The students who graduated Monday from Kennewick’s DARE program will be the last to be taught the potential dangers of marijuana.
Nearly 100 fifth graders at Sunset View Elementary accepted their diplomas after the ten week course, which discourages kids from tobacco, alcohol, and drugs. But DARE officer Mike Meyer says the national dare organization has removed the discussion of marijuana from the curriculum.
“The new curriculum starts as of December for us here in Kennewick. It does not bring up the subject of marijuana at all.”
Lawrence O’Donnell on the country’s changing opinion of marijuana legalization and the Obama administration’s stubborn opinion that marijuana is essentially as dangerous as heroin
Liberals and those 18 to 29 most in favor; Americans 65 and older most opposed.

U.S. Drug Policy Would Be Imposed Globally By New House Bill | The Huffington Post
The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill yesterday that would make it a federal crime for U.S. residents to discuss or plan activities on foreign soil that, if carried out in the U.S., would violate the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) — even if the planned activities are legal in the countries where they’re carried out. The new law, sponsored by Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) allows prosecutors to bring conspiracy charges against anyone who discusses, plans or advises someone else to engage in any activity that violates the CSA, the massive federal law that prohibits drugs like marijuana and strictly regulates prescription medication. +
yes, this is some Orwellian bullshit,
but it’s also unenforceable and unlikely
to pass.
Glenn Beck acting like a child while talking to Rob Kampis of Marijuana Policy Project