Miller, Len 1/1/1997 - 31/12/2024
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1 US CO: Jail Time In Drug Test TamperingWed, 16 May 2007
Source:Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Author:Miller, Ellen Area:Colorado Lines:56 Added:05/17/2007

An Olathe High School math teacher was put on administrative leave Tuesday after a judge sentenced him to jail after finding that he tried to manipulate a court-ordered drug test, a school district spokeswoman said.

(redacted), 42, who has been with the Montrose County Re1-J School District for 14 years, is to spend 11 days in jail, Montrose County Judge John Mitchel ordered Friday.

"I think it is obvious there was a definite attempt at substitution," Mitchel said.

"I cannot let it go. I can't. This is a very widespread problem of people sabotaging drug testing."

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2 US CO: Routt County Sheriff Pulls Agency From Drug Task ForceMon, 05 Mar 2007
Source:Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Author:Miller, Ellen Area:Colorado Lines:49 Added:03/06/2007

Newly elected Routt County Sheriff Gary Wall has removed his agency from a joint drug task force in northwestern Colorado, saying investigator tactics have violated individual rights and seized a "shockingly low" amount of illegal drugs. "I ran to protect the citizens of Routt County," said Wall, whose county abuts Wyoming. "We will enforce drug laws, but it's going to be done right."

"Their investigation and arrest tactics are violations of individual rights," Wall said, speaking of the task force. "They try to get people to do things for them by intimidating them. When somebody says they want to see what their attorney thinks, as far as I'm concerned, the conversation is over."

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3 US CO: Telluride Narrowly Busts Plan To Ease Pot-lawWed, 02 Nov 2005
Source:Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Author:Miller, Ellen Area:Colorado Lines:56 Added:11/02/2005

Alcohol Ban Is Tested in Orchard City Vote

A measure that would have eased enforcement of marijuana laws in the ski resort town of Telluride crashed in a close vote.

Voters rejected 332-308 a proposal to make busting someone for possession of marijuana the town marshal's "lowest law enforcement priority."

Supporters felt they could have done better a little later in the season.

"This is early November and it's a ghost town until the ski area hires," said Question 200 supporter Brian Vincente. "We lost by a hair, so I think it bodes well for the future of the reform of drug policy."

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4 US CO: Telluride May Tickle TokersWed, 03 Aug 2005
Source:Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Author:Miller, Ellen Area:Colorado Lines:33 Added:08/04/2005

Enforcement of adult marijuana possession laws may soon go up in smoke in Telluride.

The town council voted 6-0 Tuesday, with one member absent, to place an ordinance on the Nov. 1 ballot saying that prosecuting adults for small amounts of marijuana be the town's "lowest enforcement priority."

Organizers of the initiative drive gathered signatures and momentum to let voters decide the issue in the laid-back ski town, where San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters, a Libertarian, is no fan of the war on drugs.

"We're pleased that the council gave us pretty good confirmation of our petition drive," said Ernest Eich, one of the organizers.

The local group was joined by Sensible Colorado, a nonprofit that lobbies for easing restrictions on pot.

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5 US CO: Telluride Considering 'Sensible' Pot OrdinanceMon, 18 Jul 2005
Source:Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Author:Miller, Ellen Area:Colorado Lines:91 Added:07/18/2005

Telluride voters soon may decide whether enforcement of marijuana possession laws against adults should be the town's "lowest law enforcement priority."

A group of citizens has petitioned the town board to make possession of marijuana for "adult personal use" a low priority and to "make a statement to state government to tax and regulate it rather than prosecute it," said Ernest Eich, one of the chief backers.

He also said a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that state medical marijuana laws can be trumped by federal law "essentially held that states can't enforce laws discriminating" in this case users of marijuana for medical reasons.

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6 US CO: 9 Officers Cited for Contempt in Pot CaseThu, 08 Jan 2004
Source:Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Author:Miller, Ellen Area:Colorado Lines:49 Added:01/09/2004

In a collision of federal and state drug laws, nine law enforcement officers, including a federal drug agent, were issued contempt citations Wednesday and ordered by a judge to appear in court Feb. 2 to explain why they shouldn't be jailed or fined.

Routt County Court Judge James Garrecht had ordered the officers to return 2 ounces of marijuana seized in an October raid of Don Nord's apartment.

Nord, 57, who suffers from cancer, diabetes and other maladies, has a certificate from the state's medical marijuana registry allowing him to use and grow small amounts of marijuana.

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7 US CO: Pot Smoker Wants Agents To Be CitedThu, 01 Jan 2004
Source:Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Author:Miller, Ellen Area:Colorado Lines:65 Added:01/01/2004

Feds Have Defied Judge's Order To Return Marijuana To Ill Man

A Hayden man whose medical marijuana was seized in a raid by local and federal drug agents asked a judge Wednesday to find the officers in contempt for refusing to return the plants.

Earlier in December, a Routt County judge ordered the drug task force to return 2 ounces of the marijuana by Monday. The man's attorney filed for a contempt citation Wednesday.

Don Nord, 57, is disabled by a work injury and ill with cancer, diabetes and other maladies. He is registered with the state medical marijuana program, entitling him to keep marijuana, under state law. Federal law makes no such allowance for marijuana, and the Drug Enforcement Administration remains adamant that it will not return Nord's pot.

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8 CN BC: LTE: Bubble Zones Already Exist - In JailWed, 04 Dec 2002
Source:Vancouver Courier (CN BC) Author:Miller, Len Area:British Columbia Lines:49 Added:12/05/2002

To the editor:

Re: "Parents want 'bubble zones' to keep criminals away from kids," Dec. 1.

It is with great annoyance I read articles such as this. For the past 40 years, successive governments have "stolen" taxes which should have gone into policing, education and medical coverage.

Politicians have stumped on issues like child poverty, got elected, then did nothing to correct the problem.

Policemen walked the beat in the '60s. Crime was very well controlled. There were no home invasions, no drive-by shootings, and you could send your children to school by themselves.

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9 US MO: LTE: Forfeiture FundsTue, 27 Jun 2000
Source:Kansas City Star (MO) Author:Miller, Ellen Area:Missouri Lines:30 Added:06/28/2000

I believe money gotten from drug busts should be spent fighting the war against drugs. In no other war have we expected our young men and women to fight without the best equipment our technology can provide.

All wars should be fought to win. Change whatever law needs to be changed. Put proper checks and balances in place to ensure correct spending. Formulate criteria to determine innocence and prevent unjust punishment. People used to be willing to make needed sacrifices to help win a war.

Above all, allow our law enforcement personnel to continue the war against drugs without worry about funding and without being accused of breaking the law.

Ellen Miller Kansas City

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10 US MD: PUB LTE: Don't Blame Colombia For Our Drug ProblemsFri, 26 Nov 1999
Source:Baltimore Sun (MD) Author:Miller, Ellen Area:Maryland Lines:31 Added:11/26/1999

It is not the farmer in Colombia who is the problem; rather, it is the drug habit of Americans that encourages the increased growth of cocoa and heroin. Why can't this country, the most technologically advanced in the world, stop the import of drugs, which would curb the growth and save our urban centers?

Is it because we really don't want to?

The illegality of these substances permits obscene markups that enrich drug traffickers and dealers, corrupt policemen, lawyers, judges, politicians and businessmen; as well as, those who have vested interests in the drug war -- such as prison builders, correction and parole officers' associations and drug testing companies.

We are not winning any war on drugs, and if we continue doing the same thing, we'll be no better off in 10 years.

Our problem lies not in Colombia, but in ourselves.

Ellen B. Miller Baltimore



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