COP on the Hill – Stories from the week of March 21 & 28, 2025

COP on the Hill – Stories from the week of March 21 & 28, 2025

Lesson Learned:  It has been a month since I sent to the White House a proposal for ending the federal prohibition of marijuana; no response and I believe there will be none for two reasons.  I should not have made public this information.  The chances of it happening were extremely slim to start with and my making this public effectively killed it hope.   Lesson learned.

Small Change:  I’ve been in the new Congress for 3 months and have noticed a change in the reaction to the message of punishment for simple possession of hard drugs AND especially that USA needs a better approach to treatment.  The two bills I have had in the past have not yet been introduced.  Once they are, we will know if more Members are ready for a change.

This Week:

02 meetings.. Grover Norquist center-right meeting

7046 Presentations to Congressional staffers… 15 these weeks

481 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs,   … 01 this week..  diplomat from Georgia

COP stats since inception: August 2009

403 personal chats with a Member of Congress… 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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