>Sender: >To: >X-Original-Message-ID: <001a01bf07be$499f4aa0$9acf69cf@pacbell.net> >From: "Peter McWilliams" >Subject: Hugh Downs on drugs >Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 18:27:24 -0700 >X-Mozilla-Status: 8001 >X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > > >Hugh Downs, September 24, 1999, on ABC News 20/20. > > > >BARBARA WALTERS: Have there been issues that you would like to have >spoken out on, because you have some very strong opinions,... > >HUGH DOWNS: You bet. > >BARBARA WALTERS: ....That you have not been able to? This is your >chance. > >HUGH DOWNS: It is, isn't it? As you know from 20/20 a couple of times >back, I have made comments about the insanity of our drug policy in >this country. > >BARBARA WALTERS: Are you for the legalization of marijuana? > >HUGH DOWNS: The decriminalization of marijuana, yes. I think that >would be important, particularly the medical use of it. I think it's >ludicrous that states have voted that a medical use is a proper use of >that, and yet the federal government countermands that and causes >problems for sick people. But I am in favor of it. > >BARBARA WALTERS: And this is something up until now you've not been >able to talk about on television? > >HUGH DOWNS: No. A couple of times I poked at it a little bit in years >past, but the roof fell on me so hard that I decided to back off. >- --- > > > > >================================================================ > >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: