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Tuesday, 09 September 2003 00:00 |
According to the president, all drug users not named George Bush should be severely punished.
{IMAGE1} Throughout his political career, George W. Bush has been adamant that he has no tolerance for those who sell, possess and use illegal drugs. As president, his justice department has aggressively prosecuted those who supply marijuana for medical use. In 1997, as governor of Texas, Bush signed a strict new drug law that gave serious jail time for possessing less than 1 gram of cocaine. In Bush’s world, a drug user must be severely punished. Unless, of course, that drug user is Bush himself.
During the last presidential campaign, all of Bush’s rivals directly addressed their past drug use. Some admitted having used marijuana. Bush was the only candidate surrounded by rumors of past cocaine use. Bush clumsily tried to evade the question by letting members of the press know that he could pass any drug test taken after 1974. This statement was tantamount to an admission that Bush used illegal drugs when he was under 28. J.H. Hatfield, in Fortunate Son, his biography of George W. Bush, makes a compelling case that Bush was arrested for cocaine possession in 1972 in Houston. According the Hatfield, Bush’s Dad used connections he had with a Houston judge to have W’s record expunged. As part of the deal, instead of going to jail, Bush volunteered with Project P.U.L.L., a charitable anti-poverty program for low-income youth.
Bush claims that it’s not right to scrutinize his past and attack him for what he claims were “youthful indiscretions”. This is pure hypocrisy. Those suffering in jail and burdened with stiff fines due to Bush’s draconian war on drugs don’t get a second chance like he did. He must believe that rules don’t apply to him. The rest of the us don’t get to live above the law until we are 28.
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