News (Media Awareness Project) - US: PUB LTE: Helms Supports Tobacco |
| Title: | US: PUB LTE: Helms Supports Tobacco |
| Published On: | 1997-08-07 |
| Source: | USA Today |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-08 13:36:27 |
Sen. Jesse Helms has branded retired Massachusetts Gov. William Weld
as a soft-on-drugs pariah because Weld supports medical marijuana and
needle exchange -- positions incommensurate with Helms' idea of an
ambassador to Mexico.
Yet, for decades, Helms has been a tireless ambassador for North
Carolina's tobacco industry, the drug cartel whose products cause 40
times more American deaths each year than all illegal drugs combined.
Paul M. Bischke
Co-Director, Drug Policy Reform Group
St. Paul, MN
as a soft-on-drugs pariah because Weld supports medical marijuana and
needle exchange -- positions incommensurate with Helms' idea of an
ambassador to Mexico.
Yet, for decades, Helms has been a tireless ambassador for North
Carolina's tobacco industry, the drug cartel whose products cause 40
times more American deaths each year than all illegal drugs combined.
Paul M. Bischke
Co-Director, Drug Policy Reform Group
St. Paul, MN
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