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1US CA: Man Gets Prison In Pot TrialWed, 20 Aug 2003
Source:Los Angeles Times (CA) Author:Bonilla, Denise M. Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:08/26/2003

Tustin Resident Who Said He Had Back Pain Gets 18 Months And A $500 Fine For Manufacturing

A Tustin man who said he was growing more than 100 marijuana plants to ease back pain has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Michael William Teague, 33, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge David O. Carter for manufacturing marijuana. Carter also ordered Teague to pay a $500 fine and serve four years of supervised release after his prison term. The judge refused defense attorney J. David Nick's request that Teague remain free on bail and he was taken into custody.

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2 US IL: PUB LTE: War On Drugs A Lost CauseMon, 25 Aug 2003
Source:Chicago Sun-Times (IL) Author:Rawlings, Richard J. Area:Illinois Lines:32 Added:08/26/2003

Re: "Hyde fights Colombian opium" [Robert Novak column, Aug. 18]: Henry Hyde thinks he can hand out reward money to the Colombian farmers and villagers for information on the location of opium fields. He might as well be asking them to turn in their family and friends, or worse--having them die by the hand of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The war on drugs has been nothing more than a waste of our tax dollars. They just keep spending more and more each year in Colombia. Heroin is now on the rise; the street value is six times higher than cocaine. It is now so potent, you can get the same high from snorting or smoking it; no more need for needles. And our drug czar, John Walters, director of national drug control policy, says, hey, it is next to impossible to locate opium fields in the remote Andes.

Drug prohibition is over 70 years old, and what progress has the government made? They cannot even show us a dent in the war on drugs. But by John, they will keep spending our money on this failed government program.

Richard J. Rawlings, Bartonville

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3 US TX: OPED: Law Enforcement's Drug Of ChoiceMon, 25 Aug 2003
Source:Ft. Worth Star-Telegram (TX) Author:Blumner, Robyn Area:Texas Lines:114 Added:08/26/2003

Civil asset forfeiture is the most infamous game in law enforcement. In its pure form, seizing the luxury cars, boats, homes and cash of drug dealers can be a useful tool in taking profit out of crime. But in the real world, far too many police and sheriff's offices use it to finance and enrich their operations, leading to startling abuses.

Now, this is an old story. Go through newspaper archives across the country, and you'll find investigative pieces going back more than a decade documenting problems with police departments' taking people's stuff for their own use, often without even bothering to charge the owner with a crime.

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4 Canada: Weed Law Wiggle RoomMon, 25 Aug 2003
Source:Daily News, The (CN NS) Author:Bonnell, Keith Area:Canada Lines:73 Added:08/26/2003

Legislation to relax the legal punishments for pot users can still be altered if police groups push for changes, Solicitor General Wayne Easter told a national gathering of police chiefs last night.

Easter said Ottawa's controversial plans to have police lay only fines against those found possessing 15 grams of pot or less can be amended, and that the 15-gram threshold could be changed.

The solicitor general made the remarks after a keynote address at the opening ceremony for the 98th annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.

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5 US KY: PUB LTE: Don't Make Doctors Reluctant To Prescribe OxycontinSun, 24 Aug 2003
Source:Lexington Herald-Leader (KY) Author:Cox, Carrie P. Area:Kentucky Lines:37 Added:08/26/2003

Certainly the media sensationalism over OxyContin sales will have the class action lawyers licking their chops over profits to be made by getting people to sue Purdue Pharma and other drug manufacturers.

The result will be doctors reluctant or unable to get the best medications to people who are miserable with pain. Yes, more painkillers are prescribed in Appalachia. More people there are sick, maimed and hurting.

Who benefits if drugs like OxyContin get snuffed out or if the companies are prevented from communicating with doctors? Some unfortunate people will always go against doctors orders and take more of their medication than prescribed. Whose fault is an overdose? What about personal responsibility?

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6 CN BC: Police In West Van Target Thieves From VancouverMon, 25 Aug 2003
Source:Province, The (CN BC) Author:Keating, Jack Area:British Columbia Lines:39 Added:08/26/2003

A campaign to protect West Vancouver residents from Vancouver thieves is paying dividends, say police.

They have stepped up roadblocks and surveillance on the Lion's Gate Bridge in the wake of a dramatic jump in break-ins of homes, apartments and cars.

Police suspect the criminals are addicts displaced by the crackdown by Vancouver police on the Downtown Eastside.

"As a result [of the increase crime] it's standard practice for us now is to be vigilant of who comes over the bridge," West Vancouver Sgt. Tim Pollitt said yesterday. "Most of them are methamphetamine addicts."

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7US CA: Column: Prosecutors Putting Heat On Medipot DoctorsMon, 25 Aug 2003
Source:Daily Breeze (CA) Author:Elias, Tom Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:08/26/2003

When U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft asked the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision blocking federal agents from punishing - or even investigating - doctors who recommend marijuana to patients, he was not doing anything unique.

For California Attorney General Bill Lockyer was already moving against the most prominent medipot doctor in the nation, helping the Medical Board of California in its attempt to get the doctor's medical license lifted.

The question: Is Lockyer, who says he favors medical use of marijuana to help alleviate severe pain and other conditions including nausea caused by AIDS and cancer drugs, trying to clamp down on free speech or simply trying to restrict trade in an illegal drug?

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8 CN BC: Mayor Ups CrackdownMon, 25 Aug 2003
Source:Surrey Now (CN BC) Author:Colley, Ted Area:British Columbia Lines:57 Added:08/26/2003

Surrey's mayor has ordered police to stop motorists in a section of Whalley notorious for prostitution and drugs and make them explain why they are there. Three roadblocks were set up Wednesday afternoon in the neighbourhood of a two-block strip of 135A Street, between 106th and 108th avenues, that has been a hangout for drug dealers and prostitutes.

"They were asking drivers for their licence and registration and then asking them what they were doing there," said one motorist, who asked not to be identified. Mayor Doug McCallum said the new measure is part of a planned escalation of enforcement in the area, but his actions are being criticized as going too far. It's one thing to stop drivers who approach dealers or hookers, Coun. Dianne Watts said, but at 4 p.m. on a weekday, area businesses are open and most motorists would be there for legitimate reasons.

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9 US CO: Column: Bush And Co Lit Up Over Medical MarijuanaSat, 23 Aug 2003
Source:Daily Camera (CO) Author:Brauchli, Christopher Area:Colorado Lines:116 Added:08/26/2003

You cannot possibly have a broader basis for any government than that which includes all the people with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights.

- - William Lloyd Garrison

It all makes perfect sense until you think about it. That's how a lot of things are in the Bush world. The most recent example came from Mark Quinlivan, a lawyer in the Ashcroft Justice Department. He addressed the annual meeting of the American Bar Association held in August in San Francisco. Individuals invited to speak are supposed to say something interesting. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy demonstrated how that is done.

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10 CN ON: Prince Of Pot Plans ProtestTue, 26 Aug 2003
Source:London Free Press (CN ON) Author:Wong, Carolyn Area:Ontario Lines:51 Added:08/26/2003

Marc Emery, former London pot activist and bookstore owner, is coming home today to light up at a familiar place -- the steps of the London police station. Emery, now of Vancouver, grabbed headlines in the 1990s with unsuccessful stunts to get arrested for smoking pot and selling books on illegal drugs in front of the police station.

Today, the ex-owner of City Lights bookstore plans to smoke up as part of his Summer of Legalization tour, says Cannabis Culture, a magazine he publishes.

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11 CN BC: Crackdown Shifts Problem A Few BlocksMon, 25 Aug 2003
Source:Surrey Now (CN BC) Author:Colley, Ted Area:British Columbia Lines:84 Added:08/26/2003

There are fewer street people hanging out on 135A Street since Surrey's mayor ordered a crackdown on crime in Whalley early this year, but many of them haven't moved very far away.

The two-block stretch of 135A Street, between 106th and 108th avenues, has been the focus of Mayor Doug McCallum's anti-crime campaign. Aggressive police patrols have made the strip too hot for many of the prostitutes and drug dealers who used to make it their place of business, so they've moved on.

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12 US VA: PUB LTE: War On Drugs Is Pointless, A Waste Of Tax DollarsMon, 18 Aug 2003
Source:Virginian-Pilot (VA) Author:Williams, Dale Area:Virginia Lines:36 Added:08/18/2003

For more than 60 years, prohibitionists have waged a war against drug use. With all their meddling in American lives, law enforcement agencies, and the programs that fund them, have failed to save anyone from themselves. Unless, of course, we count inaccurate statistics bolstered by those who prefer forced treatment over incarceration.

Prohibition does nothing but inflate prices for black-market profiteers and poison minds with false propaganda.

As a patriotic American, I would prefer to live among responsible adults who might choose to use marijuana for recreation and medicine rather than succumb to a police state that jails and marginalizes more than 700,000 nonviolent Americans per year, draining American tax dollars.

Norfolk

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