venice buyer's club.  He was
arrested two other times last year, once for offering a
police officer a joint, which resulted in a misdemeanor
conviction.  The other arrest, resulting from a report that
he was smoking marijuana on a public promenade, will go to
trial next week.

The Week Online spoke with Kidwell's attorney, Ronald
Richards, who said Kidwell will appeal the probationary
restrictions under statutory and Constitutional grounds.
Kidwell also criticized the government's continued reliance
on prohibition, saying, "The definition of insanity is doing
the same thing over and over again and thinking it's going
to solve a social problem."  "Locking everybody up and
making them criminals for simply growing some marijuana, not
for sale, is insane."

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5. NEW YORK: Staten Island Assemblyman Wants Needle Exchange
   Banned
 - Taylor West, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

A bill that would effectively ban legal needle exchange in
the state of New York has been introduced into the state
assembly by Eric Vitaliano, a Democrat from Staten Island.
The legislation comes on the heels of recent plans to launch
a needle exchange program in that borough and New York
Governor George Pataki's appointment of Dr. Antonia C.
Novello as Health Department Commissioner.

Vitaliano's bill would rescind the provision in New York's
state code (Title VII, Section 3381) that allows the
Commissioner to grant exemptions for individuals and
"classes of persons" from the state's law against the
possession or distribution of hypodermic instruments.  That
provision has allowed for the establishment of 12 state-
licensed needle exchange programs throughout New York since
1992.

Kristine Smith, a spokesperson for the Department of Health,
stated the department's opposition to the bill.  "We do not
support this legislation.  We feel that our needle exchange
programs have been very successful in reaching out to
individuals who otherwise may never come in contact with
treatment and prevention opportunities.  It is important
also to stress our commitment to gaining community support
before we establish each exchange."  Newly confirmed
Commissioner Novello has also publicly stated her personal
support for New York's needle exchange programs.

The Staten Island AIDS Task Force recently requested
permission from the Health Department to begin a mobile
needle exchange program on the island.  The final decision
has not yet been made, but the Task Force is moving ahead
with planning stages while awaiting the state's approval.
Vitaliano wrote a letter to Governor Pataki opposing the
program, but received no direct reply.

Elsewhere in New York, needle exchange activists' response
to Vitaliano's bill was critical.  Donald Grove, director of
development for the New York-based Harm Reduction Coalition,
remarked that the introduction of such a bill "shows just
how little science and the reality of microbes and viruses
has to do with elective politics."

Grove also related Vitaliano's campaign to those of others
attacking needle exchange in the Empire State.  "There has
been a malicious movement to misinform the New York public
about needle exchange programs," he told The Week Online.
"This is another example of political goals obscuring the
facts about a practice that has been proven to save lives
and protect the public health."

The bill is not expected to advance far in the legislature,
but Grove acknowledged that it may still affect the needle
exchange cause.  "Vitaliano's bill is like a Pat Buchanan
campaign," he explained.  "It is fairly clear that it won't
succeed, but it will serve to yank the discussion and the
agenda further in his direction.  Instead of talking about
preventing the spread of viruses and improving the public
health, we'll be hearing the same unsubstantiated hysteria
from the same parade of people.  Every time this happens, it
results in more scurrying around within the Health
Department, more regulations and restrictions in order to
protect public relations."

Meanwhile, Vitaliano's camp maintains its anti-needle
exchange position.  "There are better ways to prevent
exposure to deadly diseases," the assemblyman stated in a
press release.  The press release did not elaborate on those
ways.

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6. IDAHO:  "Drug Bust: The Longest War" TV Special Preempted
   by Drug Testing Speech in Boise
 - Peder Nelson, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

On Sunday, June 20, television viewers across the country
watched an NBC special report, "Drug Bust: The Longest War."
The program, hosted by Geraldo Rivera, highlighted many of
the failings of current US drug policy.  But viewers of
KTVB-TV in Boise, Idaho saw a speech by US Chamber of
Commerce President Tom Donohue promoting drug testing in the
workplace instead.  The program was aired as part of "Enough
is Enough," an anti-drug campaign the station is sponsoring.

DRCNet learned of the preempting when subscribers in Boise
wrote us to complain.  Local resident Russ Belville wrote
that he had spoken earlier with reporters from the station
who were concerned that KTVB's involvement with the campaign
could cause a "conflict of interest" for the newsroom.
"Seems to me there's no conflict at KTVB's newsroom at all,"
Belville wrote this week.  "If it doesn't follow the 'Enough
is Enough' agenda, it doesn't get aired on KTVB -- even if
it is a special report from one of their parent network's
news department."

Doug Armstrong of KTVB-TV told the Week Online that the
station pre-empted the NBC show because it needed a
primetime run for the final episode of "Incredible Idaho," a
local nature program.  He added that the station had a
previous commitment to air the Donohue's speech.

John Brine, a spokesman for NBC, said that while the Idaho
station's choice to replace the Geraldo special with a pro-
drug war speech was "interesting," there was nothing unusual
about an affiliate choosing not to air it.  "The show was
picked up throughout the nation and broadcast at about the
same rate as other shows," he said.  Local stations
generally have the option of preempting network programs for
local shows when they have other obligations or needs.

A summary and excerpts from Drug Bust can be read online at
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/281474.asp>.  Enough is Enough
has a web site at <http://www.ktvb.com/program/enough.html>.

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7. News in Brief
 - Jane Tseng, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Former D.A.R.E. Officer Sentenced in Cocaine Case

A former D.A.R.E. officer in Wisconsin was sentenced last
week to five years in prison for selling cocaine.  Kenneth
Dodge, an employee of the Menominee Tribal Police Department
since February 1983, was fired in June 1997 after selling
cocaine to an undercover agent on three occasions while he
was a bartender at a local tavern.  In addition to the five-
year prison sentence, Circuit Court Judge Earl Schmidt
revoked Dodge's driver's license for three years and fined
him $302 in court fees and fines.

Swiss High Court Rules Ecstasy Sales Not a "Serious" Crime

On Tuesday June 15, the Swiss Supreme Court overturned a
one-year prison sentence given by the State Court of Bern to
a man convicted of selling 1000 tablets of Ecstasy.  In its
ruling, the Supreme Court classified Ecstasy as a "soft
drug," saying that while Ecstasy was not a harmless
substance; it did not pose a serious health risk.

Rick Doblin, president of the Multidisciplinary Association
for Psychedelic Studies, told The Week Online, "It's a link
between honest medical research and objective risk
assessment, both of which the we could use more of in the
United States."  The court also rejected a plea from a state
court for a harsher sentence for a man convicted of selling
more than 1,300 tablets of Ecstasy.  Drug offenses
classified as "serious," such as dealing cocaine or heroin,
carry sentences of up to 20 years in prison under Swiss law.

On Sunday, the Guardian printed an editorial in support of
the Swiss Court decision.  The editorial can be found at
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/>.

Scottish Public Health Docs Call for Marijuana Legalization

This week, the British Medical Association's Scottish
committee on public health medicine called for the
legalization of marijuana for recreational and medical use.
The doctors, who plan to put forward a motion at the
association's annual conference in Belfast next month, are
the first medical professionals to advocate a measure
supporting the legalization of recreational use of
marijuana.  The doctors said they hope the legalization of
marijuana will cut down on the use of more dangerous drugs
such as heroin and cocaine.  George Venters, the chairman of
the Scottish Committee, has said he feels confident that the
committee will easily win public support after all the facts
are out.  A spokesperson for the BMA would only comment that
the ideas presented by the committee do not represent the
ideas and policies of the association as a whole.

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8. Supreme Court Roundup
 - Jane Tseng, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Court Refuses to Hear Singleton Appeal

This week, the Court refused to hear an appeal concerning a
ruling last year in which prosecutors offered leniency to
witnesses in exchange for testimony.  By refusing to hear
the case, the Court effectively ruled that the common but
controversial federal practice of offering leniency to
witnesses in exchange for testimony is still acceptable.

The controversy arose after the January decision by the 10th
US Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the conviction of
Sonya Singleton in a cocaine trafficking case.  Singleton
had appealed her conviction, saying that the prosecution's
witnesses were offered leniency for his testimony, which
helped convict her and other defendants.  Singleton's lawyer
argued to the court of appeals that the testimony provided
by the prosecution's witness could not be used because of a
federal law forbidding the exchange of anything of value for
testimony.

Singleton's lawyer commented that "the government's practice
of buying testimony" will "eat away at the integrity of the
judicial system."  The Court reasoned that if Congress had
written the law to make it illegal for prosecutors to
continue their long-standing practice of offering lesser
sentences in exchange for testimony, they would have worded
the law in such a way as to eliminate doubts.  More detailed
information on the case in question can be found at
<http://www.drcnet.org/wol/074.html#singleton>.

Dyson Traffic Stop Ruling Overturned

The Supreme Court reversed a ruling by a mid-level Maryland
appeals court this week that had ruled that searching a
vehicle without a warrant is unlawful.  The decision upholds
an exception to the 4th amendment dating back to 1925 that
states that police do not need a warrant when searching a
vehicle.  The case came before the court after Kevin Darnell
Dyson's conviction of conspiracy to possess cocaine with the
intent to distribute.  The police stopped Dyson on July 3,
1996 and searched his car after an informant told them that
Dyson would be on his way home from New York City, where he
had allegedly gone to buy cocaine.  The police found 23
grams of crack cocaine in a bag in Dyson's trunk.

Dyson appealed his conviction, saying that the search was
unlawful because the police had had time to obtain a warrant
before searching Dyson's car.  The justices noted that
previous rulings in 1982 and 1996 affirmed that police do
not need a warrant in order to search a vehicle if they had
cause to believe there was evidence of a crime.

Court to Hear Case on Juror Removal

The Supreme Court also agreed to hear an Arizona drug case
this week which will determine whether or not some criminal
convictions would have to be overturned because of jury
selection errors.  The case concerns Abel Martinez-Salazar,
who was arrested in Phoenix and was later convicted for
possession of heroin with the intent to distribute and using
or carrying a firearm during a drug crime.  During the
trial, Martinez-Salazar's lawyer used one of his automatic
challenges to remove a juror.  Martinez-Salazar later
claimed that the juror was biased and that his lawyer should
not have been forced to use one of his 11 preemptory
challenges to remove that juror.  The 9th US Circuit Court
of Appeals decided that Martinez-Salazar's due-process
rights were violated because under federal law, defendants
are not required to use their automatic challenges to remove
prospective jurors if they show bias.  The prosecution
argues that because a biased-juror was never allowed on the
jury, the conviction still holds.

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9. WASHINGTON:  Free Video and Lunch-Talk Series

The Institute for Policy Studies' Drug Policy and Foreign
Policy in Focus projects invite you to attend their
RETHINKING THE DRUG WAR: A FREE SUMMER VIDEO AND SPEAKER
SERIES.  Films (with experts to speak following film) will
be shown weekly though August 19th.  Cosponsored by the
Progressive Challenge and the Social Action and Leadership
School for Activists.

RETHINKING THE DRUG WAR:
A Free Summer Video and Speaker Series
Thursdays, noon to 2:00pm
Institute for Policy Studies, 733 15th St., NW, Suite 1020,
Washington, DC
Sponsored by IPS' Drug Policy and Foreign Policy in Focus
Projects Brown Bag lunch series.  Drinks and dessert
provided.  For information, contact Samara or Jenny at (202)
234-9382, ext. 220.

Thursday, June 24:
Video- "The Drug Dilemma: War or Peace" (Walter Cronkite)
Drug War 101: Overview of US Policy
Speaker: Paul Lewin (Research Director, Common Sense for
Drug Policy)

Thursday, July 1:
Video- "Seeds of War" (Australian documentary)
A History of the US War on Drugs
Speakers: William Chambliss (Author and Professor, GWU) and
Carol Bergman (Research and Policy Reform Center)

Thursday, July 8:
Video- "America's War on Drugs" (America's Defense Monitor)
Addicted to Failure: the US Drug War Overseas
Speakers: Coletta Youngers (Washington Office on Latin
America) and Peter Zirnite (DC-based journalist)

Thursday, July 15:
Video- "Unholy Alliance" (The CIA,the Afghan War, and heroin
trafficking) Covert Operations and the Drug Trade Speaker:
Bob Parry (Editor and Publisher, I.F. Magazine)

Thursday, July 22:
Video- "Sex, Drugs, and Democracy" (The Dutch Model)
International Drug Policy and Alternatives
Speaker: Scott Ehlers (Senior Policy Analyst, Drug Policy
Foundation)

Thursday, July 29:
Video- "Snitch" (PBS Frontline documentary)
How the System Operates: Police, Prosecutors, and Drug Laws
Speaker: Eric Sterling (President, Criminal Justice Policy
Foundation)

Thursday, August 5: Video- "The Corner" (Nightline program
on a Baltimore drug market)
Race, Poverty, and the Drug Economy
Speaker: Cheryl Epps (DC-based drug policy expert)

Thursday, August 12:
Video- "Women of Substance" (Mothers and Addiction)
Other Casualties of the Drug War: Women and Students
Speakers: Diane Riley (invited)(International Harm Reduction
Network) and Adam Smith (Associate Director, DRCnet)

Thursday, August 19:
Video- "The Legacy" (PBS documentary)
Three Strikes and Other Legislative Hysteria
Speakers: Vincent Schiraldi (Executive Director, Justice
Policy Institute) and Rep. Barbara Lee D-CA (invited)

Visit http://www.ips-dc.org for information about the
Institute for Policy Studies and links to the programs
that are sponsoring this series.

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10. EDITORIAL:  Can't Keep a Good Idea Down

Adam J. Smith, Associate Director, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

File this in the "You Just Can't Keep a Good Idea Down"
folder.  New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, a Republican,
sparked controversy this week by proclaiming the drug war "a
failure" and advocating a wide-ranging debate on
alternatives, including decriminalization.  Governor
Johnson's remarks came exactly one week after his GOP party-
mates in Congress compared drug policy reformers to child
abusers, rapists and pedophiles and even went so far as to
urge the criminal prosecution of reform advocates under
federal RICO statutes.

Governor Johnson, a 46 year-old father of two and an avid
triathlete, has previously admitted using marijuana and
occasionally cocaine while in college.  "What I did was
criminal," he said in an interview, "and yet those people
that I knew that did the same thing and those that still do
it today, I don't consider them criminals."

There is no question that New Mexico is a long way from
Washington, DC.  But do not think for a moment that it will
go unnoticed within the Republican leadership that one of
their governors has broken party ranks on the drug war.  The
very fact that Congressional hearings were held last week,
convened by Republican John Mica of Florida, is testament to
the fact that the party is both concerned about the growing
calls for reform and determined to do all that it can to
discredit them.

Despite the rabidity of the most ideological drug warriors,
the issue of drug policy, and particularly the realization
that what we are currently doing is disastrous, is gaining
currency across the nation.  Nevertheless, it is telling
that Governor Johnson created a political firestorm by the
mere suggestion that we discuss all viable alternatives.
Such reaction, along with the ugliness of last week's
Congressional hearings, show that even pointing out that the
emperor has no clothes is still an act of extreme political
courage.

It will be interesting to watch the Republican party as the
ideological split over this issue continues to emerge.  The
drug war is an issue upon which many GOPers have staked
their reputations, and filled their campaign coffers.  But
it is an issue that is beginning to create a chasm that will
soon become impossible to ignore.  For Republicans, already
struggling with internal divisions over abortion, gun
control and censorship of the popular culture, there might
not be a tent big enough for this one.

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