deekoo 0x7D3 December 0x5: *sigh* From the Big Appropriations Bill (pending before Congress): (In the District of Columbia appropriations section) SEC. 423. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative. (b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, approved by the electors of the District of Columbia on November 3, 1998, shall not take effect. And, from the transportation section: SEC. 177. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to any Federal transit grantee after February 1, 2004, involved directly or indirectly, in any activity that promotes the legalization or medical use of any substance listed in schedule I of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812 et seq.). The exegesis thereon being: Transit agency advertising.--The conferees are concerned that transit agencies accepting Federal grant funds may be providing their advertising space to organizations that encourage the public to break the law. For example, the conferees note with displeasure that public service advertising space in Washington, DC's Metropolitan Area Transit Authority rail stations and buses has been used to advocate changing the nation's laws regarding marijuana usage. WMATA has provided $46,250 worth of space to these types of ads; therefore, as a warning to other transit agencies, the conferees have deleted funding totaling $92,500 from projects and activities for WMATA in this bill. While the conferees applaud the efforts of many transit agencies to prevent ads that promote marijuana use, the conferees remain concerned that the opportunity exists nationwide for transit properties to run similar advertising. Therefore, the conference agreement includes a provision (Section 177) that prohibits Federal transit grantees from obligating or expending funds that would otherwise be available in the Act, if the grantee is involved directly or indirectly with any activity, including displaying or permitting to be displayed advertisements on its land, equipment, or in its facilities, that promote the legalization or medical use of substances listed in schedule I of section 202 of the Controlled Substance Act. Meanwhile, the ONDCP is granted $526,856,500. Of which $1,500,000 is earmarked for the "National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws", and $145,000,000 for a propaganda campaign. (Also present is $90,000 for "Official Entertainment Expenses of the Vice President"...) Original source: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/T?&report=hr401&dbname=cp108&

	xauenmurph on 0x7D3 December 0x5: urgh. holy shit. reminds me of the abortion gag thing... why do they care so much? 'money' can only be part of the answer, i'd imagine.

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