tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99499532009-07-01T15:17:43.890-07:00bring your questions and concerns (along with some silly myths) and we can help you sort out what is what.Detox Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212682762811030669noreply@blogger.comBlogger571125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9949953.post-76981856303516378502009-07-01T15:17:00.001-07:002009-07-01T15:17:43.899-07:00

Since 1998, the Drug Czar Has Been Mandated to Lie to the American People. So What Would a Fact-Based Drug Policy Look Like? AMONG OUR LEADERS in Washington, who's been the biggest liar? There are all too many contenders, yet one is so floridly surreal that he deserves special attention. Nope, it's not Dick Cheney or Alberto Gonzales or John Yoo. It's a trusted authority figure who's lied for

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Operation Spring Bling Arrests 28 Though "Operation Spring Bling" has now resulted in nearly 30 arrests, an Elizabeth City police official says no one should expect the recent roundup of drug suspects to have a lasting impact on the city's illegal drug trade. Police may have temporarily curbed some of the nuisances associated with the drug trade -- excessive traffic and noise -- and removed

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Former Sheriff Wells Scoffs at Calls to Halt Prison Construction A call by Florida's most powerful business lobby to halt prison construction and reform the criminal justice system is gaining surprising traction among policy makers in the wake of a deepening budget crisis and growing evidence that building new prison beds will not reduce crime. Four months after the head of Associated Industries

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It is time to stop making the sale of marijuana profitable. There are several good reasons to do this. A lot of crime is based on the need for drug money. Criminals who sell it could cares less what happens to the inexperienced person using it. The dealers start getting their customers in the grade schools by giving kids free marijuana cigarettes. If we made it legal, and users could buy it

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County-Led YouTube Effort Seeks To De-Weedify Our Image What is Humboldt County best known for? This question was posed to more than 100 non-locals at last weekend's Oyster Festival -- 105, to be exact - -- and if the answer seems painfully obvious -- as it did to most respondents -- well, that's exactly what the folks at the county's Office of Economic Development hope to change with a new

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Gangs Seen As Global Suppliers Of Ecstasy, Amphetamines WASHINGTON -- The United Nations' drug czar is urging Canada to take action on a UN report that identifies Canadian gangs as the leading suppliers of ecstasy in North America and increasingly proficient producers of methamphetamine for markets around the world. "Canada has emerged an important hub for ecstasy and amphetamines," Antonio

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Police will have new powers to deal with drivers on drugs under legislation passed by Parliament tonight. Transport Minister Steven Joyce said "very disturbing statistics" showed how important it was to bring in the new laws. He told Parliament Massey University drug researchers carried out surveys which found that 90 per cent of `P' users and 62 per cent of Ecstasy users had driven under the

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Marijuana Dispensaries' Legal Status Remain In Limbo Now that marijuana can be legally used to ease patients' pain, dispensaries are opening in Spokane to provide it. And regardless of whether such stores are what Washington voters and legislators envisioned when they allowed medical marijuana, it may only be a matter of time before the businesses are commonplace: Medical marijuana has been

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CONCORD - With House and Senate passage of a medical marijuana bill, it is up to Gov. John Lynch to decide whether critically and terminally ill patients will have access to the drug. The Senate voted 14-10 and the House voted 232-108 to pass a compromise bill version of HB 648. Lynch said he has not reviewed the latest form of the bill, so does not know if he will sign it. "My concern all along

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ANTI-DRUG COORDINATOR AIMS TO SAVE LIVESTheresa Koki And Volunteers Carry Out PlanSome 80 to 90 percent of all crimes committed on Kaua'i are drug related. This is according to a Drug Response Plan covering 2008-2013 and generated to serve as a guide for agencies who work with youth and adults, especially those struggling with substance abuse.And who knows those statistics better than mayoral

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ABBOTSFORD FORUM TACKLES GANG CRIMEHundreds of Abbotsford residents packed the Matsqui Centennial Auditorium last night, to voice their frustration about crime and violence in the city to Mayor George Peary and Police Chief Bob Rich.The community safety forum was organized following a rash of shootings in Abbotsford in recent weeks.The most flagrant shooting was a murder attempt on alleged

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TEACHER'S DRUG CHARGE ISN'T A SIMPLE ISSUEStudents at Roberts Elementary School learned a harsh lesson Jan. 13. That was the day the Houston Independent School District dispatched its drug-sniffing dog to check the school's teacher parking lot.The search at Roberts was part of a larger HISD crackdown. A month before, after a string of teachers were arrested on drug charges, Superintendent

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City Clerk Sets New Election for May 27 Hailey's electorate gets to do it all over again--vote on four new citizen-driven initiatives to legalize marijuana within the city limits. Probably. Unless something happens to derail the whole thing. Hailey City Attorney Ned Williamson is doing legal research to see if three of the four can be knocked off the ballot, and pro-marijuana advocate Ryan

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CHEYENNE - Laramie County School District 1 does not have a policy to randomly test teachers for drugs. Whether it could happen rests more with decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court than the school district. Last week, federal authorities arrested a teacher and a teacher's assistant in Cheyenne on drug-related charges. In light of that, LCSD1 will review how it supervises, hires, evaluates and

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Judge Says Crown Did Not Prove Man Started Fire While Cooking Drugs On Stove This much is known: * James Robin Peterson was in the house in Dieppe when it caught fire on June 29, 2004. * He was close enough to the flames that his face and upper body were badly burned. * The fire started because someone was cooking marijuana oil on the stove and the volatile mix of cannabis and fuel burst into

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We tend to take the law for granted, but sometimes its origins deserve a little thought. For example, it's something of a puzzle why certain narcotics were seen as dangerous and criminalized in the early 20th century when before 1908, there were few restrictions placed on the sale or consumption of narcotics. For example, tonics, elixirs and cough syrups containing opium were widely available.

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Harvesting Peyote Is Legal for Only Three People, and All of Them Live in Texas Mauro Morales picks his way through mesquite trees and prickly pear cacti. The 65-year-old cautiously steps around a thicket of tasajillo, or rattail cactus, just down the road from his small ranch near Rio Grande City. Tasajillo thorns stick you like a fish hook, he says. Then there's the cola seca--the

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Christian Organizations Focus on East Side Neighbourhood The city's director of planning will seek city council's advice before deciding on a proposed 10-bed alcohol and drug recovery house at 49th and Fraser. Brent Toderian will also hear concerns of area residents and businesses at a planning and environment meeting at city hall Feb. 14. Planning staff received 17 letters from citizens opposed

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Oklahoman Tina Thomas has been caught up in the American war on drugs. In many respects, she fits the common profile of a woman doing time for a drug-related offense. Her crimes have ranged from possession to check forgery and theft, including an arrest for trying to steal a $64 comforter from Wal-Mart. Eventually sentenced to a two-year state prison term, Thomas admits that she committed her

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Afghanistan, the world's biggest opium producer, is set for another bumper crop this year, providing a windfall for the Taliban who tax farmers to finance their fight against government and foreign forces. More than six years after US-led and Afghan forces toppled the Taliban, the failure to bring opium production under control means Afghanistan is now locked in a vicious circle. Drug money

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The Crown Has Lost An Appeal Of An 18-Month Conditional Sentence Given To A Cocaine Dealer. The appeal was launched on the grounds that the sentencing judge placed "undue weight" on the man's aboriginal background. Martin Patrick Charlie, of Cloverdale, had pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking after an RCMP officer caught him with 30 packages of cocaine and 16

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A Meaford man who was busted last week says he's not a drug trafficker, but was growing and using pot for medicinal purposes - with his doctor's knowledge but without a Health Canada licence. Grey County OPP have charged both James Kerr, 35, and his partner, Celena Negovetich, 30, with production of marijuana and possession for the purpose of trafficking on Jan. 4. Kerr said after the bust his

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When Erin Maloughney came back from holidays - she was in Rhode Island over Christmas visiting her new niece, a cute little kid - she found a letter in the mail. The letter, sent by lawyers representing the condo corporation that runs her building, is a modern bit of correspondence, unimaginable a few years ago. A few years ago the condo corporation would not have written any letters. They'd

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In a TV world that has gone without writers for nearly three months and is drowning in a tsunami of reality programming, there are precious few rays of sunshine these days. But, occasionally, something will pop up to remind us of just how good television can be when smart writers come up with an intriguing concept and execute it well. A case in point is "Breaking Bad," an edgy, challenging new

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Students Caught Using Drugs or Alcohol Are Sent for Three Days Of Addiction Counselling Not long ago students caught using drugs in school got a sound thrashing. More recently they were suspended. Now they receive counselling. Since last September, students have been required to attend three half-day sessions at Richmond Addiction Services if they are found using or possessing drugs or alcohol.

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