National Review - John P. Walters vs. Ethan Nadelmann on Marijuana

In July 2004, DPA made waves when Executive Director Ethan Nadelmann's cover story on marijuana legalization ran in National Review, America's leading conservative magazine. Nadelmann's article was well received in conservative circles-throwing Drug Czar John Walters into a tizzy. This led National Review to do something truly remarkable: the magazine gave Walters a forum to air the Bush administration's views on marijuana while also allowing Nadelmann the opportunity to rebut Walters's erroneous claims. Since the drug czar shuns debate, this might be as close as we get-for some time-to a face-to-face discussion with the man who steers the U.S. government's harmful and out-of-control marijuana policies.

By John P. Walters, Ethan Nadelmann, PhD. New York, September 27, 2004. Vol. LVI, No. 18. Pages: 41-43.