Sunday, September 23, 2007

Christy McCampbell, State Department Employee, Idiot Via PoliBlog, comes this unbelievable quote in the Miami Herald: ''Our belief is that if we could eradicate all coca, we could eradicate all cocaine, because it is the basic ingredient for cocaine,'' said Christy McCampbell, the State Department's deputy assistant secretary for international narcotics and law enforcement. That's your "belief?" No. That's a fact. It's also completely meaningless. The eradication of all coca is not even theoretically possible today, nor is it being seriously contemplated by anyone, except Christy McCampbell, apparently. It's extremely annoying to consider that we're actually paying this moron's salary. (Not to mention the fact that it's very likely that a deputy assistant secretary for international narcotics and law makes more than I do, even without the use of a brain.) 4:50:49 PM |  drug policy | Links | permalink | comment []

60 minutes on California's 'Pot Shops' tonight -- I expect that this will be a bit of a hit piece on how the California med-mar distribution has evolved. I'm interested to see how balanced it is (and how much recreational marijuana is demonized by both sides). I'll be in rehearsal, so if you see it, let us know in comments. [Thanks, Jeff] 3:09:16 PM |  drug policy | Links | permalink | comment []