BIG MONEY BEHIND LEGALISING DRUGS

DR WODAK ("Drug reform: US says yes", CT, 7 November, p.C4) omitted
important information about the small number of American states that
voted in referenda to allow cannabis for cancer patients.

Dr Wodak omitted information on the same subject contained in a Sydney
Morning Herald article that stated, "but the referenda initiatives
were bolstered by $US5 million ($7.46 million) in advertising over the
past year, said Mr Ethan Nadelmann, Director of the Lindesmith Centre,
a drug-policy institute in New York. The campaign was financed by Mr
George Soros, the billionaire investor who funds the Lindesmith
Centre, Mr Peter Lewis, a Cleveland insurance executive and Mr John
Sperling, a Phoenix entrepreneur.''

Messrs Soros and Nadelmann have been reported frequently as supporting
medicalised cannabis and illicit drug decriminalisation. They appear
to be using their enormous wealth to force changes upon public policy
world wide. Medicalised marijuana is the advanced commando force being
mobilised to help capture, with as little community concern as
possible, the final objective of legalising illicit drugs.

JOHN R. MILLER
ACT Branch
Christian Democratic Party

Checked-by: Rich O'Grady