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Newsbrief:
New
DEA
Administrator
Karen
Tandy
Approved
by
Senate
Judiciary
Committee
Following
Medical
Marijuana
Controversy
7/11/03
Two weeks ago DRCNet reported
that Bush administration nominee for DEA chief administrator Karen P. Tandy
appeared to be headed for an easy confirmation by the US Senate Judiciary
Committee (http://www.drcnet.org/wol/293.shtml#tandyhearing),
but that medical marijuana advocates were seeking to persuade Senators
to question her on the use of federal resources to raid medical marijuana
operations that have been sanctioned by states.
Yesterday (7/10), the committee
confirmed Tandy's appointment, but not without controversy or dissent.
According to DRCNet associate director David Guard, who attended the hearing,
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) -- not a traditional friend of medical marijuana
-- nevertheless raised the issue -- to which Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
responded by saying there's no scientific evidence supporting medical marijuana
-- which Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) immediately countered by introducing
the federally-financed 1999 Institute of Medicine report, which described
such evidence, into the record. Sessions then fell back to saying only
that there are more effective medications. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) made
the point of allowing states more latitude to set policies (such as permitting
medical marijuana) on the issue. Durbin then went on to actually vote against
the nomination.
Visit http://www.dontconfirm.org
for further information.
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Issue #295, 7/11/03
Editorial: More Than One Kind of Pain |
Alaska Court Rules Marijuana Possession Okay -- Judicial Day of Reckoning Coming |
Doctors' Group Advises Physicians to Avoid Treating Pain with Opiates, Cites Persecution of Pain Doctors -- Tucson Case Illustrates Point |
DRCNet Interview: Brazilian Antiprohibitionists Luiz Paulo Guanabara of Psicotropicus and Cecilia Szterenfeld of the Integrated Programs on Marginality |
Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced in Argentina |
In Memoriam: Don Topping, Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii |
Newsbrief: Feds Appeal Ed Rosenthal Sentence |
Newsbrief: Ruling Expected "Soon" in Santa Cruz Medical Marijuana Suit |
Ashcroft Seeks Supreme Court Permission to Overturn Free Speech Ruling on Physician-Patient Discussion of Medical Marijuana |
Newsbrief: Oregon Appeals Court Overturns Asset Forfeiture Reform |
Newsbrief: Canadian Government to Distribute Medical Marijuana |
Newsbrief: New DEA Administrator Karen Tandy Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee Following Medical Marijuana Controversy |
Newsbrief: Former Scottish High Court Judge Says Legalize It |
Newsbrief: British Doctors Don't Say Legalize It |
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