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141 US NE: PUB LTE: HemplineSat, 02 Oct 1999
Source:Norfolk Daily News (NE) Author:Sobey, Debra L. Area:Nebraska Lines:43 Added:10/03/1999

Dear Editor,

The story about the farm hotline on the front page Saturday, 25 September, was both tragic and deeply disturbing. How, in the middle of a bumper year can farmers be having such problems?

It is a complex subject, but Nebraska farmers have almost been managed to death and helped into early extinction by "helpful" federal programs and environmental laws that have put farmers at an extreme disadvantage in the world markets. The old joke, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you" has long since lost its humor, if farming is your life.

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142US NE: High Court Overturns Drug CaseSat, 02 Oct 1999
Source:Omaha World-Herald (NE) Author:Tysver, Robynn Area:Nebraska Lines:Excerpt Added:10/02/1999

Lincoln - Drug-sniffing dogs cannot be used by police outside an apartment without reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday.

The ruling extends the legal umbrella of the Fourth Amendment - the right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures - to outside the four walls of an apartment.

"I think this is a major win for Fourth Amendment protections," said Glenn Shapiro, an Omaha attorney who represented the apartment dweller in the case.

In 1997, police took a drug dog to an apartment hallway based on a tip from an anonymous caller. The high court said the search violated the U.S. Constitution because apartment dwellers have a legitimate expectation of privacy in the hallways immediately outside their doors.

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143 US NE: PUB LTE: On Target!Sat, 25 Sep 1999
Source:Norfolk Daily News (NE) Author:Sobey, Arthur Area:Nebraska Lines:57 Added:09/26/1999

Dear Editor,

Les Mann was right on target with his column urging George Bush to come clean on his alleged drug use, Sept 14, NDNews. Honesty by Bush would help this country get over a big drug hurdle; the abilty to be honest about drug use and its results.

Most adults have used illegal drugs of some kind at least once in their life (alcohol and tobacco are illegal drugs if you are a minor), but just try getting them to admit it. My goodness, they even lie to their own children about it.

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144 US NE: Court Rules Out Pot As EvidenceWed, 22 Sep 1999
Source:Lincoln Journal Star (NE) Author:Mabin, Butch Area:Nebraska Lines:55 Added:09/25/1999

A Nebraska man found with 1 pound of marijuana won't be prosecuted if an Appeals Court opinion stands.On Tuesday, the Appeals Court said the drugs should be suppressed as evidence because authorities based the search on an unreliable source.

Jerry S. Keen of Kearney County was arrested in February 1998 after the Nebraska State Patrol seized the marijuana from his home.

"I'm obviously happy about the decision," Keen's attorney, Greg C. Harris of Kearney, said. "I don't think I should comment any more because they might appeal this to the Supreme Court." Kearney County Attorney David G. Wondra was unavailable Tuesday. Harris said authorities found "a touch more than a pound" of marijuana in Keen's home.

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145 US NE: PUB LTE: Drug Policy A CrimeFri, 24 Sep 1999
Source:Omaha World-Herald (NE) Author:Sobey, Debra Area:Nebraska Lines:20 Added:09/24/1999

My three daughters all attend public school. They can buy illegal drugs today as easily as I could when I was in school 25 years ago. The only thing that has changed in 25 years is that my children can choose from a wider assortment of drugs that are stronger than ever before.

Our government's drug policy is a crime against children.

Debra L. Sobey, Norfolk, Neb.

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146 US NE: PUB LTE: Police Not To BlameFri, 24 Sep 1999
Source:Omaha World-Herald (NE) Author:Sullivan, Andrew Area:Nebraska Lines:27 Added:09/24/1999

Why can you smoke tobacco at 18 but are not allowed to drink alcohol? Why is marijuana illegal when alcohol is more dangerous? Police must contend with the fact that a large portion of the public thinks the drinking age is too high and are actively engaged in evading the law.

State lawmakers in both Iowa and Nebraska gave up the rights of the people to make their own laws when the federal government threatened to take away highway funds if the drinking age was not raised to 21. Get the federal government out of making drug policies and end the federally funded Project Extra Mile.

Andrew Sullivan Omaha



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147 US NE: PUB LTE: Lang's Concerns Are SillySat, 28 Aug 1999
Source:The Kearney Hub (NE) Author:Sobey, Arthur Area:Nebraska Lines:44 Added:08/28/1999

Dear Editor,

While it is true that alcohol is our country's most problematic recreational drug, those who make their living in the legal recreational drug business deserve to be treated the same as any other legitimate businesspeople.

Trevor Schaben, the owner of Thunderhead Brewing in Kearney, should take his highly successful microbrewery to a town more in need of good beer, more jobs, and an expanded tax base.

City planner Lance Lang's reasons for concern are rather silly. Citing a concern like underage drinking as a reason to deny Schaben his permit, is like denying the city a permit to build a new airport because a plane might crash there sometime in the future.

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148 US NE: PUB LTE: Both SidesSat, 24 Jul 1999
Source:Norfolk Daily News (NE) Author:Pokoiski, Mark Area:Nebraska Lines:37 Added:07/24/1999

SMYRNA, Del. - I want to thank the Daily News for the very intelligent way it presented the two articles under the banner "Legalizing Marijuana" on July 14.

Your newspaper presented both sides of the argument, which is sorely lacking in the media regarding the "war on drugs." Anyone taking the time to read both articles should have been swayed into a more clear-headed and compassionate frame of mind.

For this, I thank you.

The war on drugs is stripping the Bill of Rights and most Americans just seem to accept it because they believe it is for "the greater good." I believe German citizens in 1933 may have felt the same way Drug users are being demonized by the government just like the Jews.

I challenge you to look deep into the war on drugs and still believe that imprisonment is the answer.



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149 US NE: PUB LTE: Thanks For The StoryThu, 22 Jul 1999
Source:Norfolk Daily News (NE) Author:Heath, Stephen S. Area:Nebraska Lines:41 Added:07/22/1999

Largo, Fla.- Thanks to the Daily News for the informative story about Art Sobey and his efforts to bring marijuana into the legal and regulated marketplace. Under the current "controlled" drug strategies, my children have a much easier time scoring pot than they do alcohol - since the liquor store asks for IDs. The neighborhood pot dealer does not ID anyone, and Mr. Sobey understands that.

Interesting as well, since the opposing piece by Joseph Califano and his CASA group from Columbia University was packed with much of the same tired rhetoric that has been used as justification for arresting more than a half a million citizens last year on marijuana charges. CASA itself is under increasing criticism for refusing to permit any of their studies and papers on drug-law related issues to be peer reviewed. Not so surprising, since such review would likely seriously undermine their efforts to continue the failed policies of prohibition.

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150 US NE: PUB LTE: Positive IndicationThu, 22 Jul 1999
Source:Norfolk Daily News (NE) Author:Dystra, Scott Area:Nebraska Lines:58 Added:07/22/1999

Bellerose, N.Y.- I would like to thank the Daily News for publishing the article about Art Sobey.

It is a very positive indication that freedom of the press is very much alive in the United States.

While still in my infancy of battling the prohibitionists view on drugs, I can truly say that Mr. Sobey is right. More Americans need to know the truth about prohibition, its damage to society and what America can do to stop it. Prohibition breeds criminals in both the public and government sectors of society.

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151 US NE: Norfolkan Fighting His Own WarThu, 15 Jul 1999
Source:Norfolk Daily News (NE) Author:Mann, Les Area:Nebraska Lines:116 Added:07/15/1999

As a soldier fighting against the national war on drugs, Arthur Sobey of Norfolk is suing for peace. Sobey, a leader in the fight to legalize marijuana for medical reasons, is one of two Nebraska plaintiffs in a federal class action lawsuit seeking to end the U.S. prohibition on the medical use of marijuana. The 20 year Army veteran and chronic pain sufferer monitors, from his Norfolk home computer, what he says is a $100 billion national war on drugs that is doing more harm than good.

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152 US NE: PUB LTE: Bottomless Money PitMon, 03 May 1999
Source:Norfolk Daily News (NE) Author:Sobey, Arthur Area:Nebraska Lines:38 Added:05/23/1999

Your editorial on drug treatment costs and the need to spend tax dollars on effective drug rehab programs (Top Problem, NDN 24 April) is the kind of probing editorializing that good newspapers engage in; looking behind the hype for less obvious factors bearing on the problem.

Not many people know that everyone arrested for criminal possession of illegal drugs is automatically treated as if they are addicted to the drug found in their possession. In lieu of jail or prison time, first time offenders are frequently offered drug rehab to cure their so-called "addiction" problem.

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153 US NE: PUB LTE: On Effective Drug Rehab ProgramsSat, 22 May 1999
Source:Norfolk Daily News (NE) Author:Sobey, Arthur Area:Nebraska Lines:45 Added:05/22/1999

Dear Editor,

Your editorial on drug treatment costs and the need to spend tax dollars on effective drug rehab programs (Top Problem, NDN 24 April) is the kind of probing editorializing that good newspapers engage in; looking behind the hype for less obvious factors bearing on the problem.

Not many people know that everyone arrested for criminal possession of illegal drugs is automatically treated as if they are addicted to the drug found in their possession. In lieu of jail or prison time, first time offenders are frequently offered drug rehab to cure their so-called "addiction" problem.

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154US NE: OHA Wants Grants for Tenant GroupsFri, 14 May 1999
Source:Omaha World-Herald (NE)          Area:Nebraska Lines:Excerpt Added:05/15/1999

The Omaha Housing Authority wants to award minigrants to low-income resident groups that organize drug- and crime-fighting activities in their back yards.

Up to $2,000 would go to OHA tenant associations that develop ways to enhance public safety and quality of life in their neighborhoods. In all, $30,000 would be available for the minigrant program.

The new initiative is but one element of a $704,080 grant the OHA is hoping to secure to fight drugs and crime in public housing in 2000 and 2001. The grant proposal was approved Thursday by the OHA board.

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155US NE: Lawmakers To Study Drug Funds Police Not Sharing MoneyWed, 12 May 1999
Source:Omaha World-Herald (NE)          Area:Nebraska Lines:Excerpt Added:05/13/1999

The question of whether police in Nebraska are skirting the State Constitution by not sharing drug-forfeiture money with public schools could be decided this summer.

Lawmakers on both sides of the controversy agreed Tuesday to conduct a study before a final vote is taken on a bill that would end the practice. However, the compromise called for the bill to advance to the third and final round of legislative debate.

From that position, Legislative Bill 44 will serve as a reminder to police that the Legislature is serious about the issue, said State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha.

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156US NE: Vilsack, Lawmakers Find Shared InterestsSun, 2 May 1999
Source:Omaha World-Herald (NE)          Area:Nebraska Lines:Excerpt Added:05/02/1999

It sounded too good to be true in January when the Republican-led Legislature and the new Democratic governor vowed to cooperate on a common agenda.

The upstart governor faced lawmakers who in recent years had fought with a governor from their own political party. Meanwhile, Republicans and Democrats in Washington were slugging it out over impeachment.

But fears of political paralysis proved to be unfounded. On education, crime-fighting, job training and other issues, lawmakers and Gov. Tom Vilsack struck deals for which both sides could take credit.

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157 US NE: PUB LTE: 'Give Schools Funds'Sun, 11 Apr 1999
Source:Omaha World-Herald (NE) Author:'Give Schools Funds' Area:Nebraska Lines:18 Added:04/11/1999

When people claim to be serious about something, they are frequently challenged to "put your money where your mouth is." I issue such a challenge to all law enforcement agencies in Nebraska. If you give a darn about the children of Nebraska, quit taking their school money.

Arthur Sobey, Norfolk, Neb.

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158 US NE: PUB LTE: 'Give Schools Funds'Sun, 11 Apr 1999
Source:Omaha World-Herald (NE) Author:Sobey, Arthur Area:Nebraska Lines:27 Added:04/11/1999

So law enforcement is holding out on funds for Nebraska schoolchildren? This isn't surprising considering that law enforcement agencies in other states are using the same federal shell game to keep drug-war asset-forfeiture money for themselves.

When people claim to be serious about something, they are frequently challenged to "put your money where your mouth is." I issue such a challenge to all law enforcement agencies in Nebraska. If you give a darn about the children of Nebraska, quit taking their school money.

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159US NE: Iowa Report: 1 in 25 Workers Showed Evidence of Drug UseWed, 06 Apr 1999
Source:Omaha World-Herald (NE)          Area:Nebraska Lines:Excerpt Added:04/06/1999

Iowa's first drug-in-the-workplace report says that about 1 in 25 workers tested last year showed evidence of drug use.

According to the report by the Iowa Public Health Department, private employers in 1998 conducted 31,740 drug tests on workers or job applicants, and 1,379 - or 4.3 percent - indicated traces of drugs.

The report is the first of what will become an annual statistical accounting required by state law.

The report does not include results of federally mandated tests of workers in the transportation industry. Tests for alcohol use also are not included.

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160US NE: Drug Seizure Money Bypassing SchoolsMon, 5 Apr 1999
Source:Omaha World-Herald (NE) Author:Strawbridge, Patrick Area:Nebraska Lines:Excerpt Added:04/05/1999

This is one in a series of World-Herald articles looking back on the 20th century.

When Nebraska law officers confiscate large bundles of cash linked to drug dealing, the state's constitution

directs that half the money go to schools.

But that rarely happens.

Instead, police funnel the drug money through the federal government, which takes a 20 percent cut and returns the rest to the local law-enforcement agency that confiscated the money.

Schools get nothing.

It's an end run around the state constitution, but it's allowed under federal rules for handling assets seized from drug dealers.

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