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  • Big Drug War News (Congressman Dan Burton on the drug war)

    12/17/2002 9:39:06 AM PST · by Joe Bonforte · 508 replies · 1,365+ views
    The Agitator ^ | 17 December 2002 | Radley Balko
    In a little noticed hearing of the House Government Reform Commnittee last week, Indiana Congressman (my homeotwn's Congressman actually) and longtime drug warrior Dan Burton made some stunning comments. In a hearing entitled "America's Heroin Crisis, Colombian Heroin and How We Can Improve Plan Colombia," Burton stopped just a hair short of advocating the decriminalization of drugs. Watch the video here (cut forward to 1 hour, 18 minutes into the hearing). Here's the transcript: Dan Burton: I want to tell you something. I have been in probably a hundred or a hundred and fifty hearings like this at various times...