Cannabis policy of the George H. W. Bush administration

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During the administration of American President

War on Drugs.[1]

Appointment of William Bennett

In 1989, Bush appointed William Bennett director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Bennet once stated: "why in God's name foster the use of a drug that makes you stupid?"[2]

Operation Green Merchant

In 1989, the Bush administration began Operation Green Merchant, a nationwide investigation and operation targeting businesses advertising specialized horticultural equipment that was supposedly used to grow cannabis.[3][4][5] The program also traced lists of customers who had bought such materials, and raided their homes.[6]

Smoke a Joint, Lose Your License

In 1990, the Bush administration began a program which called for states to further punish drug offenses, including cannabis use, with a six month driver's license suspension, and threatened to withhold federal highway funds from states that did not comply by 1995. Since the law did not require that the drug offense be at all related to driving, it was nicknamed "

Smoke a joint, lose your license".[7]

Compassionate Investigational New Drug program

In 1978, the Carter Administration founded the

AIDS. The Bush administration closed the program to new applicants in 1992, possibly as a response to an increasing number of applicants suffering from AIDS who used cannabis to improve their appetites to counter wasting, and also in response to findings that cannabis was not medically effective.[8][9] The director of Compassion IND, James O. Mason stated: "If it is perceived that the Public Health Service is going around giving marijuana to folks, there would be a perception that this stuff can't be so bad."[10]

References

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  2. ISBN 978-0-19-026240-2
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  3. ISSN 0362-4331
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  4. ^ http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4557.html Archived 2013-01-21 at the Wayback Machine Operation Green Merchant The DEA does a nationwide takedown
  5. ^ "High Times Is Feeling Mellow At 20 - tribunedigital-chicagotribune". articles.chicagotribune.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  6. ISBN 978-1-59477-898-8
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  7. ISBN 978-0-914171-86-7
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  8. ISBN 978-1-4413-0726-2
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  9. ISBN 978-1-61893-607-3
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  10. ISBN 978-0-7391-3161-9
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