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...McCaffrey has responded to the letter, saying he plans to send an aide to speak with the group, according to a story in yesterday's Los Angeles Times. In the article, he denied distorting drug data, stating that the letter only represents "different, legitimate viewpoints...
According to the letter, McCaffrey said the murder rate in Holland is "double that in the United States" due to the prevalence of drugs in that country...
Poussaint said support among Harvard professors for sending McCaffrey a letter grew in June, when the Harvard AIDS Institute hosted a conference called "Leading For Life" in coordination with the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute...
...letter, circulated by the drug policy reform organization Common Sense for Drug Policy, argues that McCaffrey has ignored studies showing the medical benefits of marijuana smoking and the success of needle exchange programs. It also charges that McCaffrey used faulty data in comparing U.S. and Dutch drug policies...
...McCaffrey has been a vocal opponent of the medical use of marijuana and of needle exchange programs, which, according to the letter, he called "magnets for all social ills" in March...