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* Original dated: Mon Dec 16, 03:29
From: "Carl E. Olsen" 
of the media.  
    CORBETT:  Out of the what?  Out of the media?  
    HELMERS:  Yeah.
    CORBETT:  Well,...
    HELMERS:  From other politicians.
    CORBETT:  Well, you pointed out, that there's, I didn't say that this
was a partisan issue.  I know there's Republicans that want to use it, want
to legalize this.  And there's Democrats that do, and there's some on the
other side that don't.  President Clinton doesn't think it should be done.
His chief drug czar, Barry McCaffrey, doesn't think it should be done.  Yes,
former Senator DeConcini, he thought it should be.  Yeah, there's honest
people can have honest disagreements.  And, I haven't criticized anyone for
wanting to push this at all.  What I've said is, where do you draw the line
on this slippery slope?  How do you prevent the fraud?
    HELMERS:  Let's make it...
    CORBETT:  In the system?
    HELMERS:  Put it, reschedule it on the same level with cocaine,
morphine, or any of your other Schedule II drugs.
    COLOFF:  Okay, we're going to take a call here.  We've had Andy waiting
on line one for quite a while now.  277-1918 or 1-800-913-9479.  Andy from
Waterloo, you're on the air.  How do you feel about this issue?
    ANDY:  Well, I agree with that first caller.  I can't understand why
this man keeps talking about prohibiting it.  If you're going to, if these
people really need marijuana, and physicians say they do, then they should
be able to have it.  But, hey, let's quit fooling around, that's not
prohibiting it.
    COLOFF:  But, Andy, what about if you were laying in bed and you said
that you needed it, and how can I prove that you don't?  What would happen
if that happened?
    ANDY:  Well, I have a doctor.  And, if he says I need it, then fine.  
    COLOFF:  But, don't you think people lie to their doctors once in a 
ile?
    ANDY:  That's right.  
    COLOFF:  Well, how do we prevent that?
    ANDY:  You don't prevent liars.  I mean, look at the politicians we got
here today.
    COLOFF:  (laughter)  Well, that's a cheap shot, Andy.
    CORBETT:  What have I lied on?
    ANDY:  You haven't lied to me, sir. 
    COLOFF:  Mr. Corbett, go ahead.
    CORBETT:  You said, look at the politicians.  What have I lied to you
this morning?
    ANDY:  You haven't lied, sir, but Senator Harkin did a lot of it.
    CORBETT:  Okay.
    COLOFF:  Well, we're getting a little off the topic now.
    ANDY:  Yeah.  But my feeling is this, that if you, this is the first
caller said, that if the doctors say you need it, you need it.  And just
because people lie to the doctors, that doesn't mean that my statement is
wrong.  If the doctors say you need it, and if I need marijuana, fine, if
the doctor says so.  That's the only thing.  And, talking about profit, my
goodness, look at what the dopers are making today.  The prostitutes, the
pushers, out on the streets.  They're making big profits.  They're robbing
out homes in order to get that dope money.  
    COLOFF:  Andy, I appreciate your call.  Thanks for chiming in.
    ANDY:  Okay.
    COLOFF:  Okay, Andy from Waterloo.  And we are going to be back, we've
got to take a break here for another CNBC business report, and have more
from Ron Corbett, Republican from Cedar Rapids is the House Speaker, and
from Allen Helmers who's an advocate for the medicinal use of marijuana.
More of the program on local talk radio coming up here on KCNZ.  It's now
ten minutes before the hour of ten o'clock.
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