> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:53:49 -0700
> From: owner-drugnews-digest@...
> (Drugnews-Digest)
> Subject: MAP: Drugnews-Digest V07 #457
>
> Drugnews-Digest Tuesday, April 10 2007
> Volume 07 : Number 457
>
> Read this digest online at:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n457/
>
> 001 CN ON: Column: Most Teenagers Don't Use Pot
> Source: Chronicle, The (West Lorne, CN ON)
> 002 Spain: Cannabis Users On The Rise
> Source: Costa Blanca and Costa Calida Leader,
> The (Spain)
> 003 US AL: Column: Getting Back To Juneau's School
> Boy
> Source: Times Daily (Florence, AL)
> 004 US WI: After 30 Years, Another Push To Relax Pot
> Laws
> Source: Wisconsin State Journal (WI)
> 005 US IL: Column: Getting Back To Juneau
> Source: Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, IL)
> 006 CN ON: Biker 'Rat' Opposed Giving Tour To Media
> Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)
> 007 CN ON: True Cost Of Crack
> Source: Toronto Sun (CN ON)
> 008 US: Column: Saving Free Speech And Jesus
> Source: Village Voice (NY)
>
>
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>
> Subj: 001 CN ON: Column: Most Teenagers Don't Use
> Pot
> From: Educators For Sensible Drug Policy:
> http://www.efsdp.org
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:37:40 -0700
> Size: 53 lines 2682 bytes
> File: v07.n457.a01
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n457.a01.html
>
> Pubdate: Thu, 05 Apr 2007
> Source: Chronicle, The (West Lorne, CN ON)
> Copyright: 2007 The Chronicle
> Contact:
>
http://cgi.bowesonline.com/pedro.php?id=241&x=contact
> Website: http://www.thechronicle-online.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4478
> Author: Taylor Cundy
>
> MOST TEENAGERS DON'T USE POT
>
> In health class every year we learn about drugs and
> their effects on
> the human body. We learn the drug groups and some of
> the effects. What
> we don't learn is what this does to the brain and
> the rest of our
> body. The thing that scares me about health class is
> that nobody
> listens and I know that over half my class is going
> to try drugs
> before they turn eighteen. I hope that this article
> will give them
> enough information to not try drugs.
>
> The most popular drug that we hear about in our area
> is marijuana. One
> in six high school students have tried marijuana.
> Marijuana has many
> different street names but in our area the most
> common names are weed
> and pot. What people that use marijuana don't know
> is that traces of
> this drug stay in your body for up to seven days
> after you actually
> use it. Some effects of marijuana are feeling very
> thirsty, hungry,
> paranoia and delirium. If I could tell all marijuana
> users one thing
> it would be that you don't have to use marijuana
> just because you
> think everybody else is doing it.
>
> [continues: 25 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 002 Spain: Cannabis Users On The Rise
> From: Educators For Sensible Drug Policy:
> http://www.efsdp.org
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:38:39 -0700
> Size: 44 lines 2140 bytes
> File: v07.n457.a02
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n457.a02.html
>
> Pubdate: Mon, 09 Apr 2007
> Source: Costa Blanca and Costa Calida Leader, The
> (Spain)
> Copyright: 2007 The Leader Media Group, S.L.
> Contact:
> http://www.costablancaleader.com/company/emailus.php
> Website: http://www.costablancaleader.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4477
>
> CANNABIS USERS ON THE RISE
>
> The number of teenagers in the province of Alicante
> who smoke cannabis
> is rising, as is the frequency with which they smoke
> the drug. More
> and more teenagers take the substance daily and,
> according to experts,
> that abuse will show in the next few years. The
> latest study showed
> that 40% of schoolchildren aged between 12 and 17
> smoke 'spliffs' and
> 2% smoke them every day.
>
> Bartolome Perez Galvez, the head of the Addictive
> Conduct Unit at
> Hospital San Juan, speaking at the III Infant and
> Juvenile Psychiatry
> Conference last Friday, revealed the new statistics,
> adding that "the
> cannabis problem is more serious than that of any
> other drug, such as
> cocaine or other designer drugs."
>
> At the same conference, the psychiatrist Lorena
> Garcia Fernandez
> warned that the increase in the use of this drug
> could cause many new
> cases of schizophrenia to appear in the next few
> years, saying that
> "between 40% and 60% of schizophrenics regularly
> smoke cannabis."
>
> She also warned that the way that young people are
> using cannabis is
> not only for leisure, rather it is becoming more and
> more continuous,
> more like an addiction. The use is not the same as
> it was two decades
> ago, as the motives for taking the drug have
> changed, and it is now a
> more aggressive drug than what it was. The average
> age for kids to
> start taking cannabis is lowering, according to
> Garcia Fernandez, and
> is currently at around 14 years of age.
>
> She reminded those present that levels for consuming
> cannabis are
> highest in Spain and in the UK and that the only
> reason that more
> cases of schizophrenia haven't appeared yet is
> because of greater
> control from birth, but that sooner of later the
> consequences are
> going to catch up, saying that in the next decade
> the number of cases
> of the mental illness are expected to rise
> considerably.
> - ---
> MAP posted-by: Steve Heath
>
> [end]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 003 US AL: Column: Getting Back To Juneau's
> School Boy
> From: Educators For Sensible Drug Policy:
> http://www.efsdp.org
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:39:30 -0700
> Size: 99 lines 4596 bytes
> File: v07.n457.a03
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n457.a03.html
>
> Pubdate: Sat, 07 Apr 2007
> Source: Times Daily (Florence, AL)
> Copyright: 2007 Times Daily
> Contact: vent@...
> Website: http://www.timesdaily.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1641
> Author: James Kilpatrick
>
> GETTING BACK TO JUNEAU'S SCHOOL BOY
>
> Bad cases, they say, make bad law. You will not find
> many cases at the
> Supreme Court as bad in every way as the pending
> case of Morse v.
> Frederick. It was argued two weeks ago and will be
> decided before the
> court's term ends in June. The omens are not
> auspicious.
>
> The Morse in this case is Deborah Morse, principal
> of the public high
> school in Juneau, Alaska. The Frederick is Joseph
> Frederick. At the
> time of this brouhaha he was an 18- year-old senior
> student.
>
> The case began on Jan. 24, 2002, when the famed
> Olympic torch was
> being relayed from Athens to Salt Lake City, there
> to ignite the
> Winter Olympic Games. The small parade would pass by
> the school in
> Juneau on its way.
>
> The facts are not greatly in dispute. As the
> torch-bearer neared,
> Frederick and his buddies suddenly unfurled a
> 14-foot banner that
> read, "Bong Hits 4-Jesus.'' Principal Morse rushed
> from the sidelines,
> confiscated the banner, and summarily suspended the
> youth for five
> days.
>
> [continues: 69 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 004 US WI: After 30 Years, Another Push To
> Relax Pot Laws
> From: Madison NORML http://madisonnorml.org/
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:45:24 -0700
> Size: 171 lines 7488 bytes
> File: v07.n457.a04
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n457.a04.html
>
> Pubdate: Tue, 10 Apr 2007
> Source: Wisconsin State Journal (WI)
> Copyright: 2007 Madison Newspapers, Inc.
> Contact: wsjopine@...
> Website: http://www.madison.com/wsj/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/506
> Author: Sandy Cullen
>
> AFTER 30 YEARS, ANOTHER PUSH TO RELAX POT LAWS
>
> Thirty years ago, Madison was at the forefront of
> the effort to bring
> the nation's marijuana laws in line with growing
> public opinion that,
> among adults, smoking a joint is akin to drinking a
> beer.
>
> But after three decades, Madison's historic
> ordinance permitting
> possession of small amounts of marijuana remains at
> odds with state
> and federal laws, putting city police in a difficult
> position.
>
> And Madison advocates are still pushing for
> Wisconsin to join other
> states that have relaxed their laws against pot.
>
> "Once again, from the bottom up, we're seeing an
> upswing in activism,"
> said Gary Storck, co-founder of the Madison chapter
> of the National
> Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and a
> medical marijuana
> activist and patient.
>
> [continues: 144 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 005 US IL: Column: Getting Back To Juneau
> From: Educators For Sensible Drug Policy:
> http://www.efsdp.org
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:48:19 -0700
> Size: 92 lines 4594 bytes
> File: v07.n457.a05
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n457.a05.html
>
> Pubdate: Sat, 07 Apr 2007
> Source: Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, IL)
> Copyright: 2007 Southern Illinoisan
> Contact: letters@...
> Website: http://www.TheSouthern.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1430
> Author: James Kilpatrick
>
> GETTING BACK TO JUNEAU
>
> Bad cases, they say, make bad law. You will not find
> many cases at the
> Supreme Court as bad in every way as the pending
> case of Morse v.
> Frederick. It was argued two weeks ago and will be
> decided before the
> court's term ends in June. The omens are not
> auspicious.
>
> The Morse in this case is Deborah Morse, principal
> of the public high
> school in Juneau, Alaska. The Frederick is Joseph
> Frederick. At the
> time of this brouhaha he was an 18-year-old senior
> student. The case
> began on Jan. 24, 2002, when the famed Olympic torch
> was being relayed
> from Athens to Salt Lake City, there to ignite the
> Winter Olympic
> Games. The small parade would pass by the school in
> Juneau on its way.
>
> The facts are not greatly in dispute. As the
> torch-bearer neared,
> Frederick and his buddies suddenly unfurled a
> 14-foot banner that
> read, "Bong Hits 4-Jesus." Principal Morse rushed
> from the sidelines,
> confiscated the banner, and summarily suspended the
> youth for five
> days.
>
> [continues: 64 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 006 CN ON: Biker 'Rat' Opposed Giving Tour To
> Media
> From: Educators For Sensible Drug Policy:
> http://www.efsdp.org
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:49:49 -0700
> Size: 106 lines 4398 bytes
> File: v07.n457.a06
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n457.a06.html
>
> Pubdate: Mon, 09 Apr 2007
> Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)
> Copyright: 2007 The Toronto Star
> Contact: lettertoed@...
> Website: http://www.thestar.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/456
> Author: Peter Edwards and Betsy Powell, Staff
> Reporters
>
> BIKER 'RAT' OPPOSED GIVING TOUR TO MEDIA
>
> Website Letter Says Turncoat Made 'Articulate,
> Passionate' Argument
> Against Hells Angels Open House
>
> The Hells Angel-turned police informant voted down a
> plan to invite
> members of the media for a tour of the Eastern Ave.
> clubhouse, now the
> property of the federal government after last week's
> massive police
> sweep, the downtown chapter's website claims.
>
> "In February, the downtown Angels were entertaining
> a motion to invite
> the media into our clubhouse, show what it
> contained, lay our books
> bare and compare security with adjacent commercial
> buildings that made
> our low-tech measure laughable," reads the posting.
>
> "The motion was defeated when one member made an
> impassioned plea to
> keep the sanctity of the club private," it
> continues. "He was
> articulate, he was passionate, he was working for
> the police."
>
> [continues: 78 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 007 CN ON: True Cost Of Crack
> From: Educators For Sensible Drug Policy:
> http://www.efsdp.org
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:50:49 -0700
> Size: 136 lines 5071 bytes
> File: v07.n457.a07
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n457.a07.html
>
> Pubdate: Mon, 09 Apr 2007
> Source: Toronto Sun (CN ON)
> Copyright: 2007, Canoe Limited Partnership.
> Contact: editor@...
> Website: http://torontosun.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/457
> Author: Rob Lamberti
>
> TRUE COST OF CRACK
>
> Arrested Hooker Claims She Needs Half A Million A
> Year To Support
> Habit
>
> HAMILTON -- Kelly Lynn Moore's eyes light up as she
> gives her first
> smile since the drug cops burst through her door.
>
> A cop mentions her meagre menagerie of toys perched
> on a tiny shelf of
> her room in a Lottridge St. roominghouse.
>
> Mickey, Minnie and Buzz are the only splashes of
> colour in the drab
> 8-by-10, main-floor room the 36-year-old alleged
> small-time dealer
> moved into about a month ago.
>
> "I collect toys, eh?" she says.
>
> And then discussions return to the matter at hand.
>
> [continues: 108 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 008 US: Column: Saving Free Speech And Jesus
> From: Educators For Sensible Drug Policy:
> http://www.efsdp.org
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:52:59 -0700
> Size: 147 lines 7394 bytes
> File: v07.n457.a08
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n457.a08.html
>
> Pubdate: Mon, 09 Apr 2007
> Source: Village Voice (NY)
> Copyright: 2007 Village Voice Media, Inc
> Contact:
>
http://www.villagevoice.com/aboutus/index.php?page=contact
> Website: http://www.villagevoice.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/482
> Column: Give Me Liberty
> Author: Nat Hentoff
>
> SAVING FREE SPEECH AND JESUS
>
> Religious And Conservative Groups Support The 'Bong
> Hits 4 Jesus'
> Banner Under Fire At The Supreme Court
>
> "Virtually any student speech that school officials
> find controversial
> or offensive hangs in the balance on how the Supreme
> Court decides
> 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus.' " David Hudson, First Amendment
> Center,
> Vanderbilt University, American Bar Association's
> "March Preview" of
> Supreme Court cases
>
> -
>
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>
> In the long, embattled history of student
> free-speech cases, what
> makes the Deborah Morse, Juneau School Board v.
> Joseph Frederick case
> startlingly unique is the number of conservative and
> religious
> organizations supporting Joe Frederick's First
> Amendment right to
> unfurl his banner "Bong Hits 4 Jesus."
>
> [continues: 118 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
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