Pot Shots
In the opening salvo of its new "Truth Campaign" against anti-drug propaganda, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws has put together a point-by-point refutation of anti-pot claims made by the Office of National Drug Control Policy in an "Open Letter to America's Prosecutors." The letter, dated November 1, urged more-aggressive prosecution of marijuana offenders, arguing that "no drug matches the threat posed by marijuana." Citing authoritative sources, NORML carefully dissects this and other dubious assertions--regarding marijuana's potency, its role as a "gateway" to other drugs, and its contribution to traffic accidents, among other things.
The ONDCP even tries to resurrect the laughable notion of pot as a "killer weed," insisting that "marijuana and violence are linked." How desperate do you have to be to resort to a charge that even the legendarily hyperbolic drug warrior Harry Anslinger ultimately backed away from?
