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...There's no doubt that the ground is shifting on marijuana," says Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, which promotes alternatives to the war on drugs. "The discussion about regulating and taxing marijuana now has an air of legitimacy to it that it didn"t quite have before. And the economy has given the issue a real turbo-charge." (Read "Can Marijuana Help Rescue California's Economy...
...legalization forces also believe, more convincingly, that the right wing of the Republican Party connects drug use with sin and radicalism and the failure of the family. "I've known John Walters for about 10 years, and I don't think this is about drugs for him," says Ethan Nadelmann, head of the Drug Policy Alliance. "John is a reactionary ideologue. It's the broader battle about what we tell kids about life. It's a vehicle for promoting a tougher, meaner approach to life and government." Democratic Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts claims the war on drugs is really...
Scaramellino said the group has been in communication with Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, and is hoping to invite New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson (R) to speak when he travels to Boston in April...
...Ethan Nadelmann, who heads the Lindesmith Center and Drug Policy Foundation, which provides practical and theoretical alternatives to the traditional "drug war" paradigm, believes there are two recognizable trends growing in the public perception of drug addiction. "The first is: Hey, we can't incarcerate ourselves out of this problem. And once we've recognized that, we need to figure out a better approach. Propositions 200 and 36, in Arizona and California, distinguished themselves because they changed the laws to require treatment for addicts...
...Because the public is increasingly open to changes in drug policy, the major challenge for opponents of harsh sentencing rules, says Nadelmann, is convincing state, local and federal politicians to let go of a dependable old campaign line. "The public is ahead of the politicians on this one," he says. "Witness the success of ballot initiatives and support for change in public opinion polls," he says. "Politicians have old fear of being soft on crime. It's a hangover from the drug war heyday of the 1980s." And even today, some politicians still find a willing audience for anti-drug...