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Quote
of
the
Week:
Monkey
business
from
the
new
issue
of
the
Drug
Policy
Letter
9/12/97
This week's quote comes from an interview with Michael Sonnenreich,
who was appointed to be Executive Director of the National Commission on
Marijuana and Drug Abuse (a.k.a. the Shafer Comission) by President Nixon.
After a comprehensive study, the Shafer Commission recommended the decriminalization
of marijuana. President Nixon had previously stated that he would ignore
the Commission's report if they came back with such a recommendation.
The full interview, conducted by Scott Ehlers of the Drug Policy Foundation,
can be found in the Summer '97 edition of DPF's Drug Policy Letter, which
will be released this week. Our excerpt:
Ehlers: "When your report came out, the Washington Post reported
that some commission members had tried marijuana themselves as part of
their research."
Sonnenreich: "Oh, sure, Maurice Seevers. There was no drug in the
world Dr. Seevers didn't try. He was the head of pharmacology at the University
of Michigan. He also ran the monkey colony for the U.S. government for
the testing of drugs. He would never give any drug to his monkeys that
he himself wouldn't try. It's what Dr. Seevers did. It wasn't just this
drug; it was any drug. Moe was very protective of his monkeys."
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Issue #11, 9/12/97
Organization News | Medical Marijuana: Plaintiffs in Conant v. McCaffrey Win Another Stage | Needle Exchange: House passes amendment that would strip Shalala of the power to lift the ban on using Federal AIDS funding for needle exchange | War on the Border: Against the Pentagon's wishes, the House votes to add provision for 10,000 troops on US-Mexican border to defense bill | War in the Capital: In our nation's capital, nearly 50% of black males between 18-35 are under criminal justice supervision | Focus on Michigan | Free Kemba Smith: Youth lead the way in the campaign against mandatory minimum sentencing | International: Colombia faces terror threat and a guerrilla war it can't win | Quote of the Week: Monkey business from the new issue of the Drug Policy Letter | Link of the Week: National Alliance of Methadone Advocates
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