COP on the Hill – Stories from the week of May 23, 2025

COP on the Hill – Stories from the week of May 23, 2025

Saving Lives:

Today I had a working two-hour lunch with Dr. Christoph Bürki. Meeting in his hometown of Bern, the capital of Switzerland, we had our 10th odd meeting, since we met 25 years ago. At that time, he was running the government clinic in.Bern for those addicts who wanted to get off heroin.

Now in private practice, he gave me the latest updates from his world of treating those with an addiction.  I shared with him my activities on the Hill. The program he wrote up 31 years ago has only had some minor changes, standing well the test of time and tens of thousands of patients and their experience.

In terms of saving lives the good Doctor is probably the most unsung, unknown hero of the last 30 years. His program is now the national program in eight countries.  Also, kudos to the Canton of Zurich for the bold step of implementing the program.

As you know, I have a 6-minute summary of the program that is approved every year by the Health Ministry of the Swiss government.  Despite every Member of Congress receiving a copy since 2010, not one has expressed an interest in visiting Switzerland, nor learning more about it.

PS…walking back to the car, 7 high school students wanted a group foto of my shirt (legalize heroin)…we had a nice 3 – minute chat auf deutsch which surprised the heck out of them!  Foto in separate mail.

This Week:

01 meeting…  Dr Buerki in CH (note: the Doctor bought lunch so the only COP expense was 15 bucks to park for 3 hours.

COP stats since inception: August 2009

7069 Presentations to Congressional staffers… 0 these weeks

403 personal chats with a Member of Congress… 0 this week

481 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs,   … 0 this week.

117 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media. 0 this week

245 interviews and reports in minor media … 0 this week –

102 Radio Interviews:  0 this week

34 major conferences attended – CPAC 2024, (3 UN drug conferences in Vienna, Austria),  LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, Republican Annual Retreat etc.) 0 this week

Media:  Blaze TV {new, popular right-wing}, (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, CNN, NPR, OAN, German, Swiss, French, Spanish TV and radio) Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Grand Rapids Press + 9 other MI papers. Chicago Tribune, Honolulu Star Advertiser {foto and caption}, Reason Magazine, Reuters, Stern

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