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We shouldn’t be surprised about who’s in bed together
No, this isn’t about recent legislation in New York. It’s about Barney Frank and Ron Paul, and Willie Nelson and The National Review. full story

* National Review and Willie Nelson Unite for Pot Legalization at the Atlantic Wire

* Right on Marijuana at the National Review

YouTube - ‪NORML PSA: Willie Nelson for Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition‬& rlm;

* Willie Nelson: Leave The Man Alone
Bio-Willie
* Willie4Kucinich4Pres ident



* William F. Buckley
* Voices National W.F. Buckley Archives/Forum
* Lost political causes By William Buckley
* William F. Buckley Requiescat In Pace
* The Conservative Argument for Legalization



* Ron Paul, Barney Frank Push To Legalize Pot
The bill would essentially treat marijuana like alcohol on the federal level: It would allow states to choose between prohibiting marijuana entirely, making marijuana medically available, decriminalizing the possession of marijuana, taxing and regulating marijuana like alcohol, having "dry" and "wet" counties, regulating marijuana like tomatoes, and so forth.

The bill would also remove marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. Since Congress and President Nixon placed marijuana in the strictest of five schedules in 1970, marijuana has been in the same category as heroin, PCP, and LSD -- drugs that supposedly have no therapeutic value and a high potential for abuse.

In fact, the bill would not just remove marijuana from Schedule I; it would remove marijuana from the list of controlled substances entirely. By doing so, the bill -- once again -- would treat marijuana like alcohol. (Alcohol and tobacco are the only two drugs not to be scheduled.)



* Reps. Frank, Paul Want To End Federal Ban on Pot
* New Bill Would End Federal Marijuana Prohibition
* Frank & Paul Introduce Bill To End MJ Prohibition
* 'Dramatic Change' To Marijuana Laws?
* US: Barney Frank And Ron Paul Team Up To Legalize Marijuana

* The Joseph McNamara Collection

* LEAP blog

We expect that the bill will receive neither a hearing nor a vote in the 2011-2012 House, which is controlled by Republicans. Unlike in most state legislatures -- which give all bills hearings and committee votes -- the vast majority of bills in Congress die quiet deaths. This is partially because it's physically impossible to find the time to give more than 10,000 bills hearings, and partially because committee chairs can kill bills they don't like simply by doing nothing.

* Cover-Ups, Prevarications, Subversions & Sabotage
* Fellow NeoCons: Our Position Is Hypocritical
* NeoCons Addiction Good, Liberal Addiction Bad!
* the Drug Czar is Required by Law to Lie
* Isn’t talking about drugs and drug laws illegal?

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