These days, you can't talk about the pro-marijuana movement without one dispensary owner or weed lover citing the failure of Prohibition as a lesson - as in, the legalization of pot can't be stopped just like booze couldn't a century ago. So when the Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) announced that the new traveling exhibit, "American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition" would be coming here, you knew an allegory would be served up one way or another. [continues 472 words]
Music blares out of Darlynn Bailey's fourth-period health class. Her students are screaming, dancing and jumping on tables. Bailey? She watches as a police officer urges these 11th-graders to get wilder and louder. There is a lesson in this. Really. "One of the things is finding out who you are and not worry about what people think of you," said Officer S.T. Riley. Riley's Scope LifeRide is a new program created by the Kirkland Police Department and a Chicago motivational speaker to address teen angst and drug abuse through video clips and music. [continues 653 words]
