Pubdate: 11 May 2000
Source: Arlington Morning News (TX)
Copyright: 2000 The Arlington Morning News
Contact:  http://arlingtonnow.com
Author: Bob Melamede
Related: the original article this PUB LTE refers to may be found at 
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n624/a02.html

CONGRESS NOT CONCERNED WITH WHAT PEOPLE WANT

U.S. Rep. Joe Barton's concern over the message sent to kids when 
government representatives are above the law and not tested for drugs is 
misplaced and hypocritical. Most members of Congress and the Senate voted 
for House Resolution 3194. This new law, for the first time in American 
history, overturned an American election which had legalized the medical 
use of marijuana in Washington DC. Most Americans are in favor of medical 
marijuana (69 percent voted in favor off proposition 59). What message is 
sent to kids? You should all vote, but if we don't like the results, we 
will negate them.

Bob Melamede
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
University of Vermont
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