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Newsbrief:
California
Governor
Candidates
at
Debate
All
Endorse
Medical
Marijuana
9/5/03
The California polity is
riven by a multitude of issues and those differences are reflected in the
views of the multiple candidates running to replace sitting Gov. Gray Davis
(D). At Wednesday night's televised debate, featuring Lt. Gov. Cruz
Bustamante, independent candidate Arianna Huffington, state Sen. Tom McClintock
(R), Green Party candidate Peter Camejo, and businessmen Peter Ueberroth,
running as a Republican, the candidates sparred over a broad range of issues,
from tax and energy policy to coastal development to reining in the politically
powerful prison guards' union. The one thing none of them disagreed
on was support for medical marijuana.
Most comments on medical
marijuana came in a rapid-fire segment where candidates were given 15-seconds
to stake out positions on various topics. "When people are suffering,"
said Ueberroth in a typical statement, "you give them everything you possibly
can do to take away that suffering."
Huffington, a favorite of
many drug reformers because of her columns attacking the drug war, was
most aggressive, saying that she would confront the Bush administration
on that and other issues. She also said she would cancel new prison
construction. Green candidate Peter Camejo called for outright legalization
of marijuana, pointing out the absurdity of prohibiting marijuana but allowing
the sale of tobacco.
Bustamante, the Democratic
establishment politician, was the most equivocal, noting that he supported
medical marijuana "as long as it was properly distributed."
Celebrity candidate and media
darling Arnold Schwarzenegger did not attend the debate, choosing instead
to visit a college campus where he was pelted with eggs by students.
It appears the serious contenders
for the California governorship are listening to California voters, who
overwhelmingly supported medical marijuana. Is the Bush administration
listening, too?
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Issue #301, 9/5/03
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Confused, Suffering Denial |
Bad Bills:
Rave Act II, CLEAN-UP Act, VICTORY Act |
Dutch
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Hemp on the High
Plains: HIA Goes to the Pine Ridge Reservation |
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Current Action
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on Judicial Discretion |
Perry Fund
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Scholarships for Students Losing Aid Because of Drug Convictions |
Organizations
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Issues |
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Newsbrief:
California Governor Candidates at Debate All Endorse Medical Marijuana |
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LA NORML's Margolin Joins California Governor Race, Vows to Be "Terminator"
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