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1 US CA: PUB LTE: Funny, But TrueSat, 30 Mar 2002
Source:San Francisco Chronicle (CA) Author:Hicks, Pat Area:California Lines:30 Added:03/31/2002

Editor -- Tom Meyer's cartoon (March 28) is one of the best political cartoons I have seen in a long time. It portrayed the unfair verdict of the U. S. Supreme Court upholding the eviction of occupants of federal public housing if their relatives or caregivers use drugs -- whether on or off the premises. If the occupant is unaware and does not condone the use of drugs by that person, the punishment is draconian. Perhaps the cartoon might persuade President Bush to order a review of the whole issue.

PAT HICKS Upper Lake

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2 US: Dealing With DruggiesThu, 04 Apr 2002
Source:LA Weekly (CA) Author:Lewis, Judith Area:United States Lines:135 Added:03/31/2002

New platitudes from the people who stopped the vote counting in Florida.

When Lindsay Earls set out in 1999 challenge her high school's policy of drug testing students who participate in extracurricular activities, she did so with the support of the American Civil Liberties Union, her parents and the tacit approval of many of her teachers.

But as in every high school, a few people try to ruin it for everybody: On the ACLU's Web site, which features a portrait of Earls' fresh-scrubbed family, the now 19-year-old Dartmouth freshman reports that as her suit garnered publicity, some of her fellow students began taunting her younger sibling, Lacey, saying, "Your sister is a pothead."

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3 US DC: PUB LTE: Evict Jeb BushSat, 30 Mar 2002
Source:Washington Times (DC) Author:Sapp, Norma Area:District of Columbia Lines:29 Added:03/31/2002

In your March 27 story "Court upholds drug-use eviction," you reported that the Supreme Court ruled that the government may evict the entire family of a drug user under the one-strike law.

If everyone in public housing must be responsible for his or her family's drug use, the governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, should move. His daughter was arrested in January for trying to fill a fake prescription for tranquilizers, and he lives in public housing.

The rules for the general public should apply to politicians, as well.

NORMA SAPP, Norman, Okla.

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4 US CA: School To Host Forum On Rave CultureFri, 29 Mar 2002
Source:Glendale News-Press (CA) Author:Moskowitz, Gary Area:California Lines:32 Added:03/31/2002

SOUTHEAST GLENDALE -- Glendale High School's Parents, Teachers, Students & Administrators will host a community forum on the use of Ecstasy and other club drugs Monday.

The community forum is open to the public and will be at 7 p.m. Monday in the school library at Glendale High, 1440 E. Broadway.

A presentation called "Club Drugs and the Rave Culture," geared toward parents only, will be made by Det. Tim Feeley of the Glendale Police Department. District School Resource Officer Sue Shine will also participate. Guests will be able to ask questions after the presentation. Feeley does similar presentations for students at school sites.

For more information, call 500-0133.

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5 Latin America: Dolphins Slaughtered As Cocaine Smugglers Take To Tuna FishingSun, 31 Mar 2002
Source:Sunday Telegraph (UK) Author:Russell, Jonathan Area:Latin America Lines:91 Added:03/31/2002

TENS of thousands of dolphins are being slaughtered by Latin American gangs using the fishing industry as cover for smuggling cocaine into the United States and on to other countries, including Britain.

US anti-narcotics officers acknowledge that crime syndicates in Colombia and Mexico have bought up tuna fleets and canneries in South and Central America.

The boats are used to transport the cocaine - known as "white tuna" - and the fishing companies provide a means of laundering the profits.

Ben White, the international co-ordinator of the Washington-based Animal Welfare Institute, said that the gangs used fishing methods most countries had banned because of the disastrous effect they have on dolphins and porpoises.

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6 US FL: PUB LTE: Rethink Aid To ColombiaWed, 27 Mar 2002
Source:Miami Herald (FL) Author:Meier-Wiedenbach, Jutta Area:Florida Lines:55 Added:03/31/2002

It is easy to agree that ''Colombia's bloody civil war has escalated with a vengeance'' (Aid to Colombia, March 20 editorial).

However, it is doubtful that more U.S. military aid will put an end to the violence. It hasn't so far: Violence caused over 3,500 civilian victims last year alone, and coca production has increased in spite of the war on drugs.

It is more likely that more military aid will further feed the war, strengthening the resolve of right-wing paramilitary groups, known as the AUC, that engage in the most brutal human-rights violations against civilians.

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7US TX: Editorial: Drugs And BordersSat, 30 Mar 2002
Source:Texarkana Gazette (TX)          Area:Texas Lines:Excerpt Added:03/31/2002

Sometimes living on a state line is a curse rather than a virtue.

Texas-side Police Chief Danny Alexander found that out recently when Texas cut grant funding for the city's narcotics task force.

Why? Because, to be effective, the task force must share resources across the state line with its counterpart county in Arkansas.

The Criminal Justice Division of the Texas governor's office has told Alexander that his department no longer is eligible for grants from the state because it doesn't operate its narcotics task force in the multicounty, multijurisdictional manner as prescribed by law.

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8 US OK: Parole Board Rescinds Controversial PolicySat, 30 Mar 2002
Source:Oklahoman, The (OK) Author:Doucette, Bob Area:Oklahoma Lines:108 Added:03/31/2002

The Pardon and Parole Board has dropped its guidelines for life- without-parole inmates to apply for clemency. In a prepared statement, Board Chairwoman Stephanie Chappelle said Friday that the board withdrew the policy from its list of "special consideration applications" for early parole.

Some life-without-parole inmates would have been eligible for release after 15 years in prison under the guidelines.

The board's policy was designed to create a process that addressed the loophole in the life-without-parole law.

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9 US WV: Group Seeks Drug Testing For AthletesSat, 30 Mar 2002
Source:Charleston Daily Mail (WV)          Area:West Virginia Lines:28 Added:03/31/2002

GILBERT -- An anti-drug abuse group wants the Mingo County Board of Education to institute random drug tests of student athletes.

"We're going to try to start pulling together to get Mingo County athletes drug tested like they do in Logan County. We've got to get our kids drug free. Those are the kids others look up to," said Debbie Trent, founder of Strong Through Our Plan, also known as STOP.

Logan County Superintendent Brenda Skibo said the program has worked well in the three county schools. Only two athletes have tested positive for drugs in the program's two-year existence.

No one answered the phone Friday at the Mingo County Board of Education office.

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10 US WA: LTE: Drug Laws Should Remain In PlaceSat, 30 Mar 2002
Source:Spokesman-Review (WA) Author:Noble, Deb Area:Washington Lines:42 Added:03/31/2002

As a chemical dependency professional, I work with many people in the grips of addiction. There seems to be a false belief that the court system and law enforcement are only interested in "punishing" these poor, addicted souls. The truth is, any alcohol or drug-related offense requires a drug/alcohol assessment, and the individual is also required to complete the treatment recommendations. Yes, they are punished because they broke the law and potentially put others at risk, but they are not only given the opportunity, they are required to get help for their addiction. The problem occurs when the individual refuses to accept the treatment, not the "system" failing to provide it. You can lead a horse to water...

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11 US AR: Former Drug Addict Says She Now Wants To Make ASat, 30 Mar 2002
Source:Daily Siftings Herald, The (AR) Author:LeMay, Rachel Area:Arkansas Lines:199 Added:03/31/2002

During her college years in Louisiana, Jackie Rogers (not her real name) was introduced to drugs.

At 21, Rogers had never been a problem for her parents. In high school, she did not drink, did not smoke. She did not even miss curfew, but the freedom of college brought new challenges for her. At a club one night, someone slipped Ecstasy into her glass of water. That one drug use started a trend of using and then abusing drugs.

"A friend of mine, and I use the term friend very loosely, came to me at a club one night and offered to get me a drink," Rogers said. "She went and got me some water, and it took a while. I didn't think anything about that. She came back, gave me the water and was hovering over me. She kept saying how do you feel? ... About 10 minutes later, my whole world just came out from under me."

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12 US WA: LTE: State Budget: Seniors Before Drug AddictsWed, 13 Mar 2002
Source:Whidbey News-Times (WA) Author:Kirkwood, Kristin Area:Washington Lines:74 Added:03/13/2002

I was one of the protesters at Oak Harbor City Hall along with a number of the people that I work with at Whidbey Island Manor, as well as numerous people that were also from Careage of Whidbey.

Just to let you in on what we were protesting, Mr. Brown (Letters, March 6). We weren't there to help "our" interests. It's a fact, none of us want to lose our jobs, but, we were there for you, your parents, and your grandparents. For anybody that you know that might need long-term care in a skilled nursing facility, and doesn't have the insurance to pay for it. We were there protesting the fact that our dear governor wants to cut millions of dollars of funding to nursing homes and residents of those homes that need it the most, those that are being funded with state monies.

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