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1 US TX: Perry Advised To Pardon 35 In Tulia Drug SweepThu, 31 Jul 2003
Source:Austin American-Statesman (TX)          Area:Texas Lines:58 Added:07/31/2003

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has told Gov. Rick Perry that he should pardon 35 people who were convicted on the word of a now-discredited undercover agent in the 1999 Tulia drug busts.

Board Chairman Gerald Garrett said all 18 members of the board recommended a pardon in each case.

It will take Perry's staff about one month to review all of the cases and advise the governor on whether the pardons should be issued, Perry spokesman Gene Acuna said.

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2 US TN: OPED: The Journey Of A Drug AddictMon, 28 Jul 2003
Source:Tullahoma News (TN)          Area:Tennessee Lines:181 Added:07/31/2003

I Am An Addict.

Editor's note: The following was submitted anonymously to the Motlow Monitor, the student-run newspaper for Motlow State Community College. It is being reprinted with permission of the Monitor.

This is my story about my addiction to methamphetamine (crank) for the past four years. It all started when I was 16 years old. I started dating a guy who had friends that used crank.

Even thought he always asked his friends not to use in front of me, it was not long before I started using. My boyfriend never knew about the first time I used crank, but we started using together not long after my first time. Before long, crank started to take my life over. I woke up wanting it and if I did not get it during the day, I went to bed wanting it. I started lying to my family and friends, because to them, I would be the last person they would ever suspect of doing this life-changing drug. I always made A's in school.

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3 US CA: LTE: Drug Abuse Problem Has No Easy AnswersFri, 25 Jul 2003
Source:North County Times (CA) Author:Davis, Frank A. Area:California Lines:42 Added:07/31/2003

I was dumbfounded to read Connie Frankowiak's July 6 letter to your paper stating her reasons why America's drug laws should be abolished.

She states the American legal system favors the rich and powerful; that those who have friends in high places get off lightly at sentencing; that drug agencies only raid the poor neighborhoods. She should tell that to Nick Nolte (alcohol), Robert Downey Jr. and numerous musicians and other artists.

Too often we use class consciousness to explain why some are supervised by agencies or institutions and some are not. We could use economic status as well. In fact, some do. However, crime is a young man's game. Crime hides frustration and lack of self-worth. It is most likely those who feel the most frustration are those who are arrested and convicted.

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4 CN BC: LTE: Courts Are Just The Tools Of The LawWed, 30 Jul 2003
Source:Surrey Leader (CN BC) Author:Donkersgoed, Gerald Area:British Columbia Lines:39 Added:07/31/2003

Re: Column, "A home that went to pot," July 23.

Andrew Holota describes a situation that is happening all over Surrey, including two of the 10 homes in our cul-de-sac. But don't blame the courts - - the courts are just the tools of the laws we have in place.

Did you know there is no minimum sentence for a grow-op conviction? The current maximum sentence for a conviction is seven years. Much press was given to the new proposed legislation that will double the maximum sentence to 14 years; headlines said the laws were being toughened. But there is still no minimum sentence, nothing in the new proposed law will change the sentences given by the courts.

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5 US: Sex, Drugs And Junior Year Abroad: Doctors Work To Protect TravelersThu, 31 Jul 2003
Source:Wall Street Journal (US) Author:Petersen, Andrea Area:United States Lines:136 Added:07/31/2003

As kids trek through Europe on post-graduation jaunts or plan soul-searching trips to Nepal and junior years abroad, many parents are probably worried about terrorism and mysterious viruses.

They're nervous about the wrong things.

The real scourges of overseas travel are far more mundane: pregnancy, drug use and mental illness. Now, doctors, colleges and youth-travel programs are stepping up their efforts to prevent these problems.

Sure, kids get into trouble with sex and drugs in their dorm rooms, but recent studies have confirmed what travel doctors and educators have long suspected: The risks rise with travel. Removed from friends, family and school and faced with the challenges of a new language and culture, even stable young adults can fall into dangerous behavior.

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6 US IL: Truck Returned To MexicanWed, 30 Jul 2003
Source:Peoria Journal Star (IL) Author:Aberle, Jessica L. Area:Illinois Lines:92 Added:07/31/2003

Bureau County Judge Rules Police Can't Keep Seized Vehicle, $44,000

PRINCETON - A Mexican man soon can return to the United States and retrieve his Ford pickup and more than $44,000 police seized from him during a traffic stop on Interstate 80 more than two years ago.

"I told him he should wait until he was driving his truck with the money in his pocket before he should celebrate," said Gustavo Munoz, attorney for Jose Marquez Olivares of San Julian.

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7 CN ON: PUB LTE: Change The Way Drug Busts Are Reported In MediaThu, 31 Jul 2003
Source:Sault Star, The (CN ON) Author:Randell, Alan Area:Ontario Lines:83 Added:07/31/2003

Letters to the Editor - Regarding the July 2 story Sault men `important players' in drug ring, The Sault Star should make some changes to the way it reports drug busts.

Our political leaders tell us drugs are banned because they're harmful, which is false because we do not ban two of our more harmful drugs -- alcohol or tobacco.

The purpose of banning some drugs has nothing to do with protecting users from harm. Drug prohibition is a cynical, manipulative campaign to entertain and distract the majority by persecuting an innocent minority.

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8US: 'Meth' Moves EastWed, 30 Jul 2003
Source:USA Today (US) Author:Leinwand, Donna Area:United States Lines:Excerpt Added:07/31/2003

Methamphetamine, a highly addictive stimulant that for years was a concern in a few Western states, now is being made nationwide in clandestine labs that are creating environmental hazards and other problems in residential areas.

California, where methamphetamine first became popular as a recreational drug in the late 1980s, continues to be the state hit hardest by "meth," or "speed." In the 12 months that ended Sept. 30, authorities raided 1,262 meth labs in California, more than double the total from the same period seven years earlier.

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9US CA: Fresno Vehicle Seizures Get NodWed, 23 Jul 2003
Source:Fresno Bee, The (CA) Author:Lopez, Pablo Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:07/23/2003

Vehicles In Drug And Prostitution Cases Could Be Taken, Sold Under Proposed Law.

The Fresno City Council pushed forward Tuesday with a plan to give police the authority to seize and sell vehicles that are used by motorists who solicit prostitutes or sell drugs. But the 6-1 vote didn't come easy.

The reason: No one told the City Council that police officials and city lawyers had been working on a vehicle-seizure ordinance for three years.

A war of words broke out when the council debated whether to immediately support Council Member Henry T. Perea's vehicle-seizure proposal or wait 60 days for police officials to return with their plan.

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