May 15, 2012
Washington Post, 15 May 2012 - MARIJUANA MAY HELP RELIEVE MUSCLE TIGHTNESS LINKED TO MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THE QUESTION Marijuana has been investigated as a medicinal aid for people with cancer, AIDS, glaucoma and other conditions. Might smoking marijuana help relieve the muscle spasticity in people with multiple sclerosis?May 5, 2012
Washington Post, 05 May 2012 - Just what parents don't need: another way for their kids to get high, or worse. And getting that buzz, that glow, that trip to an altered state is so easy. There's no need to bother with street dealers or big drug traffickers.May 5, 2012
Washington Post, 05 May 2012 - During the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama raised hopes among those who support medical marijuana by pledging to respect state laws on the issue. But his administration has reversed course and massively escalated the federal government's attacks on medical marijuana businesses, most of which are legal under their states' laws. This is perplexing because medical marijuana is far more popular than Obama is. A Washington Post-ABC News poll from January 2010 found that 81 percent of Americans supported legalizing medical marijuana. A CBS News poll from October found that 77 percent of Americans support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana for serious medical conditions. By contrast, the president's approval rating last October hovered around 42 percent - and is currently about 47 percent.Apr 27, 2012
The Hill, 27 Apr 2012 - In the wake of the Summit of the Americas meetings earlier this month, it is time to get to the heart of the problem of illegal drugs and related violence. We must pull back the curtains on the false debate between legalizing drugs and current drug policy. The real answer lies in our ability to aggressively reduce the U.S. demand for illegal drugs.Apr 16, 2012
Washington Post, 16 Apr 2012 - There is a middle ground between drug prohibition and full legalization. Switzerland's heroin maintenance program has been shown to reduce disease, death and crime among chronic users. The success of the Swiss program has inspired pilot projects in Canada, Germany, Spain, Denmark and the Netherlands. If expanded, heroin maintenance would deprive organized crime of a core client base. This would render illegal heroin trafficking unprofitable and spare future generations addiction. Robert Sharpe, WashingtonApr 16, 2012
Washington Post, 16 Apr 2012 - I applaud George F. Will for raising all the right questions about the efficacy of our nation's drug prohibitionist policies ["The benefits of legalizing drugs,' " op-ed, April 12]. Reasonable people can disagree about whether drugs should be legalized, and when it comes to marijuana, polls reveal that our country is evenly divided. What is not reasonable, however, is to keep in place our 25-year-old punishment scheme for drug crimes. Passed in the mid-1980s, mandatory minimum sentencing laws continue to send first-time and low-level drug offenders to prison for excessive terms. Even those who continue to support drug prohibition (and prison terms for the worst offenders) should be able to see the wisdom of scaling back these financially and socially costly laws.Apr 13, 2012
Washington Post, 13 Apr 2012 - The retired general who won Guatemala's presidency in November seems an unlikely advocate of a kinder approach toward counternarcotics policy. Otto Perez - whose party's symbol is a clenched fist - campaigned on the promise that his government would crack down on the crime ravaging parts of the country. A former member of the special forces known as Kaibiles, he also served as director of military intelligence. But his reluctance to join a stalemated war against drugs is understandable. As a military man and a pragmatic politician, Perez wants to fight battles he has a chance of winning. The two Latin American presidents joining Perez's call for a debate on legalization also campaigned on the issues of crime and public safety: Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos, a former minister of defense, and Costa Rica's Laura Chinchilla, a former minister of public security.Apr 12, 2012
Washington Post, 12 Apr 2012 - Amelioration of today's drug problem requires Americans to understand the significance of the 80-20 ratio. Twenty percent of American drinkers consume 80 percent of the alcohol sold here. The same 80-20 split obtains among users of illicit drugs. About 3 million people - less than 1 percent of America's population - consume 80 percent of illegal hard drugs. Drug-trafficking organizations can be most efficiently injured by changing the behavior of the 20 percent of heavy users, and we are learning how to do so. Reducing consumption by the 80 percent of casual users will not substantially reduce the northward flow of drugs or the southward flow of money.Apr 5, 2012
Washington Post, 05 Apr 2012 - The human nervous system interacts in pleasing and addictive ways with certain molecules derived from some plants, which is why humans may have developed beer before they developed bread. Psychoactive - consciousness-altering - and addictive drugs are natural, a fact that should immunize policymakers against extravagant hopes as they cope with America's drug problem, which is convulsing some nations to our south. The costs - human, financial and social - of combating (most) drugs are prompting calls for decriminalization or legalization. America should, however, learn from the psychoactive drug used by a majority of American adults - alcohol.Feb 6, 2012
New York Daily News, 06 Feb 2012 - Washington: Re "Google's smoke and mirrors" (Op-Ed, Jan. 20): Not only has President Obama dodged marijuana legalization questions that rise to the top of every electronic town hall, but he has reneged on a campaign commitment to respect state medical marijuana laws. Mexican drug cartels are no doubt thrilled with the federal crackdown on voter-approved medical marijuana dispensaries. If Obama succeeds in destroying the domestic medical marijuana industry, international drug cartels will move in to meet demand and reap the profits. This is basic economics. As long as there is a demand for marijuana, there will be a supply.
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