COP on the Hill: Stories from the week of January 26, 2018

COP on the Hill:

Stories from the week of January 26, 2018

COP and Heroin Treatment Options: I spent part of the week meeting with health staffers, explaining the Swiss MAT (Medication Assisted Treatment). I will finish next week, making contact with a total of 76 offices.

Satisfying weekly Mexican food fix pays dividends: Sitting on a stool next to the cash register, means every customer reads the shirt. Two weeks ago a guy engaged me, asking why. We finished our chat, with him saying I had to talk to his father in law, the House Delegate. On Saturday afternoon the MD Delegate and I sat down at a coffee house. He started out as a ‘hell no’ and finished with “I have much to digest.”

BTW, his big concern was the ‘Gateway Fact.’ Response: it is easier for a 14 y/o to buy pot than beer. So, taking that marijuana is definitely a gateway drug, how does prohibition help? He had no response. (winning a debate point, does not equal he has rejected the Gateway Theory…but it does make one reflect)

This week’s stats:

2686 Presentations to Congressional staffers… 11 this week

233 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs, etc. 03 this week ( 2 candidates running for Congress & a MD House Delegate )

Meetings – 2

COP stats since inception: August 2009

253 personal chats with a Member of Congress… this week
80 Radio Interviews. this week
149 interviews and reports in minor media = 0 this week.
42 published interviews/foto in major (daily) newspapers or magazine… 0 this week
72 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media..This week (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, CNN, NPR, German, Swiss. French TV and radio) 00 this week
27 major conferences attended – (United Nations drug conference, CPAC, LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, Republican Annual Retreat etc) 00 this week
Weekly attendance at Grover Norquist’s Wednesday brunch attended by 150 conservative leaders. Named the “Grand Central Station of the Conservative Movement.”
* 2 editorials in daily papers mentioning Howard’s efforts & in support of COP position
84 published letters to the editor (value per MAPINC in free publicity: $83,000) 0 this week
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