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Article: Hinchey-Rohrabacher Amendment Squashed in Congress; Yet Another Victory in Drug Policy, Proclaims Drug Free America Foundation
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- June 29, 2006
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Hinchey-
Rohrabacher amendment would have prohibited the U.S. Department of
Justice (including the DEA) from allocating funds to enforce federal
drug laws in states that have legalized marijuana for so- called
medical purposes. This amendment was soundly defeated in Congress by
a vote of 259 to 163.
Despite the drug legalizers' dogged efforts to influence Congress,
they failed. Although the pro-drug lobby touts biased polls that
create an illusion that the majority of people are for marijuana as
so-called medicine, the facts show that our legislators listen to
their constituents and not the drug pushers. Legislators wisely
considered ...