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POT LOBBYISTS END SEASON 13-3 AGAINST JUSTICE DEPT, CUSTOMS, OTHERS
AMY ARGETSINGER AND ROXANNE ROBERTS, WASHINGTON POST - The new team in
first place in the Congressional Softball League? None other than
Washington's marijuana lobbyists. . . . The One Hitters -- a team
sponsored by Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the National
Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and related advocacy
groups -- had by last week amassed a 13-3 record and vaulted to the top
of the league, which includes teams from the RNC, DNC, Justice, Customs
and Border Protection Service and the Pharmaceutical Research and
Manufacturers of America. "This effectively shatters the notion that
drug policy reformers are just a bunch of lazy 'stoners,' " SSDP's Tom
Angell wrote to us. . .
Two years ago, the team fielded by the White House's Office of National
Drug Control Policy refused to play the One Hitters -- first pleading
scheduling problems but later copping to ideological concerns. . .
And when they celebrate after the game? "The only substances you'll find
on our team is beer," Krane said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/05/
AR2007080500149.html
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POT LOBBYISTS END SEASON 13-3 AGAINST JUSTICE DEPT, CUSTOMS, OTHERS
AMY ARGETSINGER AND ROXANNE ROBERTS, WASHINGTON POST - The new team in
first place in the Congressional Softball League? None other than
Washington's marijuana lobbyists. . . . The One Hitters -- a team
sponsored by Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the National
Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and related advocacy
groups -- had by last week amassed a 13-3 record and vaulted to the top
of the league, which includes teams from the RNC, DNC, Justice, Customs
and Border Protection Service and the Pharmaceutical Research and
Manufacturers of America. "This effectively shatters the notion that
drug policy reformers are just a bunch of lazy 'stoners,' " SSDP's Tom
Angell wrote to us. . .
Two years ago, the team fielded by the White House's Office of National
Drug Control Policy refused to play the One Hitters -- first pleading
scheduling problems but later copping to ideological concerns. . .
And when they celebrate after the game? "The only substances you'll find
on our team is beer," Krane said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/05/
AR2007080500149.html
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1 comment:
I'm the One Hitters' center fielder -- we're having a great season!
Drug War Chronicle orginally covered the One Hitters when the ONDCP's team refused to play us two years ago: "Sports: Drug Czar's Team Runs From Drug Reform 'One-Hitters,'" http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/387/onehitters.shtml. We got coverage in Roll Call and Sports Illustrated back then.
Fast forward two years and we're the #1 team in the league -- and, yes, the ONDCP still refuses to play [read "lose"] to us. So we put out this press release: "Drug War Foes are Kings of Capitol Hill Softball League," http://daregeneration.blogspot.com/2007/08/breaking-ssdp-better-than-con...
The #1 blog on the Internet, Boing Boing, took notice in their “Short links snacktime” section, http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/02/short_links_snacktim.html
And so did ESPN in their Friday Bullets section, http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-27-13/Friday-Bullets.html
Today, The Washington Post offers "Marijuana Lobbyists? They're Smokin' the Competition!," http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/05/AR200708...
And the story is still evolving, so stay tuned. Roll Call, a staple read by folks inside the beltway, featured us yesterday, and The Politico may report on our game on today.
Don't forget -- we are offering One Hitters apparel...get yours today! See http://www.cafepress.com/onehitters.
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