POT LOBBYISTS END SEASON 13-3 AGAINST JUSTICE DEPT, CUSTOMS, OTHERS<\/p>\n
AMY ARGETSINGER AND ROXANNE ROBERTS, WASHINGTON POST –\u00a0 The new team in<\/p>\n
first place in the Congressional Softball League? None other than<\/p>\n
Washington’s marijuana lobbyists. . . . The One Hitters — a team<\/p>\n
sponsored by Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the National<\/p>\n
Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and related advocacy<\/p>\n
groups — had by last week amassed a 13-3 record and vaulted to the top<\/p>\n
of the league, which includes teams from the RNC, DNC, Justice, Customs<\/p>\n
and Border Protection Service and the Pharmaceutical Research and<\/p>\n
Manufacturers of America. “This effectively shatters the notion that<\/p>\n
drug policy reformers are just a bunch of lazy ‘stoners,’ ” SSDP’s Tom<\/p>\n
Angell wrote to us. . .<\/p>\n
Two years ago, the team fielded by the White House’s Office of National<\/p>\n
Drug Control Policy refused to play the One Hitters — first pleading<\/p>\n
scheduling problems but later copping to ideological concerns. . .<\/p>\n
And when they celebrate after the game? “The only substances you’ll find<\/p>\n
on our team is beer,” Krane said.<\/p>\n