COP on the Hill – Stories from the week of April 4 and 11, 2025
Posted June 10th, 2025 by hiwayhowieCOP on the Hill – Stories from the week of April 4 and 11, 2025
Affirmation from an FBI agent: Last week I moved to the Senate. As I strolled towards an office, a guy behind me asked why legalize heroin…after my 30 second answer he said he had to agree – with a note of sadness in his voice. He had recently retired after a 30 year career…his first 20 were in drug enforcement. As he moved to another task, he reflected on his 20 years…and realized that 0.0 had improved in USA during that time…they had been wasted..
His last assignment was helping the elderly who had become victims of financial abuse. He had a sense of real accomplishment of putting bad guys in prison and receiving the personal thanks from the victims.
New Ally: I had a pleasant surprise at the Norquist meeting. Shanita Penny made a presentation on why we should apply the 10th Amendment to marijuana. We had a nice chat afterwards. She is with a govt. affairs/advocacy/lobbying firm in DC.
Personal Note: I am going on vacation April 21 for 5 weeks. I will be having lunch with Dr. Buerki in Switzerland (co-author of the Swiss treatment program for heroin addiction).
This Week:
02 meetings.. Grover Norquist center-right meeting
7063 Presentations to Congressional staffers… 17 these weeks
COP stats since inception: August 2009
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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