THE GOVERNMENT LIE’S TO
MAINTAIN IT’S
LAW’S;
LIE: MARIJUANA IS DANGEROUS, ADDICTIVE
AND HAS NO MEDICAL USE'S!
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In
the run-up to the November 2002 elections, ONDCP campaigned
aggressively against state ballot measures to reform marijuana laws and
other anti-drug policies. Part of this effort was a letter to local
prosecutors from ONDCP Deputy
Director Scott Burns, which made a number of statements considered
misleading by experts, including the claims that
"marijuana and violence are linked" and "no credible research suggests"
that marijuana has medical uses". In
an April 2, 2003, letter, available here, Paul asked the GAO to investigate whether the
Burns letter violated the ban on use of taxpayer funds for "publicity
and propaganda" as well as the longstanding GAO position that "the
government should not disseminate misleading information." In
its March 10 response to Paul, the GAO declared, in essence, that the
truth or falsity of ONDCP's statements is
irrelevant. "ONDCP is specifically charged with the
responsibility for 'taking such actions as necessary to oppose any
attempt to legalize the use' of certain controlled substances such as
marijuana," wrote GAO General Counsel Anthony Gamboa.
"Given this role, we do not
see a need to examine the accuracy of the Deputy Director's individual
statements in detail." The full GAO response is
available here. The
declaration appears to contradict prior GAO actions. In 1976, for
example, the GAO ruled that a pamphlet about nuclear energy was "not a
proper document for release to the public" because of its misleading
and one-sided statements. "Amazingly, the GAO has ruled that the
truth simply doesn't matter in the so-called 'War on Drugs,' "
said Steve Fox, director of government relations for the Marijuana
Policy Project in Washington, D.C. "This is even more shocking than the
simultaneous GAO ruling on the administration's Medicare ads. In that
case they suggested the ads were perhaps in a gray zone, but here they are saying that accuracy is
irrelevant and lying is not a problem. We believe the
American public expects better from their government." With
more than 14,000 members and 60,000 e-mail subscribers nationwide, the
Marijuana Policy Project is the largest marijuana policy reform
organization in the Not only do
they have permission to lie, they also seem to have permission to
violate laws in order to lie. Drug
Czar Failed to Report Campaign Expenses [ Drug
Czar Failed to Report Campaign Expenses [ Drug
Czar Failed to Report Campaign Expenses [ Drug
Czar Failed to Report Campaign Expenses [National Version] WHEN IS GOVERNMENT LYING
GOING TO END? When people stand up and
call the Politicians Liars and present the
truth to the Public! Just remember NJweedman was jailed for telling the truth: 
"THE TRUTH ABOUT DRIVING HIGH" The TRUTH: Annual Causes
of Death in the
Tobacco
430,700 Source:(1996):
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Control, 1997), Alcohol
110,6402 Source:
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for categories of alcohol-related (A-R) mortality, United States and
States, 1979-96," National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism,
from the web at http://http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/databases/armort01.txt,
last accessed Feb. 12, 2001, citing Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System, Daadatmand, F., Stinson, FS, Grant, BF, and Dufour, MC, "Surveillance Report #52: Liver
Mortality in the United States, 1970-96" (Rockville, MD: National
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Epidemiology, December 1999). Prescription
Drugs 112,000
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BH, Corey, PN, "Incidence of adverse drug reactions in hospitalized
patients: a meta-analysis of prospective studies," Journal of the
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30,575 Source:
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1998,", National Vital Statistics Reports,
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Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Such
As Aspirin 7,600 Source:
Robyn Tamblyn, PhD; Laeora
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1992;92:21-4. Marijuana 0 Source: Drug Abuse
Warning Network (DAWN), available on the web at http://www.samhsa.gov/;
also see Janet E. Joy, Stanley J. Watson, Jr., and John A. Benson, Jr.,
"Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base," Division of
Neuroscience and Behavioral Research, Institute of Medicine
(Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999), available on the web at
http://www.nap.edu/html/marimed/; and US Department of Justice, Drug
Enforcement Administration, "In the Matter of Marijuana Rescheduling
Petition" (Docket #86-22), September 6, 1988, p. 57. THE GOVERNMENT CLAIMS
MARIJUANA HAS NO MEDICAL USE’S, THESE REPORTS PROVE
THE GOVERNMENT LIE’S
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