New York Times Op-Ed piece...

courtjester · Post by **courtjester** » Sat 14th Oct 2006 07:55 pm

Some of you probably saw this, but in late August, The New York Times ran an op-ed piece in which the writer openly questions why Amsterdam coffeeshops have such a negative rap, and says the failed drug policy-makers in the U.S. gub-mint might want to take a visit before painting with such a broad brush.

I saw it reprinted that week in Atlanta Journal-Constitution, clipped it out, and put it in our Amsterdam scrapbook. It was published about a month after our return, and was just a nice thing to see.

It isn't going to tell you anything you don't know, but hey, it's The Times.

http://cannabisnews.com/news/22/thread22103.shtml

711 · Post by **711** » Sat 14th Oct 2006 09:13 pm

Long article, I bookmarked it for later reading.

courtjester · Post by **courtjester** » Sun 15th Oct 2006 07:20 am

Actually, it's the same length as most any op-ed piece in most any major U.S. newspaper. It's the extracurricular garbage on the bottom (*I ignored it, can't tell you what it said*) that makes it appear about five times longer.

711 · Post by **711** » Sun 15th Oct 2006 11:28 pm

Just read it, great viewpoint. Really annotates the pointlessness of prohibition.