Snoop Nominates Wiz for HIGH TIMES Stoner of the Year
Who will be the HIGH TIMES Stoner of the Year? Snoop Dogg - who won the prestigious award in 2002 - …
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Thu Jun 12, 2003
Story by Steve Wishnia
The Bush junta’s record on pot is abysmal. Some people hoped that as a Republican recovering alcoholic and alleged cokehead, George W. might pull a “Nixon goes to China” on drug policy, but his performance in office has been more like Nixon bombing hospitals in Vietnam. From the crackdowns on medical marijuana and glass pipes to the threats to Canada if it decriminalizes pot, he’s made cultural war on cannabis the center of his drug policy.
So what are the alternatives? Well, as it’s unlikely that the US will elect a Green or a Libertarian in 2004, that leaves the Democrats. Which isn’t much. None of the nine candidates currently running are as extreme as Bush, but the ones who have criticized the Drug War the most are the ones considered least likely to win.
With the exception of Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, none of the …READ MOREtags: 0 « add a comment
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Mon May 12, 2003
Story by Steve Wishnia
It’s not nice to celebrate the misfortunes of others, but William Bennett deserves it
Bennett, federal drug czar during the Bush I administration, has been the self-appointed moral arbiter of the nation, author of The Book of Virtue and The Death of Outrage. Last weekend, the Washington Monthly revealed that he is also a compulsive gambler, losing $340,000 at the slots in one day in Atlantic City last year and $500,000 in two days in Las Vegas last month.
We don’t have a problem with gambling. Lay off our pot-smoking, and we won’t care if you want to lay five units on the Jets minus-3 over Denver. Ain’t nobody’s business but your own. But Bennett is the man behind some of the harshest and most fanatical drug policies in US history, and such a self-righteous prig that we have to enjoy the sight of him getting sodomized …READ MOREtags: 0 « add a comment












