Notable Appearances
In March 2001, Kampia testified before a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives on the medical cannabis case that was pending before the U.S. Supreme Court at the time. As the only witness to advocate for the removal of criminal penalties for cannabis-using patients, Kampia was grilled mercilessly by all Republican subcommittee members in attendance, including Chairman Mark Souder (R-IN), who told Kampia, "You're an articulate advocate for an evil position." The hostile exchange between Kampia, Souder, and other members of Congress made national news.
Again in April 2004 Rob Kampia testified before the U.S. House subcommittee on drug policy, attacking the federal government's medical cannabis policies, as well as subcommittee Chairman Mark Souder (R-Ind.) — one of the House's most vehement opponents of medical cannabis. Kampia was the only anti-prohibitionist to testify at the hearing.
Kampia has debated the cannabis issue on national TV against then White House Deputy Drug Czar Andrea Barthwell, then-Congressman Bob Barr (R-GA) (who subsequently lobbied for MPP), then DEA Administrator Asa Hutchinson, then California Attorney General Dan Lungren, and other prohibitionists.
Kampia has also discussed the cannabis issue on National Public Radio's “Justice Talking” with Margot Adler and—more recently in January 2006—on NPR's “All Things Considered.”
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