2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Dear DNC: I am not a Democrat. [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)its head screwed on fairly right.
http://dpo.org/
As for DWS, part of the runup to the whole John Morgan episode IIRC was that she had worked with Sheldon Adelson to defeat the medical mj iniativie, his 'Floridians to save us from teh drugs' or whatever the org is. Sheldon Adelson. Maybe it's me, but I don't particularly cotton to the idea of the DNC chair having that dude on speed dial. One of the reasons I'm one of the many "outsiders" supporting Tim Canova.
In addition to the cast of other winners lining up to try and stop medical marijuana in Florida (again!) you also have this guy:
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/mel-sembler-begins-fundraising-effort-to-kill-medical-marijuana-initiative/2274311
http://www.thenation.com/article/gop-mogul-behind-drug-rehab-torture-centers-bankrolling-opposition-pot-legalization-colo/
At one facility in Yorba Linda, California, state investigators found that STRAIGHT Inc. subjected children to unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threats, mental abuse and interference with daily living functions such as eating, sleeping and toileting. Samantha Monroe, who was placed into a STRAIGHT Inc clinic in Tampa at age 13, says she was locked in a room, and forced to wear a clothes stained with urine, feces and menstrual blooda punishment her counselors called humble pants.
Richard Bradbury, a former STRAIGHT patient and counselor-turned-whistleblower, told the St. Petersburg Times that Monroes experiences werent unique. It was pure child abuse, Bradbury told reporters. Torture.
In 1988, Fred Collins, an 18-year-old college student, paid a visit to his brother, who was in treatment for drug abuse, at an Orlando STRAIGHT Inc. clinic. Counselors accused Collins of being high on marijuana because his eyes were red, and held him against his will for months. The abduction, strip-searches and other abuses ended when Collins managed to escape. He was one of many to win judgments against the chain of drug rehab clinics before it was forced to close after investigations and lawsuits began to mount in several states.