From: [t m s] at [tis.com] (Tom Swiss)
Organization: Trusted Information Systems, Inc.

     So I'm checking out the cool new Web site http://thomas.loc.gov/,
which has bills recently introduced into Congress. I did a query on "drug",
and I damn near went thru the roof when I saw this one:

Anti-Drug Legalization Act (Introduced in the House)

HR 135 IH

104th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 135

To prohibit federally sponsored research pertaining to the legalization of
drugs .

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 4, 1995

Mr. Solomon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight



A BILL

To prohibit federally sponsored research pertaining to the legalization of
drugs .

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
   United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

   This Act may be cited as the `Anti-Drug Legalization Act'.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

   The Congress finds that--

      (1) the sale, possession and use of drugs pose a pervasive and
      substantial threat to the social, educational, and economic
      health of the United States;

      (2) the impact of drug abuse is reflected in the violence that it
      causes and in the disintegration of families, schools, and
neighborhoods;

      (3) the effects of rampant drug use is amply illustrated by
      national violent crime statistics across the United States;

      (4) the overwhelming majority of health care and law
      enforcement experts agree that drug legalization would have
      disastrous consequences for the people of the United States;
      and

      (5) recent studies demonstrate that drug use by young people
      is on the rise in the United States.

SEC. 3. RESTRICTION.

   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no department or agency
   of the United States Government shall conduct or finance, in whole or
   in part, any study or research involving the legalization of drugs .




     Ladies and gentlemen, I was stunned. Never, ever, have I seen a
statement so reflective of the attitude "My mind is made up, don't confuse
me with the facts."

=Tom Swiss/[t m s] at [tis.com]======"Born to die."=======Keep your laws off my brain!==
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