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Drug Czar Slammed for 'Silence' Against Drugs in Sports by Former Office Spokesman 7/13/03 7:39:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National and Sports desks Contact: Bob Weiner or Colin Miller, 301-283-0821 or 202-329-1700 WASHINGTON, July 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Drug Czar John Walters is being slammed for "silence" in the fight against drugs in sports by former office spokesman Bob Weiner. "The Drug Czar's silence is not golden -- it tarnishes sports," said Weiner, who wrote an oped in today's New York Post together with Colin Miller, a junior at Johns Hopkins University and vice-president of the men's Rugby team....

<p>TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The nation's drug czar recruited local religious leaders Saturday in the war on drugs.</p> <p>The call to arms came as John Walters, director of National Drug Control Policy, held his first news conference since announcing Thursday his national drive to enlist faith-based youth groups in anti-drug programs. The effort is the Bush administration's latest effort to expand the role of religious organizations in government services.</p>

Drug Czar is Cleared of Campaign Violation Carson City -- The state attorney general's office says Nevada can't discipline federal drug czar John Walters for failing to file campaign expense reports in his successful effort to defeat a proposed state constitutional amendment to legalize possession small amounts of marijuana. But the Marijuana Policy Project of Washington says the attorney general's "legal analysis is incorrect," Steve Fox, its director of government relations for the project, said. Fox said the opinion from the office of Attorney General Brian Sandoval, a Republican, seemed to be looking for a way to avoid disciplining a...

The Center for Science in the Public Interest has sent a letter to the head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, with copies to CSPI’s friends in Congress, complaining that NASCAR and anti-drug public service announcements don’t mix. CSPI singled out the use of driver Jimmy Spencer in PSA’s, since he is sponsored by Anheuser-Busch. But it also referred to NASCAR’s "nonstop" reminders of drinking: "Beer brand logos are omnipresent on NASCAR’s drivers’ uniforms, cars, infield equipment and kid-friendly promotional items," CSPI’s Alcohol Policies Project Director George Hacker wrote. Calling beer the "major drug problem" for young people,...