Time: Wed Mar 12 21:37:51 1997
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 20:12:54 -0800
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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: MAP: Ariz. Sen. John McCain on Prop. 200 (fwd)

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>Mr. Scott Dykstra
>84-128 Austin St.
>Jamaica, New York  11415-2208
>
>26 February, 1997
>
>Dear Mr. Dykstra:
>
>     Thank you for contacting me regarding my position on Arizona's
>Proposition 200.  I appreciate learning your views, as well as this 
>opportunity to share my perspective with you.
>
>     As you know, Proposition 200 permits doctors to prescribe 
>controlled drugs such as methampehtamine, heroine, and marijuana, and
>releases prisoners convicted of nonviolent drug crimes from jails and
>prisons.
>
>     I do not support Proposition 200, and I voted against it last 
>November at the polls.  It is overly broad and appears to be an attempt
>to legalize dangerous and addictive drugs in Arizona.  Proposition 200
>conflicts with federal law, and I support efforts by the Clinton 
>Administration to enforce federal statutes through the Drug Enforcement
>Administration and federal health care programs.
>
>     While I recognize that terminally ill patients have a right to a 
>wide variety of treatments for pain, there are sufficient alternatives 
>currently available to crude marijuana.  For instance, patients who 
>require THC (the active ingredient in marijuana) for pain relief or to
>counter the effects of nausea can recieve this treatment now by 
>prescription through their physicians.
>
>     I agree with the spirit of Proposition 200 insofar as it requires 
>violent felons who have committed violent crimes while under the 
>influence of controlled substances to serve 100% of their sentences.  I 
>disagree, however, with the provisions which would allow nonviolent 
>offenders convicted of possession or use of a controlled substance to be 
>released from prison or granted probation and parole.  Many of these 
>individuals are repeat offenders convicted of serious distribution 
>charges who have entered into plea agreements for lenient sentences.
>
>     Additionally, I was very disturbed by the most recent survey 
>results from the University of Michigan and the Department of Health and 
>Human Services demonstrating a substantial increase in drug use among 
>our nation's youth over the last four years.  Arizona's Proposition 200 
>will only serve to exacerbate this alarming trend by sending a message 
>to kids that dangerous and addictive drugs are somehow okay or safe.
>
>     Finally, I believe that the Proposition's provisions creating a 
>Parents Commission on Drug Education and Prevention can be a laudable 
>step in addressing the problem of increased drug use among children, and 
>that, outside of the underlying initiative, it may be helpful to persue.
>
>     Thank you again for sharing your views with me.  Please do not 
>hesitate to contact me further on this or any other issue of interest or 
>concern to you.
>
>
>
>                                      Sincerely,
>
>
>                                      John McCain
>                                      United States Senator


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