Drug-policy reform groups are lining up behind John Kerry, at least according to this Boston Globe headline: Marijuana rights group uniting behind Kerry. Support for Kerry may rest mostly in the possible hope for intessimal improvements in federal drug policy that could maybe happen in a pie-in-the-sky-kind-of-way if Kerry were to win in November, but don't hold your breath:

"When it comes to the drug war, the Bush administration is a disaster," said Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, which promotes harm reduction and treatment as alternatives to the current punitive approach to drug use. While Kerry seems more sympathetic on topics like medical marijuana, needle exchange, and reforming mandatory minimum sentencing statutes, "we know going in he will disappoint us," Nadelmann said.

Keith Stroup, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, said that, "all of us recognize that there is no question that marijuana reform policies would be better served with someone else in office other than George Bush."

But he added that the movement is committed to reaching out to all political parties. "It would be a terrible mistake to let the [marijuana reform] issue be perceived as a Democratic issue," he said.

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