Testimony at U.S. Sentencing Commission on Mar. 12 & 13
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Testimony at U.S. Sentencing Commission on Mar. 12 & 13
My op-ed opposing HALT Fentanyl bill on msnbc.com Monday www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
The Washington Post (1/10/2025)
Opinion
My Letter to the Editor included (print edition, 1/12/2025)
NORML activists and lawyers were so inspiring! I attended the NORML conferences in '77 and '78. In '79, I moved to Washington when Carter was still President. With Carter's endorsement of decriminalization, NORML provided a template for my life's work to legalize Cannabis and end drug prohibition.
I graduated from law school, passed the bar in October and became a public defender. Carter invested his prestige in marijuana decriminalization, he was elected in November. A few weeks later I was at the 1976 NORML conference in D.C. and blown away.
In early 1976 I was in my last year in law school. A bill to decriminalize had been introduced in Pennsylvania. NORML came to Philadelphia to organize support. My application to testify was accepted. I was the only student to do so at the hearing at Rosemont College in May.
Still honoring Jimmy Carter. I have been reflecting how profoundly he influenced my life. In early 1976 in advance of the Feb. 24th New Hampshire presidential primary, Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter endorsed marijuana decriminalization. He legitimized something controversial I believed in.
