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Quote
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the
Week
11/13/98
"I mean, for goodness sake,
we have Stillwater State Penitentiary here and we can't keep drugs out
of there, and these people are locked up 24 hours a day. If you're
going to fight the war on drugs, you have to fight it on the demand side.
And I don't believe that government should be invading the privacy of our
own homes, and I also believe that you shouldn't be legislating stupidity.
If there are stupid people out there doing stupid things, it's not the
government's job to try to make them smarter. We live in a land of
freedom. And again, if we can't keep the drugs out of the state penitentiary,
how on earth are we going to do it out on the street corner?"
Minnesota Governor-elect
Jesse Ventura, 11/8/98, Meet the Press
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Issue #67, 11/13/98
84% of Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences in Massachusetts Served by 1st-Time Offenders | Protesters in District of Columbia Call for Release of I-59 Results | Students Fight Back against Higher Education Act Drug Provision | Medical Marijuana Signature Gatherers Harassed by Sheriff in Florida | Oregon Police Illegally Tapped Agricultural Supply Store's Phones -- Perhaps for Years | British House of Lords Committee Calls for Medical Marijuana Access | New German Government to Consider Legalizing Cannabis | Quote of the Week | Editorial: Remembering Veterans, Ignoring Lessons
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