Governor mentioned in Drug Test article

**Home Wrecker** · 05-14-2002, 12:04 AM

<a href="http://www.boulderweekly.co m/archive/041802/coverstory.html" target="_blank">http ://www.boulderweekly.co m/archive/041802/coverstory.html</a>

I cut his bit out:

Ken Gorman of Denver, who was arrested in 1996 for distributing rather large quantities of "medical marijuana" after he became well-known for organizing monthly "smoke-ins" at the state Capitol, has been subjected to urinalysis for almost five years. In January, he finally got off of parole and was released from his ankle bracelet.

He's never failed a test and says that the only time he refused to take a test was while he was imprisoned in Cañon City. Known as a legalization activist, Gorman said he was offered marijuana "for free" almost every day during his 16-month imprisonment. But there was no point in taking drug tests while in prison-after all, what where they going to do, throw him in prison?

"Excessive" is the way Gorman describes UA testing. "They've accused me of flushing my system," he conceded. "I drink a lot of water in the summer."

Gorman, a Libertarian sympathizer, believes that urinalysis violates Fifth Amendment protections against forced self-incrimination.

"When you tell me that you're going to take my urine, you're telling me you're going to make my piss testify against me, whether I smoke pot or not."

Governor · 05-21-2002, 07:14 PM

Thanks for pulling that up. I remember the interview but didn't realize it had been printed.

05-14-2002, 12:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
Home Wrecker material boy Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ishmaelia Posts: 4,734 Thanks: 1,429 Thanked 787 Times in 394 Posts	Governor mentioned in Drug Test article <a href="http://www.boulderweekly.co m/archive/041802/coverstory.html" target="_blank">http ://www.boulderweekly.co m/archive/041802/coverstory.html</a> I cut his bit out: Ken Gorman of Denver, who was arrested in 1996 for distributing rather large quantities of "medical marijuana" after he became well-known for organizing monthly "smoke-ins" at the state Capitol, has been subjected to urinalysis for almost five years. In January, he finally got off of parole and was released from his ankle bracelet. He's never failed a test and says that the only time he refused to take a test was while he was imprisoned in Cañon City. Known as a legalization activist, Gorman said he was offered marijuana "for free" almost every day during his 16-month imprisonment. But there was no point in taking drug tests while in prison-after all, what where they going to do, throw him in prison? "Excessive" is the way Gorman describes UA testing. "They've accused me of flushing my system," he conceded. "I drink a lot of water in the summer." Gorman, a Libertarian sympathizer, believes that urinalysis violates Fifth Amendment protections against forced self-incrimination. "When you tell me that you're going to take my urine, you're telling me you're going to make my piss testify against me, whether I smoke pot or not." __________________ "I gyve unto my wief my second best bed" -line from Shakespeare's will

05-21-2002, 07:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
Governor Decade Yahookan Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Denver Colorado amerika Posts: 4,146 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	Thanks for pulling that up. I remember the interview but didn't realize it had been printed. __________________ 'Marijuana is responsible for evolution itself' Dr. Robert Melamede "Fuck the monkeys" Ken Gorman potgov@yahoo.com 420 Medicine

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