Post by Logan on Jun 21, 2016 2:53:08 GMT -6
Iowa Dem legislative leaders not embracing platform's call for legalizing all drugs
In the wee hours of Sunday morning, Iowa Democrats, meeting in the state convention in Des Moines, approved a platform plank calling for the legalization of all drugs.
On Monday, however, Democratic legislative leaders made it clear they don’t embrace that position and will either run away from it or ignore the policy position adopted by party activists.
“I’ve spent a good deal of my life as a substance abuse counselor, and I’m not going to support legalization of methamphetamine and illegal opioids,” House Minority Leader Mark Smith, D-Marshalltown, said. “I just can’t go that direction.”
In calling for the legalization of all drugs, delegates rejected a minority report from the Platform Committee that called for replacing “legalizing” with “decriminalizing” all drugs, Platform Committee Chairman Mike Robinson of Linn County said. Another minority report called for deleting the plank altogether.
Read more: www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/iowa-dem-legislative-leaders-not-embracing-platforms-call-for-legalizing-all-drugs-20160620
In the wee hours of Sunday morning, Iowa Democrats, meeting in the state convention in Des Moines, approved a platform plank calling for the legalization of all drugs.
On Monday, however, Democratic legislative leaders made it clear they don’t embrace that position and will either run away from it or ignore the policy position adopted by party activists.
“I’ve spent a good deal of my life as a substance abuse counselor, and I’m not going to support legalization of methamphetamine and illegal opioids,” House Minority Leader Mark Smith, D-Marshalltown, said. “I just can’t go that direction.”
In calling for the legalization of all drugs, delegates rejected a minority report from the Platform Committee that called for replacing “legalizing” with “decriminalizing” all drugs, Platform Committee Chairman Mike Robinson of Linn County said. Another minority report called for deleting the plank altogether.
Read more: www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/iowa-dem-legislative-leaders-not-embracing-platforms-call-for-legalizing-all-drugs-20160620