HARSH NEW DRUG BILL

HARSH NEW DRUG BILL ABOUT TO BE INTRODUCED IN HOUSE

One of Congress's staunchest drug warriors, Rep. Mark Souder, is at it again. The Indiana Republican best known for authoring the Higher Education Act's anti-drug provision is about to introduce legislation that would jam federal prisons even more full of drug offenders. The bill, called with Orwellian flair the "Drug Sentencing Reform Act," is set to be introduced within the next two weeks, and Souder is looking for cosponsors, reported the Drug Policy Alliance ( http://www.drugpolicy.org ), which has two staffers working Capitol Hill full-time and which is organizing to kill the bill.

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1809/a01.html

The USA could gain a lot of tax revenue if people in power weren't so stupid. Making MJ legal just as alcohol is legal and also allowing hemp growing could be a good source of revenue.

Decriminalize all other drugs and place them with MDs is another solution to deduce costs and also lower the crime rate. It would free up law enforcement to work on real crime.