Nov 21, 2008
California, dispensaries, drug czar, drug war, eradication, ONDCP
We're actually going to miss John Walters when he finally leaves his post as drug czar. He and his minions keep making our points for us -- and apparently don't even know they're doing it. Take, for example, this post from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy's blog, reproduced here in full:
In Case You Missed It: Leno and O'Reilly on Medical Pot in San Francisco
Our recent post on the large and undocumented number of medical pot clubs in California gained a national audience last night, with Jay Leno referencing the phenomenon during his opening monologue:
“And in a stunning announcement, the Office of the National Drug Control Policy reports that San Francisco now has more medical marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks. Well, yeah. That’s because marijuana is a lot cheaper than Starbucks.”
Also, in case you missed it, Bill O'Reilly's program discussed the problem as well. Watch the video here.
Oh dear. After a marijuana arrest every 36 seconds in 2007 -- over 872,000 altogether -- and record marijuana seizures in California this year, they think the idea that marijuana is cheaper than Starbucks coffee is a good talking point for prohibition?