Pubdate: Sun, 10 Mar 2013
Source: Dallas Morning News (TX)
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Author: Suzanne Wills

POT LAWS, CONFLICTING INTERESTS

Re: "Ex-DEA chiefs: Nullify state pot laws now - They fear domino 
effect; U.N. also urges action," Wednesday news story.

Peter Bensinger has more reason than most to fear that "if the 
federal government doesn't immediately sue [Colorado and Washington], 
it will risk creating 'a domino effect' in which other states 
legalize marijuana, too."

After his stint with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Bensinger 
partnered with another ex-drug czar, Robert DuPont, to found 
Bensinger, Dupont & Associates, a large drug testing company. They 
have lobbied for bills that would increase business, such as drug 
testing welfare recipients. Any law that would hurt the bottom line 
is an anathema.

There are many industries that will lose revenue if the states are 
allowed to change their marijuana laws. None are more directly 
affected than the drug testing industry.

Suzanne Wills, Drug Policy Forum of Texas, Dallas
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