It's Time for the Drug Czar to Resign
News that ONDCP officials illegally campaigned for Republican congressional candidates has generated significant coverage this week, as well it should. Under the Hatch Act it is a crime for executive branch staff to engage in partisan political activity, which makes the drug czar a criminal if he wasn't already.
If you've been watching ONDCP for the past six years as I have, there's nothing surprising about any of this. Still, it's gratifying to see the drug czar's utter contempt for the law revealed for all to see.
Our friends at SSDP have created a petition demanding Drug Czar John Walters's resignation, which perfectly articulates how politics have guided Walters's actions throughout his tenure, and not just during campaign season:
(This blog post was published by StoptheDrugWar.org's lobbying arm, the Drug Reform Coordination Network, which also shares the cost of maintaining this web site. DRCNet Foundation takes no positions on candidates for public office, in compliance with section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and does not pay for reporting that could be interpreted or misinterpreted as doing so.)
If you've been watching ONDCP for the past six years as I have, there's nothing surprising about any of this. Still, it's gratifying to see the drug czar's utter contempt for the law revealed for all to see.
Our friends at SSDP have created a petition demanding Drug Czar John Walters's resignation, which perfectly articulates how politics have guided Walters's actions throughout his tenure, and not just during campaign season:
* You've spent taxpayer money to campaign and lobby against citizen ballot initiatives and state legislation that would reform aspects of the ineffective War on Drugs.Frankly, it is an indictment of the press and the Congress that it took until July 2007 to discover that ONDCP is deeply corrupted. Only by stepping into the realm of partisan politics did ONDCP finally manage to earn the full-blown public relations crisis it has long deserved.
* You've attempted to prevent Congress and the public from gaining access to a scientific evaluation of your "anti-drug" advertising campaign because you didn't like the results showing that the ads actually cause more, not less, teen drug use. Despite these alarming results, you've kept the dangerous ads on the air.
* You've spent millions of dollars a year spraying poisonous chemicals on the jungles and fields of Colombia in a failed effort to eradicate coca crops and prevent cocaine from entering or country. Yet while continuing to publicly advocate this eradication program, you admitted in a private letter to Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) that cocaine prices on America's streets are dropping and its purity is increasing.
* You've actively pushed for the continued federal criminalization of seriously ill Americans suffering from cancer, AIDS, and multiple sclerosis who use medical marijuana with their doctors' recommendations, even where it is legal under state law. In an affront to federalism and states' rights, ONDCP and the Food and Drug Administration released a politicized statement last year criticizing states with medical marijuana laws.
(This blog post was published by StoptheDrugWar.org's lobbying arm, the Drug Reform Coordination Network, which also shares the cost of maintaining this web site. DRCNet Foundation takes no positions on candidates for public office, in compliance with section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and does not pay for reporting that could be interpreted or misinterpreted as doing so.)
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I believe that demanding that John Walter's resignation does not go far enough. It is time to abolish the entire executive agency. It has been a waste of federal money for decades.
Oh yeah.
Nevermind, you're right. Yeah, dismantle the whole damn thing.
Yes Yes YES
take away all funding
eliminate this branch of governemnt and the DEA as well...
support Ron Paul
If you want to end the drug war, get out there and work for Ron Paul. He's the best hope you've got.
Hear hear
Where do I sign this petition? I'll look around for it.
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Jus ask Chezidek................................
Long Overdue. Let him go apply for a job at Denny's.
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Outgrow Big Bro, starting with terrorist John P. Walters
Mr. Walters,
We are not terrorists. It is you who is the terrorist.
John Walters is a terrorist according to the definition of terrorism:
"The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons."
Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
Join us in disregarding all laws pertaining to cannabis in the United States.
The fact is,we, as Americans, shouldn't have to beg to be taxed on a plant that can potentially grow in the wild in virtually every state in our country.
We encourage you all to continue using cannabis responsibly as you have been doing for years, most likely.
We challenge you to step outside your comfort zone of silently using cannabis in private to walk up to the most public of places and put seeds in their flower beds.
Sure, they may get cut down eventually, but the impact that millions of baby marijuana plants would have on our nation would be significant.
If thousands, possible millions of cannabis consumers were to follow our simple instructions, the country would be desensitized to the stigma that marijuana is an evil plant.
If when Joe Conservative goes to Starbucks and orders his low fat cafe latte mocaccino, he sees a cannabis plant reaching for the sun from the otherwise dull Starbucks landscaping, it will make him smile.
When he gets to work at the high rise office building and gets out of his S.U.V. only to notice a few more cannabis seedlings peeking out from the rhododendron's near the parking garage, it will make him curious.
And when Joe gets stuck in traffic on the way home and at every corner he notices a few three footers carelessly swaying in the breeze, he will become fascinated by the beauty of this wonderful plant and may begin questioning his preconceived notions about the God-given herb.
When every one who is using cannabis and throwing their seeds in the trash does what we are suggesting, we can create this fairy tale in reality.
If our ideas are of the slightest interest to you whatsoever, we invite you to join us in our efforts.
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We invite you to join us in the single greatest act of civil disobedience this country has ever known.
We invite you to Outgrow Big Bro!
Because if we don't, who will?
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John Walters should not resign... he should be prosecuted to the fullest and criminal charges shoudl be brought against him, but we have to have a clear idea of who we want to replace him, such as Tommy Chong.
Viva La Revolucion!
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yep, the whole charade to
yep, the whole charade to keep the rich rich is becoming more transparent
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