Any pot smoker who saw John Walters debate Harvard Prof. Jeff Miron on CNN had to wince every time he opened his mouth. For instance, Walters called medical-marijuana a "phony issue" and claimed, "It's not going to people who are sick" in California. See Clip Below

Here's another gem from Walters' appearance on AC360: "There's this myth that people who smoke marijuana are kind of cute Cheech & Chong characters from old-time movies. In fact, it's a source of agitation, it's a source of impaired judgement, it's a source of in some cases making people whose behavior is already erratic get very erratic. The greater potency has something to do with that..."

After working at the Office of National Drug Control Policy under both Bush administrations, Walters now has an office at  the neo-conservative think tank Hudson Institute, where he's executive VP.

"Hudson Institute," reads its mission statement, "is a non-partisan policy research organization dedicated to innovative research and analysis that promotes global security, prosperity, and freedom."

Not quite. With Walters aboard, how can they be considered non-partisan? Hudson receives funding from pharmaceutical and chemical companies like DuPont (famous for their support of drug prohibition), Eli Lilly, Monsanto, Dow-Elanco, Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz (LSD-25, anyone?).

Walters will continue to get his shots on CNN, but eventually he and others like him will be out of work. They're Drug War dinosaurs headed for extinction.

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