NORML's Executive Director Allen St. Pierre has posted a lengthy response, Congress and the Media Should be Dubious of Office of Nat’l Drug Control Policy’s Claims, to a recent post by the ONDCP regarding H.R. 5843.
The ONDCP post he refutes, Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Ignores the Facts, is a good summary of their well-funded line of self-preservatory thinking.
Taking the fight to the ONDCP here is not to be missed. I found this graphic to be eye-catching.
Thank-you to Meteor Blades for featuring the war on drugs on the front page last night.
It is worth clicking the links above to get a real feel for the debate, but this conclusion is succinct. (Emphasis mine)
In conclusion, while ONDCP can employ dump truck loads of taxpayer dollars annually producing glossy charts predicated on bogus data and awkwardly slung cultural insults at the longstanding non-profit organizations and their stakeholders who sensibly and peaceably oppose cannabis prohibition, the question still begged by us lowly citizens to ONDCP: Why are responsible adult cannabis consumers (especially medical cannabis patients) who’d otherwise be happy to pay local, state and federal taxes on their cannabis purchases treated like violent criminals (when the producers, marketers, retailers and consumers of alcohol, tobacco and pharmaceutical products are treated without controversy as good, responsible corporate citizens and responsible individuals selling taxed, problematic and commonly consumed adult products)?
Please contact your Representatives via MPP about reforming marijuana laws! Support H.R. 5842 and H.R. 5843.
Or contact them via NORML.
You are free to contact your Reps more than once! Be heard!