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1 US PA: Camden Tries To Strike Back Against Rising ViolenceSun, 05 Aug 2012
Source:Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) Author:Simon, Darran Area:Pennsylvania Lines:174 Added:08/06/2012

Seven men who grew up together gathered in an alley near a notorious Camden drug corner. The month before, at least two of them had celebrated a birthday with a barbecue and champagne. But this day, a squabble over drug turf erupted into an argument.

The men came from at least three sets of the Bloods street gang. They were packing guns. Eventually - perhaps inevitably - bullets flew near Sixth and Royden Streets in the Lanning Square neighborhood.

When the firing stopped, Robert Carstarphen, 27, was down. It wasn't the first time, his mother said. He had survived being riddled with nine bullets in 2007 and six more in 2011.

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2 US OR: PUB LTE: It's A Deadly ProhibitionSun, 05 Aug 2012
Source:Albany Democrat-Herald (OR) Author:Sharpe, Robert Area:Oregon Lines:46 Added:08/06/2012

Regarding your July 22 editorial, if health outcomes determined drug laws instead of cultural norms, marijuana would be legal. Unlike alcohol, marijuana has never been shown to cause an overdose death, nor does it share the addictive properties of tobacco. Marijuana can be harmful if abused, but jail cells are inappropriate as health interventions and ineffective as deterrents.

The first marijuana laws were enacted in response to Mexican migration during the early 1900s, despite opposition from the American Medical Association. Dire warnings that marijuana inspires homicidal rages have been counterproductive.

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3 US MO: Maryville Schools Will Begin Drug TestingSat, 04 Aug 2012
Source:St. Joseph News-Press (MO) Author:Weston, Alonzo Area:Missouri Lines:65 Added:08/06/2012

MARYVILLE, Mo. - Some students in the Maryville R-II School District will have to take a new test this coming school year: a drug test.

In May, the board of education approved a drug testing policy drafted by school administrators that would randomly test students in grades 7 through 12 who take part in extracurricular activities or who park on school grounds.

Steve Klotz, assistant superintendent, said the measure will affect most of the 700 middle and high school students in the district.

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4 Uruguay: Uruguay May Legalize Pot To Stop TraffickersSun, 05 Aug 2012
Source:El Paso Times (TX) Author:Campodonico, Matilde Area:Uruguay Lines:63 Added:08/06/2012

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - The government in Uruguay may soon get its hands dirty with marijuana as part of a rising movement in Latin American nations to create alternatives to the U.S.-led war on drugs. Uruguay President Jose Mujica first called for "regulated and controlled legalization of marijuana" in a security plan unveiled last month. U.N. officials say no other country has seriously considered creating a completely legal state-managed monopoly for marijuana or any other substance prohibited by the 1961 U.N. Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.

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5 CN BC: PUB LTE: Pot Decision 'disappointing'Fri, 03 Aug 2012
Source:Coquitlam Now, The (CN BC) Author:Pultz, Jason Area:British Columbia Lines:47 Added:08/06/2012

Re: "City targets pot shop," Wednesday, Aug. 1.

To the mayor and all council members:

I'm very disappointed in the decision to shut down the dispensary.

I thought we were better than that. I thought this was Canada.

You need to stand up for your citizens. The benefits far outweigh the harm that these plants and this business could bring to the city.

If you're getting federal pressure, then push back. It's your job.

If you said no because of personal reasons then you should step down. You're supposed to be better than the ignorant masses and stand up for your citizens, especially those that can barely stand on their own.

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6CN BC: Police Issue Warning Over EcstasyFri, 03 Aug 2012
Source:Province, The (CN BC) Author:Colebourn, John Area:British Columbia Lines:Excerpt Added:08/06/2012

Police are once again warning people about the risk of taking ecstasy after a Maple Ridge woman died after a night of partying.

The 21-year-old was taken to hospital by ambulance Sunday morning following a late-night party where alcohol and illicit drugs were consumed.

She was unresponsive and in serious condition when she arrived at the hospital and died Tuesday.

While a toxicology report will take a number of weeks, both police and the coroner's office are warning that ecstasy can be mixed with a number of chemicals that can be deadly when consumed.

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7 US CA: PUB LTE: Find Way To Meet Marijuana DemandSun, 05 Aug 2012
Source:Chico Enterprise-Record (CA) Author:Cooper, Garry Area:California Lines:41 Added:08/06/2012

The difficulty in developing a marijuana ordinance locally and statewide is due to one simple reality that is the "elephant in the room."

A huge percentage of our citizens smoke marijuana daily and use it much like a glass of wine at night. They do no harm and see this as their right. They grow it, they sell it, and they buy it. It is by far Northern California's largest agricultural industry. Nationwide, the demand is over 100 million pounds per year, and regardless of law enforcement's best efforts this demand is being met.

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8 US NY: Editorial: Too Many PrisonersSun, 05 Aug 2012
Source:New York Times (NY)          Area:New York Lines:54 Added:08/06/2012

The Justice Department in its recent annual report on federal sentencing issues wisely acknowledged that public safety can be maximized without maximizing prison spending. As it noted, the growing federal prison population, now more than 218,000 inmates, and a prison budget of almost $6.2 billion are "incompatible with a balanced crime policy and are unsustainable."

The department calls for reforms "to make our public safety expenditures smarter and more productive." Yet it fails to address sentencing changes that should be made, which would significantly reduce the problem of overincarceration in federal prisons.

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9US AZ: Medical Pot Shops Awaiting LotterySun, 05 Aug 2012
Source:Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) Author:Sanchez, Yvonne Wingett Area:Arizona Lines:Excerpt Added:08/06/2012

State Is Set to Award Licenses on Tuesday

The Arizona Department of Health Services will hold a muchanticipated - - and highly controversial - lottery on Tuesday to select medical-marijuana dispensaries.

State officials have decided to move forward with licensing the dispensaries, even as 13 county attorneys have urged Gov. Jan Brewer to halt the process and federal prosecutors have moved to shut down the nation's largest medicalmarijuana dispensary in California. The Los Angeles City Council, meanwhile, ordered each of the city's 762 dispensaries to shut down.

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10 US ID: OPED: Bordering States' Marijuana Laws Could AffectSun, 05 Aug 2012
Source:Idaho Press-Tribune (ID) Author:Stapilus, Randy Area:Idaho Lines:76 Added:08/06/2012

In remote mountains at about 7,000 feet, above the small southeast Idaho farm town of Grace, developed one of the largest and more sophisticated criminal enterprises Idaho has recently seen. There must have been some crooked smiles among purveyors of the illicit as they passed through.

A mass coalition of law enforcement agencies, including even the state National Guard, swept into the Caribou County backcountry last week and found an estimated 40,000 marijuana plants. Street value estimates in such cases often are inflated, but it had to have been large. There was law enforcement talk of possible connections to a Mexican cartel; the size of the operation would argue in favor of that theory.

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11 US OR: Heroin Hasn't Taken Hold In Klamath County, YetSat, 04 Aug 2012
Source:Herald and News (Klamath Falls, OR) Author:Sari, Miles Area:Oregon Lines:53 Added:08/06/2012

The state of Oregon is seeing a spike in heroin use and overdoses, but Klamath County is seeing a decline. Local drug and alcohol counselors and Sheriff Tim Evinger say that heroin use has decreased in Klamath County, but methamphetamine abuse continues its resurgence.

According to a report published by the Oregon State Medical Examiner, there were no reported heroin-related deaths in Klamath County in 2011, whereas 143 deaths were reported statewide, 53 more than in 2010.

"We are seeing a decrease in heroin use and possession," Evinger says. "We rarely see it during traffic stops. What we do see is an increase of high-grade methamphetamine."

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12US AZ: OPED: Medical-Pot Patients Have Right To ChooseMon, 06 Aug 2012
Source:Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) Author:Banfelder, Doug Area:Arizona Lines:Excerpt Added:08/06/2012

It is very odd to hear Arizona elected officials promoting the primacy of federal mandate over a law passed by the state's voters, as Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk and other county attorneys recently have ("Brewer urged to halt pot program," Republic, Tuesday).

It appears that Polk and 12 other county attorneys are all of one mind when it comes to marijuana: Any production and distribution is criminal, and any use of the drug constitutes abuse. They seem to have concluded that the electorate must have been confused when voting for the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (AMMA), and so now they are simply trying to save us from ourselves.

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