Drug War propaganda

Ads in favor of legalizing drugs OKd / Judge strikes down ban as breach of free speech:

"A federal law cutting off funds to any public transit agency that runs ads calling for legalization or medical use of an illegal drug was declared unconstitutional Wednesday by a federal judge.

U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman of Washington, D.C., said the amendment attached to a $3.1 billion transportation measure, signed in January by President Bush, violated freedom of speech by banning messages based on their viewpoint.

"The government has articulated no legitimate state interest in the suppression of this particular speech other than the fact that it disapproves of the message, an illegitimate and constitutionally impermissible reason,'' Friedman said. He prohibited the government from enforcing the funding restriction.

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BART spokesman Mike Healy was unavailable for comment Wednesday, but denounced the federal ad restrictions as "blackmail of the transit industry'' when the suit was filed in February.

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The amendment was sponsored by Rep. Ernest Istook, R-Okla., who took offense at pro-marijuana ads in the D.C. subway system. One ad was headlined, "Enjoy better sex!'' and called for legalizing and taxing marijuana."

Istook mistook "enjoy better sex" as a critique of his micro-penis. His wife said this about Istook, "It may be short, but it is thin".


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