GRAFENWOHR, Germany -- Willie Nelson might be able to smoke marijuana and succeed, but the consequences of drug and alcohol abuse for many people are devastating, according to 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division commander Lt. Col. Michael A. Todd. Todd, the keynote speaker at a Drug Abuse Resistance Education graduation ceremony Monday for 42 Grafenwohr Elementary School sixth-graders, was responding to a question about Nelson, whose pro-marijuana views were featured on a radio show broadcast by the Armed Forces Network. [continues 332 words]
Double equestrian gold medallist Mark Todd is at the centre of a sex and drugs scandal in Britain following allegations in a tabloid newspaper. The claims, if true, would cast doubt on Todd's participation at the Sydney Olympics. The allegations were contained in a detailed feature article published in the Sunday Mirror newspaper yesterday. Todd has released a statement saying he was consulting lawyers about the article described as "an unjustifiable and disgraceful intrusion into his private life". The statement said Todd was "the victim of a squalid tabloid newspaper setup. [continues 522 words]
