Marshfield News-Herald, The _WI_ 1/1/1997 - 31/12/2024
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1US WI: Study Links Marijuana To Increased Heart Attack RiskSat, 26 Apr 2014
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Cuellar, Marisa Area:Wisconsin Lines:Excerpt Added:04/29/2014

MARSHFIELD - Marijuana use could increase heart attack risk, according to a study with input from local doctors published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

"Most people think marijuana is safe to use ... even some doctors, but it was found that it can give you significant health problems," said Marshfield Clinic cardiologist Dr. Shereif Rezkalla, who wrote the editorial that accompanied the study.

About 2 percent of marijuana-related health complications reported between 2006 and 2010 to the French Addictovigilance Network, which monitors drug abuse, were cardiovascular complications, including heart attacks and strokes.

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2US WI: OPED: Cannabidiol Oil Is Just The Beginning Of MedicalFri, 14 Mar 2014
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Storck, Gary Area:Wisconsin Lines:Excerpt Added:03/14/2014

Lawmakers Like Rep. John Spiros Should Inform Themselves About Therapeutic Pot

After more than 75 years of marijuana prohibition, questioning the reefer madness misinformation that has sustained it for so long has proven to be difficult for some.

Take Rep. John Spiros, R-Marshfield, for example. Spiros, a former police officer, was so convinced by emotional committee testimony that a form of medical marijuana, cannabidiol or CBD, can help relieve seizures in children, that he helped vote the bill, Assembly Bill 726, out of committee in a bipartisan 7-1 vote.

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3US WI: Local Officials To Keep Tabs On Pot Legalization In TwoSun, 30 Dec 2012
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Madden, Karen Area:Wisconsin Lines:Excerpt Added:12/30/2012

Central Wisconsin political observers say the vote to legalize marijuana in two states could eventually affect Wisconsin.

Lawmakers will be watching to see what happens in Colorado and Washington, where residents voted to lift long-standing bans on recreational marijuana use, said state Rep. Scott Krug, R-Rome, who represents Wisconsin's 72nd Assembly District, and changes in this state might be possible.

Krug, who previously served as the Wood County Drug Court administrator, said Wisconsin should put more of a focus on drug addiction treatment than the current legal system does.

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4US WI: State Law Helps Limit Meth ManufacturingSun, 03 Feb 2008
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Starck, Jeff Area:Wisconsin Lines:Excerpt Added:02/05/2008

Law enforcement officials and pharmacists think a year-old state law that limits the amount of pseudoephedrine a person can buy has slowed manufacturing of methamphetamine in Marathon County.

Pseudoephedrine is a common ingredient available in over-the-counter remedies such as Sudafed or Advil Cold & Sinus. To purchase products that contain it, however, a person must sign a log that tracks those sales. The state allows an individual to purchase up to 7.5 grams of the drug within a 30-day period.

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5US WI: Editorial: Back Up Drug Busts With StatsSun, 26 Mar 2006
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI)          Area:Wisconsin Lines:Excerpt Added:03/28/2006

A drug bust in Auburndale on Feb. 22 nets $30,000 worth of marijuana and $4,000 in cash and leads to four arrests for the Wood County Sheriff's Department and Central Wisconsin Drug Task Force.

On Feb. 25, the Portage County Sheriff's Department Special Response Team seizes $15,000 worth of marijuana and $1,800 in cash in the town of Grant. Two men and a woman are arrested.

The following Friday, March 3, three more drug busts in the Wisconsin Rapids area lead to eight arrests and the confiscation of a small amount of drugs and paraphernalia.

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6US WI: DA: Deputies Who Killed Clark Co Man Acted ProperlyFri, 10 Feb 2006
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Ollwerther, Matt Area:Wisconsin Lines:Excerpt Added:02/10/2006

NEILLSVILLE -- Two Jackson County sheriff's deputies who shot and killed Shane J. Jacoby in November acted properly and in defense of another officer, Clark County District Attorney Darwin Zwieg has decided.

Jacoby had marijuana on his person, but toxicology tests were negative, Zwieg said.

If urine tests were done, they "may yield a better or different result than blood (tests)," Zwieg said.

The district attorney hinted at other reasons for the incident.

"There is some suggestion that the journey of Mr. Jacoby laying face down on the road near Hatfield may have started on the way to Kuwait as a part of Desert Storm," he said.

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7 US WI: LTE: Education Is Key To Warn On DrugsSat, 12 Mar 2005
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Rasmussen, Charlotte L. Area:Wisconsin Lines:54 Added:03/12/2005

Editor: On Feb. 23 Scott Suder (R-Abbotsford) chaired a hearing in Madison. This brought together leaders in law enforcement, drug treatment, pharmacy and consumer healthcare to testify about the serious problem rural areas of Wisconsin are experiencing with the increase in use and in meth. (methamphetamine) labs found in wooded areas.

As a member of the pharmacy examining board, I am aware of over-the-counter products that are used to make meth. After attending this hearing I want to share some of the information.

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8 US WI: PUB LTE: Wisconsin Needs To Pass Medical Cannabis LawSat, 22 Jan 2005
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Storck, Gary Area:Wisconsin Lines:42 Added:01/22/2005

Editor: I couldn't agree more with a recent letter, "Time to elect moderates in state Legislature who will deal with citizens' issues" (Jan 17).

One of these issues is medical marijuana. When illness strikes a family, government should not stand in the way of anything that can help the affected family member recover or manage chronic or terminal medical conditions. State residents overwhelmingly support legal access: A February 2002 poll showed 80.3 percent support statewide with little difference by party affiliation.

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9 US WI: PUB LTE: Suder's Partisan Politics Wrong for WisconsinFri, 10 Sep 2004
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Storck, Gary Area:Wisconsin Lines:42 Added:09/10/2004

69TH DISTRICT NEEDS CHANGE

Editor: I've been reading a lot of letters about Rep. Scott Suder in the News-Herald lately, both pro and con. A recent letter from supporters in Willard said Suder is "pro-life, pro-gun, lower taxes, smaller government and [believes in] fairness to all."

But as chair of the Assembly Criminal Justice Committee in the 2001-2002 session, Suder proclaimed, "as long as he was chair of the committee" a medical marijuana bill was going nowhere.

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10 US WI: PUB LTE: Children Should Be Protected by TruthSat, 14 Aug 2004
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:White, Stan Area:Wisconsin Lines:27 Added:08/19/2004

Editor: I'd like to add to Kirk Muse's letter, "Illegal drugs have powerful lure, DARE program not strong enough," (Marshfield News-Herald, Aug. 3, 2004). According to nearly every North American study, including government studies, DARE is a failure. One reason why is because even with the revamped model, DARE lies about cannabis. When youth learns the truth, it creates contempt.

We should protect youth by teaching the truth, at all costs.

Stan White

Dillon, Colo.

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11 US WI: LTE: Founders Of Dare Program Should Be Complimented For Getting InformatWed, 11 Aug 2004
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Luchterhand, Diane Area:Wisconsin Lines:44 Added:08/11/2004

Editor: First I'd like to respond to the last letter written about the Dare Program not being strong enough. The program can always be better, but the people who started the program did a great honor to help kids and older people understand that drugs are dangerous. And any type of help or lecture does get the information out and it does get heard. The people who did this should get awards for the time they spent doing it. Not all kids just do it and there are a lot of kids that I know who never tried it. Parents are the first defense and information, wherever it comes from, is a second defense and the law is always the head of this war. Use your good sense to give credit where due and use the information you know about drugs to help kids stay away from them.

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12 US WI: PUB LTE: Illegal Drugs Have Powerful Lure, Dare Program Not Strong EnoughTue, 03 Aug 2004
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Muse, Kirk Area:Wisconsin Lines:43 Added:08/03/2004

Editor: I'm writing about Lynn Strickland's letter: "Time to reinstate DARE program for sake of our youth." (Marshfield News-Herald, July 30, 2004).

Common sense tells us that the DARE program should deter our youth from using illegal drugs. But it doesn't. DARE graduates are more likely to use illegal drugs - not less.

Common sense tells us that the earth is the center of the universe and our solar system. But it's not.

Common sense tells us that prohibiting a product should substantially reduce the use of the product that's prohibited. Actually, prohibition tends to substantially increase the desire for the product that's prohibited.

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13 US WI: PUB LTE: Medical Marijuana Is Another OptionSat, 12 Jun 2004
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Storck, Gary Area:Wisconsin Lines:38 Added:06/12/2004

Editor: Nelson Moffat makes some good points with his letter, "Death with Dignity Act needed in state" (June 5). But before Wisconsin considers legalizing this option, it should first legalize medical marijuana, because it has the potential to treat symptoms and improve the quality of life to the degree that someone might want to give life a chance.

Conventional drugs and other treatments all come with side effects, and some patients cannot tolerate them. Marijuana offers another option.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has also recently ruled in favor of patients using medical marijuana. It has become clear that legal medical marijuana is now a matter of if rather than when. For the sake of sick and dying state residents who need medical marijuana today, state lawmakers need to make passing a state medical marijuana law an urgent priority when they reconvene next January. In the interim, voters must educate themselves as to where candidates stand and vote accordingly this fall so that the legislative leadership does not again kill the bill as they have every legislative session since 1997.

Madison

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14 US WI: PUB LTE: Farmer Questions Professionaism of LawTue, 24 Feb 2004
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Schlinsog, Stevyn Jr. Area:Wisconsin Lines:55 Added:02/24/2004

Editor: This is an open letter to all Clark County residents.

Beware of false accusations of drug trafficking if you sell sweet corn.

This is what happened to me. I had over two acres of sweet corn to sell. Apparently the dozens of vehicles that came to purchase sweet corn led several citizens to assume I was doing something illegal. These citizens approached an officer to report drug activity. He told an investigator "That it was common knowledge."

How can unfounded reporting of alleged illegal activity be stated as common knowledge? If our law enforcement suspected any violations of any laws, they should have stopped what they claim were drug purchasers.

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15US WI: Teen Studies Drug-use ClaimThu, 05 Feb 2004
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Conn, Matt Area:Wisconsin Lines:Excerpt Added:02/06/2004

Clark County Official's Assertion Got Her Started

When Annette Knoff of Granton read that a Clark County supervisor claimed three-fourths of his neighbors smoked marijuana, she wanted to find out for herself whether the county had a drug problem.

The 13-year-old Knoff went to work on a school project studying the claim by Supervisor Carl Kallberg of Owen. He specified a 2-mile radius, so Knoff used a plat book to find about 600 qualifying residents, which would mean about 450 marijuana smokers.

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16 US WI: PUB LTE: New Law Has Citizen Concerned With RightsThu, 08 Jan 2004
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Adams, Joe Area:Wisconsin Lines:28 Added:01/11/2004

Editor: I am very concerned about the new drugged driving law, "Luke's Law" which is now in effect in Wisconsin. The state government's new aspect for people to give blood when police feel you're under the influence. This is totally different from a breathalyzer because they are actually confiscating your blood, something that was inside of your body. After your blood is confiscated and tested, will it be destroyed or stock piled and used for further testing?

This is a complete violation of our personal security, and it's just completely wrong. Luke's Law is nothing more then a continual erosion of our constitutional rights.

Joe Adams

Friendship

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17US WI: Kids Use Nonprescription Meds To Get HighSun, 04 Jan 2004
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Gneiser, Jonathan Area:Wisconsin Lines:Excerpt Added:01/04/2004

Central Wisconsin Sunday

Central Wisconsin is not exempt from a nationwide trend: youths overdosing on nonprescription cough and cold medicines.

Dozens of overdoses in the past two years, including at least five deaths in the United States in which the abuse of over-the-counter medicines was a factor, show how medicines such as Coricidin and Robitussin are becoming recreational drugs for kids as young as 12, according to police and doctors.

Jennie Echola, 20, of Marsh-field said an acquaintance introduced her to Coricidin HBP Cough & Cold tablets to get a buzz that provided a couple hours of euphoria and hallucinations. The dangers of DXM

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18US WI: Clark County Ends DARE FundingThu, 11 Dec 2003
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Conn, Matt Area:Wisconsin Lines:Excerpt Added:12/14/2003

The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program won't return to several Clark County schools next year.

The Clark County Board was asked to take a second look at the DARE program after it was removed from the 2004 budget in November. Despite backing from teachers, students and police officers, the proposal failed Tuesday in a 12-16 vote. To reinstate the program, 22 votes were required.

The county offered the program to fifth-grade students in several communities, including Greenwood, Loyal, Neillsville, Thorp, Owen and Withee.

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19 US WI: PUB LTE: Eight States Legalized Medical MarijuanaSat, 11 Oct 2003
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Storck, Gary Area:Wisconsin Lines:51 Added:10/12/2003

Editor: Your editorial of Oct. 9, "Drug makers are killing golden goose," about pharmaceutical corporations trying to block the importation of lower-priced prescription drugs from Canada, raises other issues about Canadian medical care.

An appeals court decision in Canada just found federal medical marijuana regulations unconstitutional because they forced people with serious illnesses to turn to the black market, in violation of their right to life, liberty and security of the person. The court made it easier for medical users to obtain a safe and reliable supply of the drug by allowing licensed growers to produce plants for more than one patient and also removed a requirement that patients need a second medical specialist to support their application.

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20 US WI: PUB LTE: Marijuana Should Be Medically LegalizedSat, 23 Aug 2003
Source:Marshfield News-Herald, The (WI) Author:Storck, Gary Area:Wisconsin Lines:41 Added:08/23/2003

Jim Maas hit the nail on the head with his letter on medical marijuana, "Patients don't need government intervention with medicine" (Aug 22).

Marijuana is a very safe substance that in many thousands of years of human use has never caused a death by overdose. Contrast that to just about any FDA-approved drug, or even aspirin, which has never undergone rigorous FDA testing and normally kills a few thousand people each year.

Research has not found many cases where a doctor was sued for prescribing relatively harmless drugs. Typical malpractice cases involve surgical injuries causing permanent disability, etc. This is not going to happen from using medical marijuana.

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