> Ian Goddard wrote:
>
>
> The ACLU Spotlight (Spring 98) is also all about
> the herb and non-violence toward those using it.
> The article states that in an ACLU poll, 79% of
> the public supported legal medical cannabis. I've
> seen many other polls on that topic and all are
> around 75% for. Many polls on the legalization
> of drugs per se score as high as 40%. Now think
> about it, are 75% of the drug-related programs
> on TV pro-legal medical hemp? Are 40% pro-legal-
> ization of drugs? I'd say around 1% max. Virtu-
> ally all pump out the Govt hysteria as if they
> were milled out directly from the FBI and DEA.
>
> The facts dictate that the major media does not
> cater to the market. Any business that sought to
> fill consumer demand would respond to a 40-75%
> public vote of "yes" with a product designed to
> accommodate such public sentiment. It's only too
> clear that the major media, as if it were one
> single entity, caters to a very small clientele
> centralized in a few dozen buildings in downtown
> Washington DC. The major media, or more properly
> defined as the GovtMedia, is in fact nothing more
> than a office of the Federal government. GovtMedia
> "journalism" is nothing more then the verbatim re-
> petition of the latest Federal Govt press release.
>
The media is generally rabidly anti-drug legalization, but in San
Francisco we have one talk radio station (KGO) with many hosts who are
sympathetic to the idea of liberalization of our drug laws and one host
who advocates total legalization (Gene Burns, who describes himself as a
libertarian). I also see advocates of legalization pop up on some of the
major "talking heads" shows from time to time. It's not as bleak as you
think.
Mark Fulwiler
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