> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:35:38 -0700
> From: owner-drugnews-digest@...
> (Drugnews-Digest)
> Subject: MAP: Drugnews-Digest V07 #491
>
> Drugnews-Digest Wednesday, April 18 2007
> Volume 07 : Number 491
>
> Read this digest online at:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n491/
>
> 001 UK: A Heroin Overdraft
> Source: Times, The (UK)
> 002 US TX: Lethal Heroin Drug Mix Plagues Dallas
> Schools
> Source: Seattle Times (WA)
> 003 US CT: Overdose Deaths Spark Concern
> Source: Stamford Advocate, The (CT)
> 004 US NE: Methamphetamine Has Immediate And
> Long-Term Effects On
> Source: Grand Island Independent (NE)
> 005 US FL: Edu: OPED: Ecstasy Article Makes Big Deal
> Out Of
> Source: Independent Florida Alligator, The (FL
> Edu)
> 006 CN BC: Ex-Mayor Addresses Film Crowd
> Source: Metro (CN BC)
> 007 Australia: Family First Slams Greens Deals
> Source: Australian, The (Australia)
>
>
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>
> Subj: 001 UK: A Heroin Overdraft
> From: Beth
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:07:35 -0700
> Size: 380 lines 21534 bytes
> File: v07.n491.a01
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n491.a01.html
>
> Pubdate: Tue, 17 Apr 2007
> Source: Times, The (UK)
> Copyright: 2007 Times Newspapers Ltd
> Contact: letters@...
> Website: http://www.the-times.co.uk/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/454
> Author: Carol Midgley and James Charles
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/heroin.htm (Heroin)
>
> A HEROIN OVERDRAFT
>
> NatWest had been told that Hannah Mayne was a drug
> addict on
> benefits. So why did it give her UKP850, which she
> blew on drugs?
>
> In October last year Hannah Mayne walked into the
> local branch of
> NatWest Bank and asked for an overdraft of UKP50.
> Although she was an
> unemployed teenager whose only income was from
> benefits, the man
> behind the counter said that would be no problem. In
> fact, she could
> have UKP1,200 if she wanted. Ten minutes later
> Hannah walked out with
> UKP850 in cash in her pocket and the facility to
> access UKP350 more.
> Three weeks after that she took a heroin overdose.
> She had spent
> every penny of NatWest's money on drugs.
>
> Taken on its own, the irresponsible way in which a
> bank will lend to
> a young person with no discernible way of paying it
> back these days
> is a worrying enough story.
>
> [continues: 353 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 002 US TX: Lethal Heroin Drug Mix Plagues
> Dallas Schools
> From: Beth
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:08:07 -0700
> Size: 121 lines 4703 bytes
> File: v07.n491.a02
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n491.a02.html
>
> Pubdate: Sun, 15 Apr 2007
> Source: Seattle Times (WA)
> Copyright: 2007 The Seattle Times Company
> Contact: opinion@...
> Website: http://www.seattletimes.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/409
> Author: Tawnell D. Hobbs and Jason Trahan, The
> Dallas Morning News
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/heroin.htm (Heroin)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/youth.htm (Youth)
>
> LETHAL HEROIN DRUG MIX PLAGUES DALLAS SCHOOLS
>
> DALLAS -- The number of Dallas students getting
> hooked on a new drug
> called "cheese" is skyrocketing, with arrests for
> the heroin mix up
> 82 percent this school year.
>
> Dallas Independent School District police made 122
> arrests through
> February for students either possessing or dealing
> the drug. At that
> time last school year, 67 cheese-related arrests had
> been made. The
> total reached 90 by summer.
>
> School district officials have said they were slow
> to see cheese as a
> threat when it was detected in fall 2005 because
> they didn't know
> what it was. They say arrests increased because they
> now know what
> they're looking for.
>
> [continues: 94 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 003 US CT: Overdose Deaths Spark Concern
> From: Beth
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:08:13 -0700
> Size: 89 lines 3538 bytes
> File: v07.n491.a03
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n491.a03.html
>
> Pubdate: Sun, 15 Apr 2007
> Source: Stamford Advocate, The (CT)
> Copyright: 2007 Southern Connecticut Newspaper, Inc.
> Contact: letters.advocate@...
> Website: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1522
> Author: Zach Lowe
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/heroin.htm (Heroin)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?132 (Heroin
> Overdose)
>
> OVERDOSE DEATHS SPARK CONCERN
>
> STAMFORD - City police are investigating two
> suspicious drug overdose
> deaths in the last 10 days, and New York City police
> have arrested a
> man who was with a Stamford teen when she fatally
> overdosed in
> Manhattan last month, authorities said.
>
> Stamford police are awaiting toxicology reports to
> determine what
> killed two city men in their 30s, one on April 7 and
> the other on
> Thursday, said Capt. Richard Conklin, head of the
> detective bureau.
>
> New York City-area police are investigating the
> possibility that a
> batch of heroin laced with a potent painkiller
> entered the local
> market in the last month, he said.
>
> But Conklin said it is too early to say that dirty
> heroin killed the
> two city men in the past week.
>
> [continues: 60 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 004 US NE: Methamphetamine Has Immediate And
> Long-Term Effects On
> From: Beth
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:33:40 -0700
> Size: 86 lines 3401 bytes
> File: v07.n491.a04
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n491.a04.html
>
> Pubdate: Sun, 15 Apr 2007
> Source: Grand Island Independent (NE)
> Copyright: 2007 Grand Island Independent
> Contact: ayoub@...
> Website: http://www.theindependent.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1023
> Author: Sarah Schulz
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm
> (Methamphetamine)
>
> METHAMPHETAMINE HAS IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS
> ON USERS
>
> Methamphetamine is a powerful synthetic drug that
> affects the body's
> central nervous system.
>
> The drug is illegally manufactured using ephedrine
> or pseudoephedrine
> with a combination of other explosive and toxic
> chemicals that are
> available over the counter. Meth is often produced
> in home labs that
> are extremely volatile, according to the Midwest
> High Intensity Drug
> Trafficking Area (HIDTA).
>
> The organization also provided the following
> information:
>
> The high from meth is caused by the brain firing
> more dopamine -- the
> feel-good chemical that is critical to normal brain
> function. With
> repeated use, meth kills dopamine cells, leading to
> a chemical change
> in the brain.
>
> [continues: 59 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 005 US FL: Edu: OPED: Ecstasy Article Makes
> Big Deal Out Of
> From: allan
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:34:17 -0700
> Size: 70 lines 3491 bytes
> File: v07.n491.a05
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n491.a05.html
>
> Pubdate: Mon, 16 Apr 2007
> Source: Independent Florida Alligator, The (FL Edu)
> Copyright: 2007 Campus Communications, Inc
> Contact: letters@...
> Website: http://www.alligator.org/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/760
> Author: Dave Khey and Bryan Miller
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mdma.htm (Ecstasy)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/youth.htm (Youth)
>
> ECSTASY ARTICLE MAKES BIG DEAL OUT OF LESS-POPULAR
> DRUG
>
> The media attention given to the drug Ecstasy is
> nothing new to
> Gainesville. When one of us transferred to UF in
> 1999 from Miami, the
> controversy over Ecstasy - more specifically, MDMA -
> was in full
> swing in this college town.
>
> The rave scene that had sprung up in the mid to late
> '90s, centering
> around a notorious club named Simon's, brought
> night-crawling raver
> youths to Gainesville in droves. But this scene
> dissolved due to new
> legislation that shifted bar and club closing times
> to 2 a.m.
>
> Since the demise of the rave scene, the popularity
> of its hallmark
> drug has seen a similar fate, and nationwide
> statistics suggest this
> pattern.
>
> [continues: 43 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 006 CN BC: Ex-Mayor Addresses Film Crowd
> From: Educators For Sensible Drug Policy:
> http://www.efsdp.org
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:33:37 -0700
> Size: 36 lines 1488 bytes
> File: v07.n491.a06
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n491.a06.html
>
> Pubdate: Mon, 16 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
> Author: Jared Ferrie
> Note: Picture caption: "The United States is the
> bully of the world,"
> said Campbell yesterday in an interview before
> addressing a crowd
> gathered for the Vancouver premier of the National
> Film Board
> documentary Damage Done: The Drug War Odyssey.
>
> EX-MAYOR ADDRESSES FILM CROWD
>
> Canada should legalize and tax marijuana according
> to Senator Larry
> Campbell, who blamed the U.S. for pressuring Ottawa
> to follow its war
> on drugs approach.
>
> Marijuana smoke hung thick in the air outside the
> Vancouver
> International Film Centre (1181 Seymour St.), and
> joints were being
> rolled openly on the counter just inside the
> entrance.
>
> Campbell, a former Vancouver drug cop and mayor,
> said science has
> proven that the substance is relatively harmless.
>
> "Nobody's ever died from marijuana, so what's the
> big deal?" said
> Campbell, who is featured in the documentary.
> America found allies in
> Ottawa with last year's election of a Conservative
> government, he added.
>
> He said the Tories wanted to shut down Vancouver's
> safe heroin
> injection site despite numerous scientific studies
> proving its
> effectiveness. Campbell said drugs like heroin and
> cocaine should be
> controlled, but their use should not be treated as a
> criminal offence.
> - ---
> MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman
>
> [end]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 007 Australia: Family First Slams Greens Deals
> From: Beth
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:33:36 -0700
> Size: 70 lines 3117 bytes
> File: v07.n491.a07
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n491.a07.html
>
> Pubdate: Mon, 16 Apr 2007
> Source: Australian, The (Australia)
> Copyright: 2007sThe Australian
> Contact:
>
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/files/aus-letters.htm
> Website: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/35
> Author: Selina Mitchell
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm
> (Decrim/Legalization)
>
> FAMILY FIRST SLAMS GREENS DEALS
>
> THE Liberal and Labor parties have been told it
> would be absurd for
> them to direct preferences to the Greens in the
> federal election
> because it would be sending children the message it
> was acceptable to
> use drugs. In an attempt to gain crucial support
> for his party at
> the next election, expected in October or November,
> Family First's
> only federal representative, Steve Fielding, has
> warned the major
> parties against any association with the Greens.
>
> In response to Greens leader Bob Brown's call for
> Labor preferences,
> Senator Fielding said the Greens were pushing
> dangerous views on
> drugs and had no sensible policies on families or
> small business.
>
> A party that promoted extremism should not be
> allowed to hold the
> balance of power and any mainstream party that
> supported the Greens
> would be tainted by association, he said.
>
> [continues: 42 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
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