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Thursday, August 27, 1998

Portland Crime Down, But Not Residents' Fears, Study Shows ('The Oregonian' Notes Its Fear-Mongering, Biased And Sensational Coverage Of Crime Issues Has Had The Desired Effect - The Biennial Survey Conducted In March By The Portland Firm, Campbell DeLong Resources Inc., Shows That Most Residents Have Not Been Victims Of Crime And Feel Safe In Their Neighborhoods, But They Continue To Call For Increased Police Patrols)
Washington Supreme Court Says Knock And Talk No Good (The Text Of Today's Decision In State V. Ferrier, In Which The Court Reversed The Conviction Of A Bremerton Woman Accused Of Manufacturing A Plant, Ruling That The Victim Was Not Told By Police That She Had The Right To Refuse To Consent To A Search)
Media Oversight Council Formed ('The Seattle Times' Optimistically Says Journalists Vie With Lawyers For Rock-Bottom Ranking On The Scale Of Public Trust, So It's A Good Time To Start An Organization To Consider Complaints Against The Media, And 'The Seattle Times' Will Support John Hamer, Founder Of The Counterpoint Center For ReMEDIAtion, A Conservative Media Watchdog Group, Who Has Rounded Up An All-Star Group Of Public And Private Citizens To Serve On The Board Of The Fledgling Washington News Council - One Remembers When 'The Oregonian' Set Up A Similar Group In The 1980s, Only To Ignore It)
Trial May Shed Light On Demise Of 'Safer' Cigarette ('The Los Angeles Times' Says The First Of Several Tobacco Industry Lawyers Who Will Begin Cooperating With Antitobacco Plaintiffs Will Be Lawrence G. Meyer, A Former Outside Counsel To The Liggett Group Inc. Who Has Agreed To Testify For The State Of Washington When Its Civil Lawsuit Starts September 14 - His Testimony Is Sure To Revive The 20-Year-Old History Of The Death Of The 'XA' Project, Which Involved The Blending Of A Catalyst With Tobacco To Neutralize Cancer-Causing Compounds In Cigarette Smoke)
Let's Jump On The Ban Wagon (The Shredder, A Columnist For The Luis Obispo County, California 'New Times,' Heaps Some Hilarious Scorn On City Officials In Atascadero Who Passed A Municipal Ban On Medical Marijuana Clubs)
Venice High To Get Drug-Sniffing Dogs ('The Los Angeles Times' Says The Los Angeles School Board Approved A Plan Tuesday To Bring Drug-Sniffing Dogs Into Venice High School To Check Students' Backpacks, Lockers And Desks, The First Time Canines Will Be Used On Campus In The Los Angeles Unified School District - The Campaign For The $2,500 One-Year Pilot Project Was Spearheaded By Venice High Parent Claudia Border)
State Prison Guards Win Restraining Order Against Investigators ('The Fresno Bee' Says The California Prison Guards Union Obtained A Temporary Restraining Order Tuesday From San Francisco Superior Court Judge Raymond Williamson Against Investigators Probing Allegations That Guards Set Up Inmate Rapes At Corcoran State Prison - A Hearing Was Scheduled September 4 On The Union's Request For A Permanent Injunction)
Prison Sergeant Arrested In Drug Bust ('The Las Vegas Sun' Says A Sergeant At Northern Nevada Correctional Center Was Among Four People Arrested During A Raid On A Home In Carson City Wednesday - James Lillo Was Held In Lieu Of $7,500 Bail For Allegedly Having Marijuana And Methamphetamine, Paraphernalia And A Hypodermic Needle)
Tulsan Arrested In Pot Case ('The Tulsa World' Says John Frazee Is Being Jailed In Lieu Of More Than $30,000 Bail Because He Had 332 Marijuana Plants In His Back Yard He Wasn't Even Trying To Conceal - No Word On What Police Did To His 11-Year-Old Daughter)
Grand Jury Focuses On Oregon's Slaying ('The Houston Chronicle' Says Harris County Grand Jurors Began Hearing Testimony Wednesday In The Case Of Pedro Oregon Navarro, An Innocent Man Killed By Six Prohibition Agents In Houston, Texas, Who Broke Into His Home Without A Warrant And Shot Him 12 Times From The Rear)
Board Settles Suit Filed By Worker ('The New Haven Register' Says Robert Lyon, A Former Custodian Who Claimed He Was Fired In October 1994 By The East Haven, Connecticut, Board Of Education Because He Was Once A 'Drug' User, Has Obtained A Of $6,300 Settlement, But Not His Job Back)
The First Amendment And The Pot Protest (A Staff Editorial From WCVB Television In Boston Says The City Should Not Be Allowed To Force MassCan To Urge People Not To Smoke Marijuana During Its Annual Rally At Boston Common)
West Virginia, Kentucky Fraternities Take Pledge To Phase Out Booze (An 'Associated Press' Article In 'The Miami Herald' Says Starting This Week, West Virginia University's 15 Chapter Houses Are Phasing Out Alcohol And By The 2000-01 School Year, They Will Be Alcohol-Free - At The University Of Kentucky In Lexington, Officials Have Banned Alcohol From On-Campus Undergraduate Housing, Including The School's Fraternities)
Two Cigarette Companies Back Out Of Talks With States ('The Associated Press' Says RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company And Brown And Williamson Tobacco Corporation, For Unstated Reasons, Have Dropped Out Of Negotiations With The Attorneys General For Three Dozen States Who Have Been Trying To Extort A National Tobacco Settlement - Mississippi, Minnesota, Texas And Florida Settled Their Lawsuits Separately For $36.8 Billion)
McGwire Drug Affair A Bum Rap For Him ('Boston Globe' Sports Columnist Dan Shaughnessy In 'The International Herald Tribune' Says Mark McGwire, The St. Louis Cardinal Pursuing Baseball's Home-Run Record, Is Being Unfairly Characterized As A Cheater And Bad Role Model Because Of His Use Of Androstenedione)
As For Drugs, Baseball Is Full Of Beans (Illinois 'Daily Herald' Sports Columnist Barry Rozner Comments On The Mark McGwire Controversy With A Startling Assertion That An Unnamed 'Current Baseball Executive, Who Happens To Have A Medical Background,' Claims 25 Percent To 30 Percent Of All Baseball Players Use Amphetamintes - Home Runs Are All About Bat Speed And Quickness - If You Want Something To Be Upset About, Stop Peeking In Mark McGwire's Locker And Start Wondering Why Baseball Doesn't Have A Drug-Testing Policy)
McGwire Sets Off A Sales Boom ('The San Jose Mercury News' Says Amateur Athletes And Bodybuilders Are Responding To The Disclosure That St. Louis Cardinals Slugger Mark McGwire Uses Androstenedione By Boosting Sales At Health Food Stores - But So Far, The Only Proven Benefits Are To Those Who Sell It)
'Drug Czar's' Plan To Shore Up Leaky Border Meets With Skepticism ('The Christian Science Monitor' Version Of Recent News About General Barry McCaffrey Lobbying For A US-Mexico Border Drug Czarlet)
Traffickers Move Into Yucatan Peninsula ('The Los Angeles Times' Says The Resort Area In The Gulf Of Mexico Is Rapidly Gaining A Reputation As Mexico's 'Cocaine Coast,' Fueled In Part By Traffickers' Switch From Planes To Ships And Small Boats, Their Expansion To Less Patrolled Areas, And Their Use Of Corruption To Virtually Take Over States Such As Quintana Roo, Where Cancun Is Located)
Mexico Unveils Plan To Combat Crime Wave - $380 Million To Target Corruption, Police Training ('The Boston Globe' Says Interior Minister Francisco Labastida And Nearly All Of The Country's 31 Governors Launched A New Eight-Point Plan Yesterday Called 'The National Crusade Against Crime And Delinquency' - Mexicans Expressed Skepticism)
The Witness (A Fascinating Article In 'Eye' Magazine In Toronto Says John Winter Has Been Poisoned By His Life In The Drug-Soaked American Prison System - His Case Is A Warning To Canadians Because Trends In American Crime And Punishment Are Steadily Creeping Into Canada, Including The Enforced Drugging Of Prisoners)
Panama's Vote Could Affect US Drug Fight ('The Miami Herald' Says That If, As Some Pollsters Predict, Panamanian Voters On Sunday Reject A Constitutional Change That Would Allow President Ernesto Perez Balladares To Run For Reelection, They Will Also Kill The Last Faint Chance For The United States To Maintain A Military 'Anti-Drug' Presence In Panama Beyond 2000)
Police Accused Of Marijuana Trafficking ('The Age' In Australia Says The Melbourne Magistrates Court Was Told Wednesday That Three Detectives From The Victoria Police Organised Crime Squad And A City Patrol Group Sergeant Trafficked In Marijuana Seized During A Drug Raid)
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Friday, August 28, 1998:
The NORML Foundation Weekly Press Release (Louisiana Governor Backs Unprecedented Drug Testing Plan Despite Costs, Legal Problems; Government's Household Survey Data Contradicts Proposition 215 Critics; Private Researcher Plants First Medical Marijuana Crop; DEA Says Federal Marijuana Prohibition Trumps Tribal Law Okaying Hemp Cultivation)
State Says Teens Especially Prone To Traffic Accidents (According To 'The Oregonian,' Oregon Department Of Transportation Statistics Indicate Nearly 28 Percent Of Car Accidents Involving Teens Also Involve Alcohol, So, Despite The State Equivalent Of The Hatch Act, The Oregon Department Of Transportation Will Lobby For Legislation In 1999 That Would Establish A Graduated Licensing System To Limit Teen Drivers To Daytime Driving And Passengers Older Than 25)
Feds Approve Grant To Hire 240 Oregon State Police Troopers ('The Associated Press' Says That If The Oregon Legislature Agrees To Provide Matching Funds, Bloating The Outrageous Proportion Of The State's Budget Already Devoted To Law Enforcement, Courts And Prisons, A Grant From President Clinton's COPS Program - The Office Of Community Oriented Policing Services - Will Provide Enough Money To Nearly Double The Ranks Of The State Police)
Panel Stands By Viagra Payment Stop Decision ('The Associated Press' Says The Oregon Health Services Commission Refused Thursday To Change Its Decision To Quit Paying For Pfizer's Impotency Drug Under The Oregon Health Plan Insurance Program For Poor People)
Doctor's Family Sues Psychiatrist ('The Associated Press' Says The Family Of Dr. Richard K. Dickson, A Doctor In Lake Oswego, Oregon, Who Committed Suicide Nearly Three Years Ago, Is Suing His Psychiatrist, Dr. John Lingas, For $3.5 Million, Claiming Dr. Dickson Was Addicted To 'Drugs' And Dr. Lingas Should Have Hospitalized Him And Required Him To Undergo Drug Testing)
State Agrees To Waive Bill ('The Associated Press' Says A Man Who Was Stuck With A $4,517.20 Cleanup Bill After He Reported Finding A Methamphetamine Lab In A Horse Trailer On His Property Near Eagle Point, Oregon, Won't Have To Pay Because He Exercised Due Diligence In Reporting The Mess)
Officer's File Shows Problems ('The Columbian' In Vancouver, Washington, Says Five Months Before Vancouver Police Officer Aaron Gibson Was Fired For Leaving Behind Flash-Bang Grenades That Blew Off The Hand Of A 13-Year-Old Girl, He Received A 'Below Average' Performance Review)
Inmate, Denied 'Playboy,' Files Suit Against County ('The Columbian' In Vancouver, Washington, Says A Clark County Cocaine Offender Filed The Lawsuit August 6 In US District Court In Tacoma, Citing A Decision By The Ninth US Circuit Court Of Appeals This Summer That Found A Blanket Ban By Arizona's Maricopa County Jail On Publications Showing Frontal Nudity To Be Unconstitutional)
Police Bust Huge California Marijuana Farm ('Reuters' Says Prohibition Agents On Wednesday Discovered The Largest Marijuana Plantation Ever Found In California, And Uprooted More Than 21,000 Plants In Santa Clara County They Valued At $4,000 Each, About $84 Million)
Man Gets Life Term For Drug-Related Killing ('The Fort Worth Star-Telegram' Says Freddie Lee Pendley Will Spend At Least 40 Years In Prison After A Texas Jury Convicted Him This Week Of Killing A Man And Wounding The Man's Wife In 1996 While Stealing Unspecified 'Drugs' From Them)
Witness Testifies Huge Marijuana Stash Is 'Delivery' Amount ('The Kalamazoo Gazette' Says A Michigan Woman Who Is On Trial For Marijuana Trafficking Because Prohibition Agents Found 132 Pounds Of The Herb In Her Basement - But Not Her Fingerprints - Told The Jury That She Didn't Use Cannabis And Someone Else With Access To Her House Stored It There Without Her Knowledge)
Needle Exchange Plans Gain Ground ('The Boston Globe' Says City Counselors In Springfield, Massachusetts, Voted 8-0 To Seek A Non-Binding Referendum On A Needle-Exchange Program)
Denver Pleads No Contest (An 'Associated Press' Item In 'The St. Louis Post-Dispatch' Says Bob Denver, The Star Of Television's 'Gilligan's Island,' Was Sentenced Last Week To Six Months' Unsupervised Probation For Possessing Marijuana And 'Drug' Paraphernalia)
'Gilligan' Gets Probation For Pot Bust (Yahoo's United Press International Version)
'Gilligan' Gets Probation For Pot Bust (A Lengthier United Press International Version Says That, According To Denver's Attorney, The Sequence Of Events Surrounding The Search Warrant Served At The Actor's House Was The Main Reason He Was Able To Secure His Client's Freedom - Under West Virginia Law, Authorities Erred By Asking For The Warrant While The Package Was Already In Their Possession)
Hidden Cameras Capture Suspected Jury Fix ('The Associated Press' Says Tiny Cameras Hidden In Fake Briefcases And Document Boxes Thwarted An Attempt In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, By A Juror And Two Accomplices Who Allegedly Offered To Deliver A Mistrial In Return For A $175,000 Bribe From Defendant Thomas Schwab, Accused Of Laundering $770,000 Through His Demolition Firm)
Three Charged In Alleged Jury-Tampering Plot (A Slightly Different 'Associated Press' Version In 'The Chicago Tribune')
Drug Odyssey ('The Chicago Tribune' Profiles Mike Gray, Screenwriter For 'The China Syndrome' And Author Of The Important New History Of The War On Some Drug Users, 'Drug Crazy - How We Got Into This Mess And How We Can Get Out' - Gray Says, 'The Drug Problem We Have Today Is A Totally Self-Inflicted Wound, And It's A Much Greater Threat To Our Country's Future Than Nuclear Power Plants')
Fila Ends Webber's Endorsement Deal ('The Associated Press' Says That, According To An Anonymous Source, The Sporting Goods Company Has Dropped Sacramento Kings Forward Chris Webber From A Multimillion Dollar Endorsement Contract After US Customs Said Webber Was Stopped In San Juan's International Airport With A Carry-On Bag Containing 11 Grams Of Marijuana - The US Drug Czar, General Barry McCaffrey, Said 'Fila USA Is Doing What Is Right For The World Of Sports And For Our Nation's Children')
Are Muscle Enhancers Fair Game? ('Seattle Times' Sports Columnist Elliott Almond Discusses The Quandry Arising From Inconsistent Standards Facing Mark McGwire, The St. Louis Cardinal, And Randy Barnes, An Olympic Champion Shot-Putter, Who Have Both Used The Same Substance, Androstenedione, Which The Body Converts Into The Male Sex Hormone, Testosterone - While McGwire Is Pursuing Baseball's Home-Run Record, Barnes Faces Banishment For Life)
Baseball Isn't Just About Playing By The Rules ('New York Times' Columnist Bob Herbert Writes That Androstenedione Is Legal In The United States, And Baseball Star Mark McGwire Has A Right To Use It To Enhance His Performance - But Whether It Is A Good Idea To Do So Is Another Matter)
McRole Model (A Staff Editorial In 'The San Jose Mercury News' About The Use Of Androstenedione To Boost Testosterone By St. Louis Cardinal Home-Run Hitter Mark McGwire Ascribes To The Belief That The Supplement Is Harmful And That McGwire Could Give It Up And Still Hit A Record Number Of Home Runs)
Women Have Access To Potent Love Drug - Testosterone Is Female Viagra, Doctors Say (Knight-Ridder Tribune News Interviews Several Women Physicians Who Suggest That Women Who Are Envious Of The Effects Of Viagra On Men's Sexual Drive Could And Should Obtain The Same Effect From Testosterone, Which Is Readily Available At Pharmacies)
'Please Tell Me My Son Is All Right' ('The Vancouver Province' In British Columbia Travels To Honduras To Interview The Mother Of A 19-Year-Old Man Who Allegedly Sells Crack Cocaine On The Streets Of Downtown Vancouver, One Of An Estimated 200 Honduran Boys And Young Men Whom Police Believe Were Lured By An Organized Drug-Trafficking Ring)
Mounties Seize 400 Pot Plants ('The Kamloops Daily News' Says The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Kicked Off The Fall Marijuana Harvest Wednesday With The Seizure Of More Than 400 Plants Spotted By Air And Cut From Three Different Plots In The Momish Valley At The North End Of Adams Lake)
Parents Protest School's Drug Policy ('The Edmonton Journal Extra' Says Jocelyn And Glen Best, Their Children And Family Friends Demonstrated Outside The Edmonton Catholic School Board's Annual Staff Liturgy Thursday To Protest Pressure By Their Son's School To Put Him On Ritalin, Holding Up Signs Outlining Its Side Effects, Which Can Include Nervousness, Insomnia, Dizziness, Headaches And Nausea - 'They're Coercing Parents To Put Their Child On Ritalin - You Can't Force Anyone To, But They Can Coerce,' Said Jocelyn Best)
Drug Firm Accused Of Threatening Doctors ('The London Free Press' In Ontario Says About 140 Doctors Have Signed A Petition Demanding An Independent, External Inquiry Into Allegations That The Drug Firm Apotex Inc. Threatened To Sue Researcher Dr. Nancy Olivieri At The Hospital For Sick Children When She Wanted To Tell Patients About The Potential Hazards Of An Experimental Drug, Deferiprone, Used As A Treatment For Thalassemia, A Deadly Blood Disorder)
'Fatso' May Be Big Break Against Cali Drug Bosses (An 'Associated Press' Article In 'The Seattle Times' Says US Prohibition Agents Hope To Use The Arrest In Bogota, Colombia, Last Week Of Fernando Jose Flores, A Venezuelan Nicknamed 'Fatso,' To Extradite Miguel And Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, The Cali Cartel Chiefs Imprisoned By Colombia Since 1995 - Colombia's 1991 Constitution Prohibited The Extradition Of Cartel Bosses, But Congress Lifted That Ban Late Last Year For Crimes Committed After December 1997)
The Allies Of Samper Eye Asylum ('The New York Times' Says A Colombian Court Is Opening An Investigation Into A 1996 Decision By Congress To Clear The President At The Time, Ernesto Samper, Of Criminal Charges, So A Group That Championed Samper In Congress Is Trying To Obtain Asylum For Him In Europe)
Crime Takes A Tumble (An Editorial In 'The Irish Times' Discusses The Latest Figures Indicating A Further 10 Per Cent Decline In The Rate Of Reported Crime In Ireland)
Ban On British Magazine Urged Over Drugs Article (According To 'The Irish Times,' The Irish Director Of European Cities Against Drugs, Mr Con O'Leary Of Cork, Has Urged The Government To Ban A 'Sky' Magazine Edition That Gives Details On Drugs In 20 Countries, Caiming It Makes A Mockery Of The Government's £30 Million Drugs-Awareness Programme)
Police Seize Body Shop Hemp Products ('The Scotsman' Says French Gendarmes Entered A Body Shop Store In Aix-En-Provence And Seized Lip Conditioner, Hand Oil And Elbow Grease Containing Hemp Seed Oil, Claiming The Products Encouraged Drug Use, Even Though The Hemp Used In The Products Was Grown In France)
Body Shop's Hemp Products Blow Up A Storm In France (The Version In Britain's 'Times')
The Week Online With DRCNet, Issue Number 56 (An Original Summary Of Drug Policy News From The Drug Reform Coordination Network, Including - Household Survey Reports Teen Marijuana Use Up Again; Trial In Canada Brings Medical Marijuana To National Attention; Media Alert - DARE Criticized In Houston; New DRCNet Mailing Lists)
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Saturday, August 29, 1998:
Hemp Activist Stumps For Measure 67 ('The Albany Democrat-Herald' Interviews Harrisburg, Oregon, Reform Activist William Conde, Who Is Hosting A 'Cannabis Carnival' At His Harrisburg Property Over Labor Day Weekend In Support Of The Oregon Medical Marijuana Act, And In Opposition To Ballot Measure 57, Which Would Recriminalize Possession Of Less Than An Ounce Of Marijuana)
Parents Sue Hospital For Son's Brain Damage; Morphine Blamed ('The Associated Press' Says The Parents Of A 20-Year-Old Man Who Underwent Routine Surgery Are Suing Rogue Valley Medical Center In Medford, Oregon, For $15.73 Million, Claiming The Hospital Failed To Monitor An Adverse Reaction That Left Their Son In A Coma)
Hempfest Safer Than Bite Of Seattle (A Letter To The Editor Of 'The Herald' In Everett, Washington, Contrasts The Recent Hempster Festival In Seattle With The City's Annual Bash For Alcohol-Sodden Suburbanites, Noting Cops Didn't Bust Teens Who Were Smoking Cigarettes At The Bite)
Rally In San Francisco Monday (A Bay Area Activist Says There Will Be A Demonstration 2 PM August 31 At The Federal Courthouse, Where Judge Breyer Will Render A Decision On The Federal Request For An Injunction Against Six Northern California Medical Marijuana Dispensaries)
Disappointed By Reaction To 215 (A Letter To The Editor Of 'The San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune' Criticizes Local California Law Enforcement Officials Who Don't Seem To Have Read The California Compassionate Use Act Of 1996)
National Guard Discovers Largest Pot Operation In State (According To 'The Contra Costa Times,' Sheriff's Officials In Santa Clara County, California, Said Friday A National Guard Helicopter On A Training Exercise Spotted The Largest Marijuana Farm In State History, With More Than 21,000 Plants They Valued At $4,000 Each, About $84 Million Total)
Cops Harvest Massive Bay Area Pot Farm ('The San Francisco Examiner' Version)
Marijuana Farm In Bay Area Called The State's Biggest ('The Orange County Register' Version)
Officer's Arrest Triggers Corruption Probe ('The Los Angeles Times' Says The Arrest Of Los Angeles Police Officer Rafael Antonio Perez For Stealing Six Pounds Of Cocaine From An Evidence Room Has Broadened Into A Wider Corruption Probe, With Detectives Receiving Tips From Informants And Illegal Drug Sellers Who Say The Nine-Year Veteran And Other Prohibition Agents Stole Drugs And Money From Street Dealers)
LAPD Probes Corruption Allegations (The United Press International Version)
Legislature OKs Limit On Informants ('The Orange County Register' Says The Death Of 17-Year-Old Chad MacDonald Of Yorba Linda, California, Led State Lawmakers Friday To Send A Bill To Governor Pete Wilson That The Newspaper Dubiously Claims Would Limit The Use Of Teen Drug Informants)
Inmate Numbers Worry Officials ('The Tulsa World' Says The County Jail In Tulsa, Oklahoma, Had Its Highest Ever Monthly Average Number Of Inmates Last Month - 'We Have 881 Beds, And We Were At 113 Percent Of That Today,' Chief Deputy Bob Mackechney Said Friday - 'We Can't Go Beyond 125 Percent' Because Of A Federally Imposed Limit On Overcrowding)
Kay County Raids Result In 28 Drug-Related Arrests (According To 'The Oklahoman,' Thanks To A Drug-War Grant From The US Justice Department, Kay County Now Has 28 Prisoners It Has To Spend A Big Chunk Of Money On To Prosecute And Incarcerate)
Failure - DARE To End Ineffective Anti-Drug Program In Houston (A Staff Editorial In 'The Houston Chronicle' Endorses Ending The Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program, Which Several Studies Have Found To Be Ineffective Or Worse - The 63 Police Officers It Costs $3.7 Million A Year To Send Out To Teach 27,000 Houston Fifth-Graders And 24,000 Seventh-Graders Should Be Out Patrolling Unsafe Neighborhoods)
Crack Cocaine Babies Aren't Doomed To Failure, Studies Find - Poverty Is Main Factor In Child's Ability To Learn ('The Houston Chronicle' Belatedly Discovers That 'Crack Babies' Are A Media-Generated Myth)
No Disability Benefits For Vets Who Smoked ('The San Francisco Examiner' Says The US Veterans Administration Has Prohibited Vietnam Veterans From Receiving Disability Payments If They Develop Lung Cancer, Emphysema Or Other Diseases From Smoking The Cigarettes The Government Packed Into Their C-Rations While They Were In Service)
Mexico City Police Chief Fired Amid Scandals, Crime Rate ('The Dallas Morning News' Says Mayor Cuauhtemoc Cardenas On Friday Fired His Military-Trained Police Chief, Lt. Col. Rodolfo Debernardi, After Eight Months Of High Crime Rates And Police Department Scandals)
We Should Punish Tobacco Pedlars Too (A Letter To The Editor Of 'The Canberra Times' In Australia Notes Tobacco Is Addictive And Lethal, Like Heroin, Only A Lot More People Die From Tobacco)
Bringing In The Hemp ('The Financial Post' Says Canada's First Legal Harvest Of Non-Hallucinogenic Cannabis In 60 Years Is Just Underway And Will Continue Through September, But It Will Be A Couple Of Years Before The Agricultural Community Finds Out Whether Hemp Will Reshape The Agricultural Industry)
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Sunday, August 30, 1998:
Marvin Chavez (A Staff Editorial In 'The Orange County Register' Says Attorney James Silva Of Los Angeles Will Now Represent The Co-Founder Of The Orange County Patient, Doctor, Nurse Support Group)
The Case For Proposition 8 (A Letter To The Editor Of 'The San Francisco Chronicle' Says Proposition 8 Would Establish The Same Zero Tolerance For The Possession Of 'Dangerous Drugs' That Exists For The Possession Of Guns Or Knives - Guilty Students Would Be Immediately Suspended And Expelled)
Locked-Up Population (A Letter To The Editor Of 'The Sacramento Bee' From A Professor Of Sociology And Criminology Adds Some Details To The Latest Statistics On Americans' Incarceration Rate, Noting That If The Current 7.9 Percent Annual Rate Of Growth In The Prison Population Continues, Everyone In California Will Be Either Locked Up Or On Parole Or Probation By 2051)
Tobacco Votes-For-Ads Charge Being Investigated By Justice ('The San Jose Mercury News' Says The Justice Department Is Looking Into Allegations That Senate Republicans Traded Their Votes For Promises By The Tobacco Industry To Finance Political Advertising Campaigns)
Tiny Frog Offers Major New Painkiller, Drug Research Finds ('The Chicago Tribune' Says Abbott Laboratories Of North Chicago Has Just Completed Initial Human Trials In Europe Of A Painkilling Drug Derived Fom The Poison Of A Frog Found In Ecuador, Epibpedobates Tricolor - While The Company Is Hesitant To Talk About ABT-594, As The Chemical Is Known, Scientists Say The Drug Is 200 Times As Powerful As Morphine, Lacks Morphine's Addictive Problems, And Might One Day Replace It As The Leading Treatment For Intense And Chronic Pain)
Suicide Epidemic Spreads Through Ranks Of Police ('The Houston Chronicle' Says Hundreds Of Police Officers Across The Country Commit Suicide Every Year, At A Rate That Is Much Higher Than Among The Rest Of The Population, And Rising, Although Many Cases Are Covered Up By Other Police)
Borderlands ('The San Jose Mercury News' Notes The War On Some Drug Users Is Transforming The US-Mexico Border Region Around Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - While The European Union Works To Erase Boundaries, The United States And Mexico Seek To Control Their Common Border By Laying Down The Law - Once-Integrated Towns Are Now Increasingly Segregated By A Border That Was Once Regarded As A Tolerable Nuisance Rather Than A Legal Reality)
Losing The War On Drugs ('Edmonton Sun' Columnist Jeremy Loome Interviews One Of Edmonton, Alberta's Eight Undercover Prohibition Agents, Who Admits His Job Is Futile - Loome Says Edmonton's Police, Like Their Counterparts Across Canada, Are Flushing Millions Of Dollars Down The Toilet Every Year For The Sake Of Tokenism)
Police Under Pressure Over Shooting Of Unarmed Man (Britain's 'Independent On Sunday' Says The Killing Of James Ashley By Sussex Prohibition Agents Who Broke Through His Front Door Is Becoming A Cause Celebre)
Labour Accused As SAD Boss Quits (Britain's 'Sunday Times' Says David Macauley, Director Of Scotland Against Drugs, The Anti-Drugs Agency Established By Scotland's Four Political Parties, Will Resign This Week To Protest The Labour Party's 'Lack Of Political Will' In Tackling The Problem)
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Monday, August 31, 1998:
Physicians Must Be Free To Relieve Pain Of The Dying (An Op-Ed In 'The Houston Chronicle' Opposing Congressional Attempts To Nullify Oregon's Unique Assisted Suicide Law, By Ronald A. Carson Of The Institute For The Medical Humanities At The University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston)
Judge Rejects City-Run Cannabis Club But Denies Immediate Shutdown ('The Associated Press' Says US District Judge Charles Breyer Today Rejected Oakland's Attempt To Shield Its Medical Marijuana Cooperative By Making It Part Of City Government, But Refused To Order The Immediate Shutdown Of The Dispensary In Oakland Or Those In Ukiah And Marin County - A Hearing Is Scheduled September 28 On Whether There Should Be A Jury Trial To Decide The Issue Of Medical Necessity, And Allowed The Clubs To Remain Open At Least Until Then - Plus Commentary From An Informed List Subscriber)
Letter To California Attorney General Lungren From Peter McWilliams (The Federal Medical Marijuana Defendant Demands That Dan Lungren Defend Him, Citing California Laws That Require Lungren To Do So, And The Experience Of Oregon In Establishing An Assisted Suicide Law Despite Federal Opposition)
Drug Agencies Urged To Team Up (An Update In 'The San Antonio Express News' On The Campaign By The US Drug Czar, General Barry McCaffrey, To Coordinate The Prohibition Efforts Of 22 Federal Agencies Under A US-Mexico Border Drug Czar)
Border Idea Is Touted Here ('The San Antonio Express-News' Covers General Barry McCaffrey's Visit To Texas To Drum Up Support For A US-Mexico Border Drug Czar)
Judge Criticizes Drug Case Decision ('The Des Moines Register' Says Judge Robert W. Pratt, A Federal District Court Judge In Des Moines, Has Declared Unconstitutional The Conviction Of Lewis Atley, Saying The Iowa Supreme Court Failed In Its Duty To Determine If The Man's Lawyer Had A Conflict Of Interest When The Lawyer Agreed To Work As A Prosecutor In The Same County - Plus A Letter To Iowa NORML Activist Carl Olsen From The Victim, Just Paroled After Almost Four Years In Prison)
Top Court Reaffirms Forfeiture Trial Right ('The Star-Ledger' Says The New Jersey Supreme Court, In A One-Page Order Made Public Yesterday, Rejected A Request By The State Attorney General To Narrow Its Ruling Giving The Right To Jury Trials To Some 2,500 People Whose Property Was Seized In Connection With Drug Cases Or Other Crimes)
Giuliani Plan To Close Methadone Clinics Makes Sense Only To Him (A Staff Editorial In 'The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel' Says New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's Reckless Plan To Prohibit Methadone Treatment For Heroin Addicts Would Have Clear Results, Nearly All Of Them Negative)
Big Tobacco Accused Of Linking GOP Senators' Votes, TV Ads ('The Chicago Tribune' Says The US Justice Department Is Reviewing Whether Tobacco Companies Promised Some Senate Republicans That They Would Pay For Television Advertisements If The Senators Voted To Defeat The McCain Tobacco Bill)
Justice Department Examines Tobacco Ad Allegations (The 'Reuters' Version)
A Consensus On Cause But Not Cure (A Staff Editorial In 'The Vancouver Sun' Says City Planners In Vancouver, British Columbia, Believe The Principal Cause Of The Eastside's Accelerating Deterioration Is 'Drugs,' But Not Much Can Be Done Until Leaders Reach Consensus On Remedies)
Taxing Talk On Cannabis (Britain's 'Guardian' Says Scientists, Doctors And Lawyers From Europe, Australia And North America Are Gathering In London Next Saturday For The First International Conference On How Cannabis Should Be Regulated If It Were Legalised Or Decriminalised - The Conference Is Being Hosted By Release, The British Drugs Advice Agency And Charity, And The Lindesmith Centre, A New York-Based Drug Policy Research Institute Funded By George Soros)
Drugs Chief Resigns With Attack On Blair ('The Scotsman' Version Of Yesterday's News About Director David Macauley Bailing Out Of Scotland Against Drugs)
Experts Say Fat Rivals Smoking As Health Threat ('Reuters' Says Medical Experts Told Reporters At The Start Of The Eighth International Congress On Obesity, Which Began On Monday In Paris, That Obesity Was Rapidly Becoming A Problem In The Developing World As Well As Industrialised Nations And Could One Day Rival Tobacco Smoking In Its Impact On Public Health)
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Tuesday, September 1, 1998:
Drug War (A letter to the editor of The Observer, the monthly newspaper of the American College of Physicians' American Society of Internal Medicine, from Dr. Rick Bayer, the chief petitioner for Measure 67, the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act. "The war on drugs does not belong in the exam room.")
The American Antiprohibition League (Floyd Ferris Landrath Describes The Mission And Harm-Reduction Activities Of The Portland Group, And Asks For Your Financial Help)
Salem Residential Street Turns Into Gangland Turf At Night ('The Associated Press' Says An Analysis Of Crime Records In Salem, Oregon, By 'The Statesman Journal' Newspaper Indicates Gang Shootings Have More Than Tripled In Salem, From 14 By The End Of August Last Year To 47 So Far This Year)
The 1998 Washington Hemp Voter's Guide (The Washington Hemp Education Network Publicizes Its Poll Of Every Candidate For Washington's State Legislature, Supreme Court, And Congressional Delegation, And Asks Your Help In Distributing Its Results - 140 Candidates Responded, More Than 40 Percent Of Those Polled, With 60 Percent Favoring Medical Marijuana And Industrial Hemp, And 16 Percent Favoring The Decriminalization Of Adults' Non-Medical Use)
Monday Marches To End The Drug War (A List Subscriber Posts An Update On The September 7 March Beginning At Denny Park In Seattle And The October 5 Medical Marijuana March Meeting At Harborview Hospital)
California Medical Marijuana Research Bill Dies (A Bulletin From California NORML Says State Senator John Vasoncellos' Medical Marijuana Research Bill, SB 535, Died Today As The Result Of A Legislative Accident, When The Senate Adjourned Prematurely Before The Assembly Could Finish Business)
Lawmakers Eye Bill Authorizing Study Of Medicinal Marijuana (The 'Capitol Alert' Version Published by 'The Sacramento Bee')
Judge Rejects Oakland's Pot Club But Denies Immediate Shutdown (Yesterday's 'Associated Press' Article In 'The Sacramento Bee')
Judge Rejects Oakland Try To Shield Medical-Pot Club (The Scripps Howard News Service Version, Also In 'The Sacramento Bee')
Oakland Loses Bid To Shield Medical Pot Club From US ('The Orange County Register' Version)
Pot Club Defense Fails, But Doors Still Open ('The National Law Journal' Version)
Oakland's Effort To Shield Pot Club Rejected ('The Los Angeles Times' Version)
Medical Marijuana Clubs Lose Round In Court (The 'Reuters' Version)
West Oakland Home Site Of Pot Bust ('The Oakland Tribune' Notes A Local Cultivation Bust Involving 500 Plants, Allegedly Intended For Non-Medical Use)
Teen-Age Informants Law (A Staff Editorial In 'The Orange County Register' Says A Bill Passed By The Legislature Friday Will Prevent Teen-Age Drug Informants Like 17-Year-Old Chad MacDonald Of Yorba Linda, California, From Being Tortured And Killed In The Future - Under The New Law, A 17-Year-Old Still Can Be An Undercover Informant, But Only After A More Rigorous Process In Which A Court Would Clearly Lay Out The Pros And Cons To Youngsters And Their Parents Would Have A Final Veto Power - As If The Pros And Cons Weren't Clear Before And Parents Didn't Have Veto Power Previously)
Fear Of Failure ('The Las Vegas Review-Journal' Describes 'Ur-Ine Trouble,' A Book That Attacks Workplace Drug Testing, By Dr. Kent Holtorf, A Physician From Phoenix, Arizona)
Jury Hears Witnesses In Oregon's Death ('The Houston Chronicle' Says Harris County Grand Jurors Investigating The Killing Of Pedro Oregon Navarro In Houston, Texas, Started Hearing Testimony Monday From People Who Were In The Innocent Man's Apartment The Night Six Prohibition Agents Burst In Without A Warrant And Shot Him 12 Times From The Rear)
New Special Prosecutor Assigned In Police Commissioner's Case ('The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel' Says The New Prosecutor Was Appointed Monday To Satisfy Objections By The Attorney For Gary Behnke, A Slinger, Wisconsin, Police Commissioner Accused Of Drunken Driving And Possession Of Marijuana)
Burton Warns About Magazine Story On His Sex Life (An 'Indianapolis Star And News' Article In 'The Seattle Times' Notes Representative Dan Burton, The Indiana Congressman Whose Son Got Favorable Treatment After Two Marijuana Busts, Is Bracing For 'Vanity Fair' Magazine To Challenge His Ethics)
Drug Pipe Report Spurs City Probe ('The Des Moines Register' Says City And Police Officials In Clive, Iowa, Are Investigating Allegations That A Marijuana Pipe Was Found At A July Party Attended By Some City Leaders And Members Of The Volunteer Fire Department)
Deaths Likely To Double In 1998 (According To 'The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,' Milwaukee Police Have Seized 60 Percent More Heroin Than One Year Ago And The Medical Examiner's Office Said Monday That Heroin-Related Deaths In Milwaukee County Are Expected To More Than Double In 1998 - To 25)
Media, Not McGwire, Set Off Sales Boom (Two Letters To The Editor Of 'The San Jose Mercury News' About Baseball Slugger Mark McGwire's Use Of A Legal, Over-The-Counter Performance Enhancer)
General Barry McCaffrey's Letter To The Editor (Lip Service For Drug Treatment In 'The Washington Post' From The US Drug Czar)
Survey - Drug Access Rises At 13 (The 'Associated Press' Account Of This Year's Annual Survey By CASA, The National Center On Addiction And Substance Abuse At Columbia University, Says The Telephone Poll Of 1,000 Teen-Agers, 824 Teachers And 822 Principals Found That Teens Think The Drug Problem Is Considerably Worse Than Do Their Teachers And Principals - But 41 Percent Of 17-Year-Olds Said They Had Smoked Marijuana In The Previous 30 Days, While 39 Percent Drank Alcohol And 23 Percent Smoked Tobacco)
Age 13 Critical Time In Anti-Drug Fight (A Different 'Associated Press' Version In 'The Seattle Times')
Religious Teens Less Likely Drug Users (The United Press International Version Notes The Survey Was Conducted By The Luntz Research Companies And Funded By The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Pharmacology - Herb Remedy - Exploring Ways To Administer Marijuana As A Medicine ('Scientific American' Weighs In On The Debate Between Medical Marijuana Patients And The Medical-Industrial Complex, Which Wants To Find Patentable Compounds It Can Market To Patients At Exorbitant Prices)
Are We The Enemy? (An Essay By Miguel A. Faria, Jr., MD, In The Editor's Corner Of The September-October Issue Of 'Medical Sentinel,' The Journal Of The AAPS, Association Of American Physicians And Surgeons, Says The US Government Has Responded To External Threats By Greatly Expanding Its Means Of Repressing Those It Perceives To Be Internal Threats)
Customs Staff - New Rule Hurts Drug War (According To 'The Toronto Sun,' An Unspecified Number Of Customs Officers Say Their Job Is Being Made More Difficult By A Canada Customs Decision To Stop Seizing Commercial Aircraft Carrying Large Amounts Of Smuggled Drugs)
Cocaine's Other Victims (The September Issue Of 'World Press Review' Republishes An Article From Britain's 'Guardian' About Peru's Legitimate Coca Crop And Coca Farmers, Imperiled By The American War On Cocaine)
Cannabis - The Truth (The British Edition Of 'Reader's Digest' Tries To Revive Reefer Madness With A Specious List Of Accusations Backed By Unreferenced Pseudo-Scientific Research, Presented In Much The Same Format As 'Exposing Marijuana Myths')
Well-Off Children 'In Grip Of Heroin' (According To 'The Courier Mail' In Australia, A Major Public Forum Today On Drug Dependency At The State Parliament Will Feature Michael Kozminsky, Director Of The Genesis Medical Centre In Victoria, Who Said Yesterday That Students From 'Every Decent Private School In Melbourne' Were Using Heroin, And Claimed Drug Dealers Were Targeting The Offspring Of The Middle Class)
Cannabis Cautioning In West Australia (The ADCA News Of The Day, From The Alcohol And Other Drugs Council Of Australia, Summarizes A 'West Australian' Newspaper Article Saying Some Bunbury City Councillors Are Angry At Not Being Consulted About The State Government's New Scheme To Cauthion Rather Than Arrest First-Time Cannabis Posession Offenders)
Pregnant Smokers Linked To Baby Hyperactivity (According To 'Reuters,' Scientists At Gotenburg University In Sweden Said On Wednesday That Women Who Smoke Tobacco During Pregnancy Can Increase Their Baby's Risk Of Developing Attention Deficit Disorder And Learning Difficulties)
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Wednesday, September 2, 1998:
Dr. No Strikes Again ('Willamette Week' In Portland Says Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber Will Vote No On Measure 57, The Initiative To Recriminalize Possession Of Less Than One Ounce Of Marijuana - The Former Emergency Room Physician And Democrat Says He'll Vote Against Measure 67, The Oregon Medical Marijuana Act)
Proposed 'No On 57' Rallies (Floyd Ferris Landrath Of The American Antiprohibition League In Portland Announces A Meeting Tuesday, September 8, To Plan A Demonstration In Opposition To Oregon Ballot Measure 57, Which Would Recriminalize Possession Of Less Than One Ounce Of Marijuana)
Policing The Police (A Letter To The Editor Of 'Willamette Week' Says The Recent Portland Police Riot Against Protesters Condemning Police Harassment Is An Outrageous Example Of The Blatant Disregard That The Police Have For Citizens' Constitutional Rights, And A Sample Of The Virulent Racism Of The Police Department)
Aid For Seriously Ill (A Letter To The Editor Of 'The Seattle Times' Notes The Clinton Administration Is Still Stalling A Full Year After A National Institutes Of Health Group Recommended Policy Changes That Would Have Expedited Medical Marijuana Research - The Clinton Administration Will Be Hard-Pressed To Oppose Voter Initiatives In Six States This November - When The Drug Czar And Others Say That There Should First Be More Research, The Voters Will Say, 'Sorry, You Had Your Chance')
Hearing Record Upholds Firing Of Police Officer (A Staff Editorial In 'The Columbian' In Vancouver, Washington, Says A Vancouver Police Officer Whose Carelessness With A Flash-Bang Grenade Led To A 13-Year-Old Girl Losing Her Hand Deserved Being Fired)
Drug Is A Non-Issue (A Letter To The Editor Of 'The Herald' In Everett, Washington, Dismisses The Media-Generated Controversy Over Baseball Player Mark McGwire's Use Of Androstenedione)
Treatment For Drug Addicts (Two Letters To The Editor Of 'The Los Angeles Times' Oppose The Imperialistic US Drug War)
What It Takes To Get Assistance (A Letter To The Editor Of 'The San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune' From A Mother Who Needs Public Assistance But Doesn't Have A Drug Problem Shows California And The United States Are Spending So Much Money On Prohibition And Its Collateral Casualties That Other Vital Government Services Are Disappearing)
A Reward For The Prison Guards' Union? ('Sacramento Bee' Columnist John Jacobs In 'The San Diego Union Tribune' Says The One-Year, 12 Percent Pay Raise California Governor Pete Wilson Gave Last Week To His Political Allies In The State Prison Guard Union Has The Earmarks Of One Of The Sleaziest Quid Pro Quos Seen In Years)
Study Finds Drop In Tobacco Sales To Minors (According To 'The Associated Press,' California Health Officials Said Wednesday That Illegal Sales Of Tobacco Products To Minors Dropped By Nearly 40 Percent Since Last Year)
Grand Jury Probe May Take Longer Than Expected ('The Houston Chronicle' Says A Grand Jury May Take More Than Just Two To Three Weeks To Investigate The Killing Of Pedro Oregon Navarro, An Innocent Man Shot 12 Times From The Rear By Prohibition Agents In Houston, Texas, Who Broke Down His Door Without A Warrant)
Drug Tests For Aldermen Dies For Lack Of A Second ('The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette' Says City Council Members In Fayetteville, Arkansas, On Tuesday Rejected Proposed Drug Tests For Themselves, Saying It Would Be An Invasion Of Privacy And An Example Of Government Intrusion)
Two Clive Officials Hire Lawyer (According To 'The Des Moines Register,' An Iowa State Patrol Report Released Tuesday Says A State Trooper Attending A July Going-Away Party For The City Of Clive's Departing Fire Chief Saw Three People Smoking What He Believed To Be Marijuana - Attorney Fred Dorr Said Tuesday That He Represents Clive City Council Member John Schiefer And Planning And Zoning Commissioner Dave Ennen In Connection With A City Investigation)
FBI Links Police, Alleged Criminal ('The Des Moines Register' Says An Investigation By The Federal Bureau Of Investigation Has Revealed Possible Links Between Des Moines-Area Police And A Million-Dollar Criminal Enterprise Allegedly Run By An East-Side Des Moines Bail Bondsman Charged With Drug Dealing And Firearms Violations)
Officer Indicted In Drug Case ('The Philadelphia Inquirer' Says Philadelphia Police Officer Peter W. Henry Has Been Indicted On Charges Related To Laundering Money For A Marijuana Ring)
City Police Say Panel Withheld Findings Against 108 Officers ('The New York Times' Says More Than 100 Cases Of Police Brutality And Misconduct From 1993 Through 1995 Were Deemed Credible By The Civilian Complaint Review Board, But The Independent Agency That Monitors New York City Police Never Forwarded Its Decisions To The Department So It Could Discipline The Officers)
Musicians, Actors And Activists Come Together For First Ever 'Spitfire Tour' (A List Subscriber Publicizes The National Tour Of College Campuses, Opening October 10, Featuring Marijuana Law Reform Activists Woody Harrelson And Todd McCormick, Together With Music Industry Celebrities Krist Novoselic Of Nirvana, Amy Ray Of Indigo Girls, Jello Biafra Of The Dead Kennedy, Exene Cervenka Of X, Veejay Kennedy Of MTV And More)
Drug Awareness Seen To Begin At Age 13 ('The Orange County Register' Version Of Yesterday's News About The Latest CASA Survey On Youth Drug Use Rates)
Survey - Drugs More Accessible At Age 13 (The 'USA Today' Version)
Big Change In Drug Awareness Is Found From Age 12 To 13 ('The Boston Globe' Version)
Children Surrounded By Drugs, Study Finds ('The Houston Chronicle' Version)
New Concerns Raised About Health Effects Of Viagra ('Reuters' Says Several Letters Printed In Thursday's 'New England Journal Of Medicine' Suggest The Potential Health Dangers Of Pfizer's New Anti-Impotence Drug May Be More Extensive Than Warnings Indicate)
Marc Emery Direct Seeds Raided! (A List Subscriber Provides Details About The Latest Development In The Politically Motivated Vendetta By Officials In Vancouver, British Columbia, And Asks You To Write Letters To Vancouver Media And Public Officials On Emery's Behalf)
'I Need It To Live' - Police Bust AIDS Patient Whose Doctors Advised Pot Use ('The Ottawa Citizen' Says The Ottawa-Carleton Police Regional Drug Unit Charged Jean-Charles Pariseau With Marijuana Possession And Production Yesterday After Rousting Him, His Wife And 12-Year-Old At Home Just Before Midnight Monday - Mr. Pariseau's Case Received National Attention After His First Arrest, When A Group Of Doctors And Lawyers Filed A Ground-Breaking Application To The Federal Government In November 1997 Asking That He Be Allowed To Use Marijuana Because It Was Prolonging His Life)
Marijuana User Avoids Jail Time ('The Peterborough Examiner' In Peterborough, Ontario, Says Multiple Sclerosis Patient David Jamieson Of Douro Township Was Fined $1,000 By A Provincial Court Tuesday For Cultivating 250 Marijuana Plants - After Reading A Letter From Jamieson's Doctor, The Contents Of Which Weren't Disclosed In Court, Judge LTG Collins Said, 'I See Why A Fine Rather Than Jail Term' Was Appropriate)
£217 Million To Treat Drug Abuse (Britain's 'Guardian' Says The Labour Government, Concerned That Four Out Of Five Drug Abusers Who Need Treatment Fail To Get It, Unveiled Its Biggest Expansion Of Drug Treatment And Prevention Programmes Yesterday, Targeting Women And Teenagers)
More Readers' Views In The Drugs Debate (Three Letters To The Editor Of 'The Evening News' In Norwich, England, Say Cannabis Legalisation Would Solve More Problems Than Stiffer Sentences For Dealers)
You Ask The Questions (Britain's Howard Marks, The Celebrated Former Marijuana Smuggler And Author Of 'Mr. Nice,' Answers Questions From Readers Of 'The Independent')
TV Blamed For Fuelling Public Fear Of Crime (According To 'The Scotsman,' Police Chief Superintendent Malcolm Dickson Said Yesterday That A Survey Conducted By His Force Revealed That Supposedly Realistic Television Shows Such As 'NYPD Blue' And BBC 1's 'City Central' Led Almost Half Of Those Who Responded To Say They Felt Afraid At Night, Despite A General Fall In The Number Of Offences Actually Taking Place)
Pregnant Smokers Pass Risks To Their Babies (According To 'The Orange County Register,' Swedish Scientists Said On Wednesday That Woman Who Smoke During Pregnancy Can Increase Their Babies' Risk Of Developing Attention Deficit Disorder And Learning Difficulties)
Iran Has 1.2 Million Drug Addicts - Official ('Reuters' Says 'The Daily Iran Newspaper' Quoted Mohammad Fallah, The Country's Top Official In Charge Of Fighting 'Drugs,' Who Also Suggested Education Was Preferable To The Current Policy Of Sentencing People To The Death Penalty)
DrugSense Weekly, Number 62 (A Weekly Summary Of Drug Policy News From The Media Awareness Project)
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