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- Undermined the First Amendment:
By paying networks to produce shows with
drug war messages, reviewing scripts in advance to ensure they were consistent
with your ideology, you have put the drug war ahead of free speech.
- Entangled us in Foreign Wars:
In a futile effort to control the drug supply, you
have involved the US in the four decade old Colombian civil war. Your policies
will cost American lives.
- Misled the American Public:
Throughout your tenure in office, you continue to
misstate the facts on key drug policy issues including the number of lives lost to
drugs, the science on needle exchange and medical marijuana, the success of
progressive, foreign models of drug control and the cost of drug abuse.
- Cost Thousands of American Lives:
You blocked the funding of needle exchange
programs even though the Department of Health and Human Services has found
that needle exchange prevents the spread of HIV and does not increase drug use.
You have put the health of all Americans at risk.
- Undermined Democracy:
You have worked to undermine the votes in seven
states and the District of Columbia on medical marijuana. You forgot that
democracy comes before drug war.
- Misdirected drug control resources:
You're wasting resources on preventing
benign hemp seed and hemp material from entering the US.
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