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LANSING A team of top national anti-drug officials joined the late-starting campaign to defeat Michigans medical marijuana initiative this morning, telling reporters Proposal 1 is a dangerous drug legalization scheme being pushed by outsiders that will lead to higher rates of addiction and despair.
John Walters, a Michigan native who heads the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, said marijuana has no legitimate medical use.
Medical marijuana laws simply make it easier for addicts to stay addicted, he said.
Walters is in the state through Wednesday, traveling to events with representatives of the anti-Proposal 1 campaign from law enforcement and medical organizations in an effort to make the case that approving medical marijuana will make it almost impossible to control cultivation, distribution and sales of the drug.
Appeals Court Judge Bill Schuette, co-chairman of Citizens Protecting Michigans Kids, said Proposal 1 is a risky scheme that could lead to the proliferation of marijuana dispensaries as it has in California.
Backers of the proposal argue that legalizing marijuana possession and use for controlling pain among those with serious illness and under the supervision of a physician is compassionate. Michigans proposed law, placed on the ballot by a petition drive that was funded by a national pro-legalization group, is unlike the California law and does not authorize marijuana dispensaries, according to the group Michigan Coalition for Compassionate Care.
LANSING A team of top national anti-drug officials joined the late-starting campaign to defeat Michigans medical marijuana initiative this morning, telling reporters Proposal 1 is a dangerous drug legalization scheme being pushed by outsiders that will lead to higher rates of addiction and despair.
John Walters, a Michigan native who heads the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, said marijuana has no legitimate medical use.
Medical marijuana laws simply make it easier for addicts to stay addicted, he said.
Walters is in the state through Wednesday, traveling to events with representatives of the anti-Proposal 1 campaign from law enforcement and medical organizations in an effort to make the case that approving medical marijuana will make it almost impossible to control cultivation, distribution and sales of the drug.
Appeals Court Judge Bill Schuette, co-chairman of Citizens Protecting Michigans Kids, said Proposal 1 is a risky scheme that could lead to the proliferation of marijuana dispensaries as it has in California.
Backers of the proposal argue that legalizing marijuana possession and use for controlling pain among those with serious illness and under the supervision of a physician is compassionate. Michigans proposed law, placed on the ballot by a petition drive that was funded by a national pro-legalization group, is unlike the California law and does not authorize marijuana dispensaries, according to the group Michigan Coalition for Compassionate Care.
