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ANTI-DRUG

White House Drug Czar John Walters is refusing to reveal how much the
federal government spent campaigning against Question 9, the Nevada
marijuana initiative that was rejected by voters last November. Responding
to a request for such information from Nevada Secretary of State Dean
Heller, Walters claimed that he was "immune" from Nevada's campaign finance
law "as a federal officer acting within the scope of duties, including
speaking out about the dangers of illegal drugs."

Steve Fox of the Washington-based Marijuana Policy Project, which sponsored
the initiative, was not impressed: "Claims that he was just doing his job
by speaking out about the dangers of marijuana are absurd and insulting. He
campaigned against Question 9 overtly and energetically, most likely
spending tens of thousands of dollars of the taxpayers money in the
process. All we ask is that he follows the law and play by the same rules
we had to obey. We reported our campaign expenditures, and he should report
his."

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