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Politics : THE WHITE HOUSE
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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (25371)2/13/2009 9:50:50 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof1 Recommendation   of 25737
 
Re: "This might represent a change."

Well... most anything would be an improvement in that regard.

(Believe it was the NORML spokesperson - or some similar org - who was quoted saying about this appointment that it "... was the best Drug Czar head ever appointed... of course that isn't saying much."

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Re: "The DEA has blocked rescheduling by the FDA for many years."

Yes.

One of the sicker examples of a Big Brother-ish bureaucracy protecting it's own turf, regardless of the harm it causes to public health that I've witnessed in many years.

Of course that is the nature of bureaucracies: to protect their power and perks at all cost.
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