Cop on the Hill: Stories from the week of March 13, 20 and 27, 2026 

Stories from the week of March 13, 20 and 27, 2026

A Joy:   I met a Senate health aide with a master’s in public health and a minor in addiction psychology.  She knew as much about the Swiss Medication Assisted Treatment approach as I did.  We had a delightful 15-minute chat.  Made my day.

Firefighters were interested:   Every year for two weeks a good 100 Firefighters roam the House and Senate offices, pushing their agenda.  I was able to chat with 3 groups of them (via my jacket message..best $68 I ever spent).  All were interested in learning how legalizing heroin would cut their OD calls for service.  Nobody thought I was crazy after a 5-minute explanation.

Ciao Bella;  3 young, Italian journalists attended the Grover meeting.  At the end they came over and we ended up chatting for 15 minutes. Eyeing the 3 flags (French, German, Spanish) on my nameplate, they asked if I spoke Italian.  “Ciao Bella” (Hey beautiful) I responded…we all laughed.  I learned a bit about current Italian politics, and they learned why modern drug prohibition was such a failure/bad idea Note:  With Europeans I emphasize that terrorists #1 funding source is the sale and traffic of illegal drugs.

Meetings this week:  3 Grover Norquist right of center meetings

7297 Presentations to Congressional staffers…  20 over 3 weeks

COP stats since inception: August 2009

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

504 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs,   … this week:

246 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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