> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:22:11 -0700
> From: owner-drugnews-digest@...
> (Drugnews-Digest)
> Subject: MAP: Drugnews-Digest V07 #473
>
> Drugnews-Digest Saturday, April 14 2007
> Volume 07 : Number 473
>
> Read this digest online at:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n473/
>
> 001 US MI: Column: Lights Out on Common Sense
> Source: Detroit Free Press (MI)
> 002 CN YK: Editorial: If You Don't Like It, Quit
> Source: Yukon News (CN YK)
> 003 CN SN: Crime In P.A.
> Source: Prince Albert Daily Herald (CN SN)
> 004 US MT: PUB LTE: Second Motion on Drug War
> Source: Billings Outpost, The ( MT )
> 005 CN BC: PUB LTE: Prescription Drugs Partly to
> Blame
> Source: Victoria News (CN BC)
> 006 Australia: Editorial: A Risky Mission, but One
> Australia Is
> Source: Age, The (Australia)
> 007 US CA: LTE: Drug Users, Offenders Are Not The
> Same
> Source: Modesto Bee, The (CA)
> 008 CN ON: Canada's Cracked-out Capital
> Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)
>
>
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>
> Subj: 001 US MI: Column: Lights Out on Common Sense
> From: Kirk
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:35:33 -0700
> Size: 105 lines 5202 bytes
> File: v07.n473.a01
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n473.a01.html
>
> Pubdate: Fri, 06 Apr 2007
> Source: Detroit Free Press (MI)
> Copyright: 2007 Detroit Free Press
> Contact: letters@...
> Website: http://www.freep.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/125
> Author: Jeff Gerritt
> Note: Jeff Gerritt is a Free Press editorial writer.
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/prison.htm
> (Incarceration)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?199 (Mandatory
> Minimum Sentencing)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?159 (Drug
> Courts)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?247 (Crime
> Policy - United States)
>
> LIGHTS OUT ON COMMON SENSE
>
> Facing a budget crisis, politicians want to cut the
> state prison
> budget. But how they want to do it is like cutting
> calories by washing
> down a dozen chocolate donuts with a diet Vernors.
> Michigan's bloated
> prison system is bankrupting the state. To fix it,
> the state must come
> up with better ideas than unplugging water coolers
> to save
> electricity.
>
> Locking up a record 51,500 inmates costs nearly $2
> billion a year.
> That's about $5 million a day -- more than taxpayers
> spend on higher
> education. Michigan imprisons 40% more people than
> other Great Lakes
> states that have less crime, taking an extra $500
> million a year out
> of the state's general fund.
>
> [continues: 76 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 002 CN YK: Editorial: If You Don't Like It,
> Quit
> From: Educators For Sensible Drug Policy:
> http://www.efsdp.org
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:06:13 -0700
> Size: 222 lines 6853 bytes
> File: v07.n473.a02
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n473.a02.html
>
> Pubdate: Fri, 13 Apr 2007
> Source: Yukon News (CN YK)
> Contact: rmostyn@...
> Copyright: 2007 Yukon News
> Website: http://www.yukon-news.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1125
> Bookmark:
> http://www.mapinc.org/topics/Charter+of+Rights
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Marijuana
> - Canada)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?188 (Outlaw
> Bikers)
>
> IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, QUIT
>
> The fight against Whitehorse grow ops suffered a
> setback this
> week.
>
> Cops, Crown prosecutors and others are going to be
> cursing territorial
> court Judge Karen Ruddy as some sort of liberal
> wank.
>
> This week, Ruddy issued an 83-page judgment on the
> admissibility of
> evidence collected by police investigating the
> high-profile Copper
> Ridge grow-op case.
>
> She turfed out a lot of the evidence.
>
> So much evidence, in fact, that it's difficult to
> imagine how the
> Crown can continue prosecuting its case, in which
> 4,500 marijuana
> plants were seized.
>
> [continues: 193 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 003 CN SN: Crime In P.A.
> From: SKMP
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:12:47 -0700
> Size: 117 lines 3929 bytes
> File: v07.n473.a03
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n473.a03.html
>
> Pubdate: Thu, 12 Apr 2007
> Source: Prince Albert Daily Herald (CN SN)
> Copyright: 2007 Prince Albert Daily Herald
> Contact: editorial@...
> Website: http://www.paherald.sk.ca/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1918
> Author: Brigette Jobin
>
> CRIME IN P.A
>
> Key Issues In Prince Albert Make For One Of Busiest
> Police Forces In The Province
>
> Crime in P.A. is too high says the police chief, but
> the force is
> making gains. Herald illustration by Brigette Jobin
>
> Prince Albert's police chief has said it over and
> over -- crime is too
> high in the city.
>
> Even though the local force has one of the highest
> rates of solving
> crimes in Canada, chief Dale McFee says there is
> never a shortage of
> new crimes to fight.
>
> "I think (crime) is too high in our city and the
> province which means
> we have to be that much more diligent," said McFee.
>
> [continues: 90 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 004 US MT: PUB LTE: Second Motion on Drug War
> From: Increase Your Media
> http://www.mapinc.org/resource
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:25:51 -0700
> Size: 57 lines 2119 bytes
> File: v07.n473.a04
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n473.a04.html
>
> Pubdate: Thu, 12 Apr 2007
> Source: Billings Outpost, The ( MT )
> Copyright: 2007 The Billings Outpost
> Contact: editor@...
> Website: http:www.billingsnews.com
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2933
> Referenced:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n436/a05.html
> Author: Kirk Muse
>
> SECOND MOTION ON DRUG WAR
>
> I'm writing about the outstanding letter from Edwin
> L. Stickney, MD:
> "Keep Clawson, stop the drug war" ( April 5 ).
>
> The so-called war on drugs was lost before it began.
> No matter how
> much money we throw down the drug war rat hole, we
> will never be able
> to nullify the immutable law of supply and demand.
> As long as people
> want recreational drugs and they are willing to pay
> a substantial
> price for the drugs, somebody will produce them and
> somebody else
> will get the drugs to the willing buyers.
>
> This much we can guarantee.
>
> Almost 100 percent of our so-called "drug-related
> crime" is caused by
> our drug prohibition policies -- not the drugs
> themselves.
>
> [continues: 30 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 005 CN BC: PUB LTE: Prescription Drugs Partly
> to Blame
> From: The GCW
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:02:23 -0700
> Size: 91 lines 4426 bytes
> File: v07.n473.a05
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n473.a05.html
>
> Pubdate: Wed, 11 Apr 2007
> Source: Victoria News (CN BC)
> Copyright: 2007 Victoria News
> Contact: editor@...
> Website: http://www.vicnews.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1267
> Author: Dan Reist
>
> PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PARTLY TO BLAME
>
> It's easy to see why drugs like heroin, crystal meth
> and crack cocaine
> garner more fear and attention from parents than
> other substances.
> After all, they come with easy-to-vilify
> accessories. Needles.
> Makeshift pipes. Rolled-up dollar bills and razor
> blades. That's the
> stuff of gripping, sometimes gory movies.
>
> But several recent reports remind us that it's the
> drugs that sit
> benignly in the average Canadian's kitchen cupboard
> or bathroom
> cabinet that lead to the most grief-alcohol and
> prescription drugs.
>
> Many parents are aware that alcohol is the leading
> cause of harm among
> Canadian teens. Binge drinking, in particular, has
> been a factor in
> everything from alcohol poisoning to violence and
> sexual assault to
> vehicle-related accidents and deaths. But what about
> opioids (also
> known as prescription painkillers), such as codeine
> and oxycodone? And
> what about other "helpful" medicines, such as
> anti-depressants and
> even Ritalin, the stimulant drug most often
> prescribed to elementary
> school kids with attention deficit hyperactivity
> disorder (ADHD)? Are
> the contents of the family medicine cabinet being
> misused too?
>
> [continues: 60 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 006 Australia: Editorial: A Risky Mission, but
> One Australia Is
> From: allan
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:14:45 -0700
> Size: 100 lines 4772 bytes
> File: v07.n473.a06
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n473.a06.html
>
> Pubdate: Thu, 12 Apr 2007
> Source: Age, The (Australia)
> Copyright: 2007 The Age Company Ltd
> Contact: letters@...
> Website: http://www.theage.com.au/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/5
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Afghanistan
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Taliban
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/poppy+farming
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/heroin.htm (Heroin)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/opinion.htm
> (Opinion)
>
> A RISKY MISSION, BUT ONE AUSTRALIA IS OBLIGED TO
> FULFIL
>
> The Government is right to send extra troops to
> Afghanistan, which
> needs all the help it can get.
>
> WITHIN days, 300 elite Special Forces troops will go
> to Oruzgan
> Province in southern Afghanistan. Later this year,
> 75 RAAF personnel
> will be sent to Kandahar to help with air-traffic
> control, followed by
> a helicopter contingent next year. The dispatch of
> extra troops to
> this long-troubled country, announced on Tuesday by
> Prime Minister
> John Howard, will double Australia's deployment to
> about 1000.
> Presciently but wisely, Mr Howard has warned of the
> dangers faced by
> the troops, who will be under Australian command as
> part of the
> International Security Assistance Force.
>
> [continues: 73 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 007 US CA: LTE: Drug Users, Offenders Are Not
> The Same
> From: allan
> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 06:10:30 -0700
> Size: 39 lines 1481 bytes
> File: v07.n473.a07
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n473.a07.html
> Webpage:
>
http://www.modbee.com/opinion/letters/story/13483508p-14092751c.htmlPubdate:
>
>
> Pubdate: Fri, 13 Apr 2007
> Source: Modesto Bee, The (CA)
> Webpage:
>
http://www.modbee.com/opinion/letters/story/13483508p-14092751c.htmlPubdate:
>
> Fri, 13 Apr 2007Source: Modesto Bee, The (CA)
> Copyright: 2007 The Modesto Bee
> Contact: letters@...
> Website: http://www.modbee.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/271
> Author: Bertha Leandro
>
> DRUG USERS, OFFENDERS ARE NOT THE SAME
>
> After reading "War on drugs the modern-day Jim Crow"
> (April 2, Page
> B-5), I was compelled to write. Arianna Huffington
> wrote from a report
> by the American Civil Liberties Union that blacks
> make up 15 percent
> of drug users, but account for 37 percent of those
> arrested on drug
> charges and 74 percent of drug offenders sent to
> prison.
>
> She should know there is a difference between a
> "drug user" and a
> "drug offender." A drug user is normally a drug
> addict. A drug
> offender could instead be in possession of a
> controlled substance,
> selling illegal drugs or manufacturing drugs. Drug
> offenders usually
> supply users their drug of choice. If Huffington was
> to research the
> geographical areas that heroin, cocaine and meth
> arrive from, she
> would see that a lot comes from Mexico (which would
> account for more
> Latinos being incarcerated as drug offenders).
>
> Until Huffington admits that there is only one race
> -- the human race
> - -- she will never make progress finding a solution
> for the war on
> drugs. I agree a lot of changes need to be made in
> this terrible war,
> but creating distinctions between races only divides
> the real purpose.
>
> Bertha Leandro,
>
> Modesto
> - ---
> MAP posted-by: Derek
>
> [end]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 008 CN ON: Canada's Cracked-out Capital
> From: CMAP http://www.mapinc.org/cmap
> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:21:18 -0700
> Size: 421 lines 21020 bytes
> File: v07.n473.a08
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n473.a08.html
>
> Pubdate: Sat, 14 Apr 2007
> Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)
> Copyright: 2007, The Globe and Mail Company
> Contact: letters@...
> Website: http://www.globeandmail.ca/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/168
> Author: Erin Anderssen
> Note: Erin Anderssen is a senior feature writer for
> The Globe and Mail.
>
> CANADA'S CRACKED-OUT CAPITAL
>
> 'Just Suddenly Overnight It Seemed Like A Ghetto'
>
> OTTAWA - You know you're in Ottawa when the first
> drug dealer you meet
> once worked on Parliament Hill. On a cold Friday
> afternoon, Raymond
> Lambert leans in his black leather jacket against
> the wrought-iron
> gate outside the Shepherds of Good Hope, a homeless
> shelter on the
> edge of the Byward Market, a short walk east of the
> Peace Tower.
>
> It's cheque day, so the crack business will be
> brisk: His regulars
> will have their personal-needs allowances, $4 for
> each night spent at
> a city shelter. Police and shelter staff call it the
> Personal
> Narcotics Allowance. On such days, Frenchy - as he
> is known to
> everyone, even police - can make $150 a half-hour.
>
> In his 20s, he made a living delivering documents
> for MPs and in his
> free time played pool on the top floor of the
> Confederation building.
> Then he started snorting coke.
>
> [continues: 392 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
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