COP on the Hill: Stories from the weeks of July 31, August 7, 14, 21 – 2026

 Slow:  still running at less than half speed this month. Damn!

Quality counts:  I did have an excellent long chat with the Legislative Director for Congressman Jamie Raskin, probably the next chairman of the House Judiciary Comm. There will a lot of marijuana and other prohibition bills introduced in January, if we have an election and the Democrats take control

B.  Another excellent 30-minute chat with the advisor whose boss is the chairman of the House Health Comm. She was very receptive to the COP proposal to make drugs a medical versus criminal issue for simple users of illegal drugs.  She liked my idea of “Pro-Life” for adults.

 Meetings this week:   Grover Norquist right of center meeting (04)

7346 Presentations to Congressional staffers…  22 this month

COP stats since inception: August 2009

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

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

102 Radio Interviews:  0 this week

247 interviews and reports in minor media …  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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