> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:01:01 -0700
> From: owner-drugnews-digest@...
> (Drugnews-Digest)
> Subject: MAP: Drugnews-Digest V07 #479
>
> Drugnews-Digest Sunday, April 15 2007
> Volume 07 : Number 479
>
> Read this digest online at:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n479/
>
> 001 US CA: Official Backs Marijuana Outlet
> Source: Contra Costa Times (CA)
> 002 CN BC: PUB LTE: Get Off The Drug War Gravy Train
> Source: Campbell River Mirror (CN BC)
> 003 US GA: Column: Bong Hits Made Mommy Boring
> Source: Savannah Morning News (GA)
> 004 CN BC: High Time For Change?
> Source: Metro (CN BC)
> 005 CN BC: Firefighter Arrested After Police Raid
> Grow-Op
> Source: Delta Optimist (CN BC)
> 006 CN BC: Core Monitors
> Source: Daily Courier, The (Vernon, CN BC)
> 007 CN BC: OPED: Community Court Offers Beacon Of
> Hope In Battle
> Source: Province, The (CN BC)
> 008 CN BC: Weapons, Drugs, Debt Sheets Found
> Source: Abbotsford News (CN BC)
> 009 CN BC: Battling Crystal Meth Addiction
> Source: Xtra West (CN BC)
>
>
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>
> Subj: 001 US CA: Official Backs Marijuana Outlet
> From: Activists Check This Out
> www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n472/a04.html
> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:45:30 -0700
> Size: 101 lines 4245 bytes
> File: v07.n479.a01
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n479.a01.html
>
> Pubdate: Sun, 15 Apr 2007
> Source: Contra Costa Times (CA)
> Copyright: 2007 Knight Ridder
> Contact: letters@...
> Website: http://www.contracostatimes.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/96
> Author: Meera Pal, Contra Costa Times
> Cited: Americans for Safe Access
> http://www.americansforsafeaccess.org
> Bookmark:
> http://www.mapinc.org/topics/Compassionate+Use+Act
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Marijuana -
> Medicinal)
> Bookmark:
>
http://www.mapinc.org/topics/Americans+for+Safe+Access
>
> OFFICIAL BACKS MARIJUANA OUTLET
>
> Pleasanton: Councilman Studies Issue As Others Seek
> Ban on Medical Dispensaries
>
> Pleasanton Councilman Matt Sullivan would like to
> make a medical
> marijuana dispensary work in the Tri-Valley.
>
> Sullivan convinced the City Council at its April 3
> meeting to
> postpone a decision on whether to enact a ban on
> dispensaries. Since
> then, he has been doing research into how they
> affect the communities
> that have them.
>
> "The last time we looked at this, the staff
> presented all the horror
> stories and the bad experiences," he said.
>
> [continues: 74 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 002 CN BC: PUB LTE: Get Off The Drug War Gravy
> Train
> From: SKMP
> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:19:29 -0700
> Size: 43 lines 1695 bytes
> File: v07.n479.a02
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n479.a02.html
>
> Pubdate: Wed, 11 Apr 2007
> Source: Campbell River Mirror (CN BC)
> Copyright: 2007 Campbell River Mirror
> Contact: editor@...
> Website: http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1380
> Referenced:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n446/a09.html
> Author: Moe Brondum
>
> GET OFF THE DRUG WAR GRAVY TRAIN
>
> Russell Barth, in a recent letter to the Campbell
> River Mirror
> (Ignorance, not bliss) makes an astute observation
> about our country's
> approach to certain drugs. We will not have the
> safety for our
> children and communities that we desire until we get
> our politicians
> and police off of the drug war gravy train.
>
> We spend in excess of several billion dollars
> annually in an
> unaccountable and unachievable exercise to rid the
> country of the
> cannabis plant. We jail people, take their children,
> cease their
> homes, threaten to extradite them to foreign
> countries. We make the
> sick and dying suffer a bit more because we feel it
> is our right to
> control what goes into a person's mouth or body. We
> act like bullies
> and thugs to enforce a moral position that it is
> clear most Canadians
> don't hold.
>
> We need to end prohibition and develop new ways of
> dealing with this
> problem. A better way that recognizes the facts and
> realities. This
> would go a long way to reducing the prevalence of
> drugs in our
> communities and make it less likely that my
> children, and your
> reader's children, will encounter the dangers
> created by
> prohibition.
>
> If we don't want our children to use drugs, we need
> to get control. If
> we want control, we need to do something different
> than we are right
> now.
>
> Moe Brondum
>
> VP, Saskatchewan Marijuana Party
> - ---
> MAP posted-by: Richard Lake
>
> [end]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 003 US GA: Column: Bong Hits Made Mommy Boring
> From: JimmyG
> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:19:32 -0700
> Size: 110 lines 4459 bytes
> File: v07.n479.a03
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n479.a03.html
>
> Pubdate: Sun, 15 Apr 2007
> Source: Savannah Morning News (GA)
> Copyright: 2007 Savannah Morning News
> Contact: letted@...
> Website: http://www.savannahnow.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/401
> Author: Anne Hart
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Marijuana)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/dare.htm (D.A.R.E.)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm
> (Decrim/Legalization)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?199 (Mandatory
> Minimum Sentencing)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/opinion.htm
> (Opinion)
>
> BONG HITS MADE MOMMY BORING
>
> Columnist Anne Hart writes April 20, the unofficial
> holiday among pot
> smokers, is a time to talk to your kids about drugs.
> But how do you
> answer the question, "Mommy, did you ever smoke
> grass?"
>
> Friday is a big day for bong hits.
>
> April 20 - "4/20" in stoner code - has long been
> considered an
> unofficial holiday among marijuana users. It's a day
> to gather and
> chant "Free the weed" and write representatives
> calling for the
> decriminalization of pot.
>
> [continues: 83 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 004 CN BC: High Time For Change?
> From: Educators For Sensible Drug Policy:
> http://www.efsdp.org
> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:45:09 -0700
> Size: 64 lines 2615 bytes
> File: v07.n479.a04
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n479.a04.html
>
> Pubdate: Fri, 13 Apr 2007
> Source: Metro (CN BC)
> Copyright: Metro 2007
> Contact: vancouverletters@...
> Website:
> http://www.metronews.ca/home.aspx?city=vancouver
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3775
> Cited: http://www.leap.cc/ (Law Enforcement Against
> Prohibition)
>
> HIGH TIME FOR CHANGE?
>
> Prohibition Has Failed,Veterans Of Ongoing War
> Against Dope Use Claim
>
> Some former law enforcement officials in Canada and
> the United States
> who have spent years fighting the ongoing war on
> drugs say it's a
> losing battle.
>
> Their views about how prohibition has failed to
> make a dent in the drug supply while millions of
> dollars continue to be wasted on criminalizing
> recreational drug users are told in the National
> Film Board documentary, Damage Done: The Drug War
> Odyssey.
>
> It premiers in Victoria tomorrow, followed by a
> showing in Vancouver
> on Sunday, before airing on Global TV on April 28.
>
> Most of the police officers featured in the film are
> part of a growing
> U.S.-based organization called LEAP -- Law
> Enforcement Against
> Prohibition -- which also includes corrections
> officers, retired and
> sitting judges and prosecutors.
>
> [continues: 33 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 005 CN BC: Firefighter Arrested After Police
> Raid Grow-Op
> From: Educators For Sensible Drug Policy:
> http://www.efsdp.org
> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:47:21 -0700
> Size: 115 lines 4630 bytes
> File: v07.n479.a05
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n479.a05.html
>
> Pubdate: Sat, 14 Apr 2007
> Source: Delta Optimist (CN BC)
> Copyright: 2007 Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc
> Contact: editor@...
> Website: http://www.delta-optimist.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1265
> Author: Maureen Gulyas
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis -
> Canada)
>
> FIREFIGHTER ARRESTED AFTER POLICE RAID GROW-OP
>
> A Vancouver firefighter was arrested Thursday for
> operating a
> marijuana grow-op at his North Delta home, the
> Optimist has learned.
>
> Considered a mid-sized operation, Delta police
> seized 380 plants with
> a street value of $140,000.
>
> Const. Sharlene Brooks neither confirmed nor denied
> what the
> 44-year-old man did for a living, but the Optimist
> was able to confirm
> through reliable sources and nearby residents that
> the man arrested
> Thursday morning is a Vancouver firefighter.
>
> Brooks said police are unable to identify the
> individual because
> charges have not yet been laid. That is expected to
> happen sometime
> next week, at which time police will be able to
> release the suspect's
> name.
>
> [continues: 87 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 006 CN BC: Core Monitors
> From: Educators For Sensible Drug Policy:
> http://www.efsdp.org
> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:50:57 -0700
> Size: 192 lines 7410 bytes
> File: v07.n479.a06
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n479.a06.html
>
> Pubdate: Fri, 13 Apr 2007
> Source: Daily Courier, The (Vernon, CN BC)
> Copyright: 2007 Okanagan Valley Group of Newspapers
> Contact: david.wylie@...
> Website: http://www.dailycourier.ca/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4460
> Author: Darren Handschuh
>
> CORE MONITORS
>
> A decade ago, downtown security patrols were unheard
> of in the
> Okanagan.
>
> Police provided enough of a presence to give people
> a sense of safety
> and security, but times have changed.
>
> Okanagan communities were smaller then, but today,
> private security is
> a fact of life in a growing city. That growth
> incubates crime and a
> perception that the streets are not as safe as they
> once were.
>
> To deter crime and give people a greater sense of
> security, two
> Okanagan cities have turned to safety patrols that
> roam the streets,
> helping when needed and keeping an eye on known hot
> spots.
>
> They are not police, but provide a sense of security
> for visitors or
> workers in the downtown cores.
>
> [continues: 164 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 007 CN BC: OPED: Community Court Offers Beacon
> Of Hope In Battle
> From: CMAP http://www.mapinc.org/cmap
> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:55:46 -0700
> Size: 91 lines 3135 bytes
> File: v07.n479.a07
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n479.a07.html
> Webpage:
>
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/editorial/story.html?id=ed951d8d-65a2-4bd\
c-9387-4fae83f93b61
>
> Pubdate: Sun, 15 Apr 2007
> Source: Province, The (CN BC)
> Webpage:
>
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/editorial/story.html?id=ed951d8d-65a2-4bd\
c-9387-4fae83f93b61
> Copyright: 2007 The Province
> Contact: provletters@...
> Website: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476
> Author: Christy Clark, The Province
>
> COMMUNITY COURT OFFERS BEACON OF HOPE IN BATTLE
> AGAINST PETTY
> CRIME
>
> If your car gets broken into, chances are the person
> who smashed your
> window and ripped you off has done it before.
> Chances are they've done
> it many, many times before.
>
> According to the provincial government's working
> group on street
> crime, the addict who smashed up your car could
> easily have done the
> same to 19 other cars that same day.
>
> And your thief will keep on breaking into cars every
> single day until
> he gets caught.
>
> When he's caught, he'll get hauled into court. He'll
> probably be
> released with a promise to appear another day.
>
> [continues: 64 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 008 CN BC: Weapons, Drugs, Debt Sheets Found
> From: Educators For Sensible Drug Policy:
> http://www.efsdp.org
> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:57:11 -0700
> Size: 46 lines 1445 bytes
> File: v07.n479.a08
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n479.a08.html
>
> Pubdate: Sat, 14 Apr 2007
> Source: Abbotsford News (CN BC)
> Copyright: 2007 Abbotsford News
> Contact: editor@...
> Website: http://www.abbynews.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1155
> Author: Rochelle Baker
>
> WEAPONS, DRUGS, DEBT SHEETS FOUND
>
> Matsqui Institution, a medium security jail for men
> in Abbotsford, has
> been locked down since Monday.
>
> "We are anticipating a return to routine operations
> [today]," said
> assistant warden Randie Scott.
>
> Scott said the lock down at Matsqui was initiated to
> allow a
> wide-scale of the premises after staff uncovered
> stashes of home-made
> weapons, drugs and debt sheets.
>
> We also came across inmates displaying intimidating
> behaviour to other
> inmates, Scott said.
>
> He said the search and lock down were not measures
> the institution
> undertook lightly, and were only instigated if
> circumstances merit
> it.
>
> [continues: 18 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 009 CN BC: Battling Crystal Meth Addiction
> From: Educators For Sensible Drug Policy:
> http://www.efsdp.org
> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:59:23 -0700
> Size: 106 lines 5161 bytes
> File: v07.n479.a09
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n479.a09.html
>
> Pubdate: Wed, 11 Apr 2007
> Source: Xtra West (CN BC)
> Copyright: 2007 Pink Triangle Press
> Contact: Xtrawest@...
> Website:
> http://www.xtra.ca/site/toronto2/html/city.shtm
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2648
> Author: John Michael, Xtra West
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm
> (Methamphetamine)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/rehab.htm
> (Treatment)
>
> BATTLING CRYSTAL METH ADDICTION
>
> HEALTH / GaMMa Partners Launch New Programs
>
> Tackling the problem of crystal methamphetamine use
> among gay men in
> Vancouver has taken a step forward with the recent
> introduction of
> several programs to help users, ex-users and those
> close to them cope
> with the effects of the drug on their lives.
>
> The programs, including peer discussion groups, an
> intensive treatment
> program and a support group for Aboriginal
> two-spirit people, were
> among the topics of discussion at a Mar 30 community
> forum for the Gay
> Men's Methamphetamine (GaMMa) working group held at
> the False Creek
> Community Centre.
>
> The forum was an opportunity for those involved in
> GaMMa's outreach
> project to report back to the community on their
> accomplishments.
>
> [continues: 78 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
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