JOHN TIERNEY : The Czars’ Reefer Madness

OP-ED COLUMNIST
The Czars’ Reefer Madness
By JOHN TIERNEY
Published: August 26, 2006



White House drug czars have called Dutch drug policy “an unmitigated disaster,” bemoaning Amsterdam’s “stoned zombies” and its streets cluttered with “junkies.” Anti-pot passion has only increased in the Bush administration, which has made it a priority to combat marijuana. ... The Bush administration can’t even abide it being used for medical purposes by the terminally ill. Why risk having any of it fall into the hands of young people who could turn into potheads, crack addicts and junkies?

But if America’s drug warriors came here, ... [a]nd if they talked to Peter Cohen, a Dutch researcher..., they would discover something... Even though marijuana has been widely available since the 1970’s, enough to corrupt a couple of generations, the Netherlands has not succumbed to reefer madness.
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