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How the 1906 'Pure Foods and Drug Act' practically empowered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ban dilute cocaine, thus shifting the market of that drug to the infinitely more dangerous concentrated forms .... ... and to go further, how lying about cocaine was meant to protect markets for Tobacco.  That was evident with the 1906 Act's limiting the USDA's authority over substances in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia, from which Tobacco had been deleted in 1905, and the 1910 USDA Farmers' Bulletin article "Habit Forming Agents- Their Sale and Use a Menace to the Public Welfare" , which decried the use of Coca against Tobacco, so described as " what is commonly believed to be a comparatively harmless habit" - authored by L.F. Kebler.  Yet it was Kebler, who in 1912 testified at a U.S. House of Representatives COMMlTTEE ON lNTERSTATE AND FORElGN COMMERCE hearing on the Food and Drug Act, that " tobacco and preparations of tobacco contain arsenic an...

the man who had the power to re-schedule drugs under the CSA returns to his law firm Covington & Burling https://www.cov.com/en/news/2015/07/former-us-attorney-general-eric-holder-returns-to-covington Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Returns to Covington 7/6/2015 WASHINGTON, DC, July 6, 2015 — Former U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. , is returning to Covington as a partner after more than six years of service as the nation’s top law enforcement officer. Mr. Holder will be resident in the firm’s Washington office and focus on complex investigations and litigation matters, including matters that are international in scope and raise significant regulatory enforcement issues and substantial reputational concerns. “It is a source of great pride to welcome Eric back to the firm after his distinguished service as attorney general,” said  Timothy Hester , chair of the firm’s management committee. “Eric’s entire private practice career has been as a Covington par...

http://freedomofmedicineanddiet.blogspot.com/2015/06/covington-burling-and-drug-policy.html Drug Policy Alliance 131 West 33 rd St., 15 th Floor New York, NY 10001                                                                                     June 30, 2015 Dear Drug Policy Alliance: Enclosed is a suggested panel proposal for our Drug Policy Alliance International Drug Policy Conference this November 18-21, 2015 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott at 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202 “Covington & Burling And Drug Policy Reform” .   Covington & Bu...

Drug Policy Alliance Panel Proposal  for the International Drug Policy Reform Conference; November 18-21, 2015 : Crystal Gateway Marriott 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington, VA 22202 Covington & Burling and Drug Policy James Harry Covington The Washington, D.C. law firm Covington & Burling has long been involved with the drug policy movement.  As mentioned by Dr. Arnold S. Trebach, co founder of the Drug Policy Foundation in his 1986 book The Great American Drug War at page 327: "... Mr Hutchins made urgent calls for assistance around the country, including one to Kevin Zeese of NORML in Washington.  Mr. Zeese contacted one of the most prestigious law firms in the country, Covington & Burling of Washington, D.C.  Lawyers David B. Isbell and Michael G. Michaelson, who is also a medical doctor, entered the case pro bono on behalf of Joe Hutchins, arguing in their first memorandum of law filed in November 1985 the the defense of medical necessity sho...

FRC ignores the Book of Genesis ' use the herbs of the earth as meat' via reactionary interpretations of versus against excess that would define any amount of use as such, even disregarding dosage.  Though supposedly 'evangelical' - 'protestant' , 'Christian',  FRC adopts the stance of the satanic Mystery Babylon as pushed by the Roman Catholic Church http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Genesis-1-29/ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. - King James Bible "Authorized Version", Cambridge Edition  http://www.frc.org/biography/rob-schwarzwalder-senior-vice-president http://www.frc.org/faithandmarijuana Christian Faith and Marijuana Use By Rob Schwarzwalder Senior Vice-President According to the White House National Office of Drug Control Policy, "Since 1996, 20 states and Wash...

Prohibition of drugs and any mixtures containing such .... http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/e1910/harrisonact.htm Public Acts of the Sixty-Third Congress of the United States Woodrow Wilson, President; Thomas R. Marshall, Vice-President; James P. Clarke, President of the Senate pro tempore; Claude A. Swanson, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, December 21 to 23, 29 to 31, 1914, and January 2, 1915; Nathan P. Bryan, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, January 22, 1915; Champ Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives Chap 1. - An Act To provide for the registration of, with collectors of internal revenue, and to impose a special tax on all persons who produce, import, manufacture, compound , deal in, dispense, sell, distribute, or give away opium or coca leaves, their salts, derivatives, or preparations , and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that on and afte...

Cocaine, Caffeine and Nicotine are all alkaloids that serves as CNS stimulants, that are found naturally occurring in small amounts in plants ... the whole issue of dilution-concentration goes about completely ignored by drug war supporters and reformers ! http://freedomofmedicineanddiet.blogspot.com/2008/03/drug-warriors-ignore-pharmacokinetics.html http://freedomofmedicineanddiet.blogspot.com/2008/03/drug-war-promotes-drug-abuse-over-drug.html http://freedomofmedicineanddiet.blogspot.com/2011/04/harvey-wiley-father-of-drug-problem.html Cocaine used as Caffeine https://www.mercadoinka.com/Inka%20verde%20tea%20deluxe http://freedomofmedicineanddiet.blogspot.com/2008/03/drug-warriors-ignore-history-of-coca.html Caffeine used as Cocaine http://www.caffeineinformer.com/caffeine-content/caffeine-powder Pure caffeine powder can be purchased by anyone to boost the caffeine content of food or beverages. However, this product is not recommended.  Just 1 teaspoon of caffeine powder has ab...