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U.S. drug czar slams medical marijuana during S.F. event
By: Chris Roberts | 01/07/13 7:46 PM
S.F. Examiner Staff Writer

The nation’s top drug cop advocated a “different approach” to narcotics enforcement — and stressed that there is no “war on drugs” — but had stern words Monday for the San Francisco-bred medical marijuana movement.

Drug users need treatment and education rather than jail terms, according to Gil Kerlikowske, the former Seattle police chief who now heads President Barack Obama’s Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Speaking at a gathering of law enforcement officers at the University of San Francisco, Kerlikowske also said that calling cannabis medicine “sends a terrible message” to the nation’s teens. High school students are more likely to smoke marijuana than tobacco due to the growing “perception” that marijuana is less harmful, he said.

Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2013/01/us-drug-czar-slams-medical-marijuana-during-sf-event#ixzz2HsKhm02V


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"Drug users need treatment and education ..."

That statement right there is a fucking psychological war.
As if marijuana cannot be used responsibly.
As if Obama keeping this war on marijuana alive helps anyone.

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