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1 Ireland: Job Risks From Drug Abuse By Prisoners StressedSat, 08 May 1999
Source:Irish Times (Ireland) Author:Cusack, Jim Area:Ireland Lines:47 Added:05/10/1999

Prison officers have again called for urgent action by the Government to tackle the problems associated with drug abuse in prisons, particularly in Mountjoy, where up to 60 per cent of inmates are addicts.

Documents before the conference showed that under agreed medical policies on substance abuse, sterilising tablets or bleach should be available to intravenous drug abusers who are sharing needles to reduce the risk of cross contamination with infectious diseases such as HIV or hepatitis. It is also recommended that condoms be available.

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2 US OR: PUB LTE: Put Money In Schools, Not JailsSat, 08 May 1999
Source:Oregonian, The (OR) Author:Keys, Caitlin Area:Oregon Lines:39 Added:05/10/1999

I am a seventh-grade student at Evergreen Middle School in Hillsboro. My reading class was discussing the small amount of money that the Oregon Legislature gives to public schools.

I don't understand why legislators give so much money to build more jails when they know that people without educations are more likely to be in jail later on in their lives.

One thing that I don't understand is why they want to build more jails for those kids who drop out of school and become criminals, yet they don't give enough money to schools so that teachers can do different things to keep kids in school.

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3US: OR: Finally, County OKs Purchase Of Land For JailSat, 08 May 1999
Source:Oregonian, The (OR) Author:Austin, David Area:United States Lines:Excerpt Added:05/10/1999

* Nearly 3 years after voters approved the new lockup and treatment center, the Bybee Lake project is about to start

It took two years, 11 months and a few days, but they finally did it.

On Thursday, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved purchasing a 27-acre chunk of land along North Portland's Bybee Lake for the site of a new jail and alcohol/drug treatment center.

The county will build a complex that has 225 jail beds on one side and a 300-bed alcohol and drug treatment center on the other.

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4 US MD: PUB LTE: Stop The Drug War Before It Does More DamageSat, 08 May 1999
Source:Baltimore Sun (MD) Author:Fansler, Kevin Area:Maryland Lines:40 Added:05/10/1999

In The Sun's April 28 article "The straight dope" Jill Jones, curator of the Drug Enforcement Administration's museum, noted that we are experiencing a drug epidemic. She takes the view that we have had heavy drug use before and the present epidemic will be quelled.

But at what cost? In 1980, after an intitial escalation by President Richard Nixon, the United States was spending less than $2 billion on the drug war and fewer than 2,000 drug-related deaths occurred. In 1998, after further escalations by Presidents Reagan, Bush and Clinton, the cost was approximately $17 billion and 14,000 drug-related deaths.

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5US CA: Couple Held In Pot RingThu, 6 May 1999
Source:San Jose Mercury News (CA) Author:Romano, Bill Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:05/08/1999

Indoor Plantations: Gutted Homes Were Turned Into Greenhouses.

Sought for several years by California law-enforcement authorities, the alleged ringleader of a criminal network suspected of producing as much as $25 million worth of high-grade marijuana a year during the past decade has been captured by San Jose police.

The arrest of Mi Suk Edberg, 55, and a man authorities identified as her companion, Kwang Sik Ho, 48, occurred Tuesday afternoon during a police stakeout of a home on Pruneridge Avenue in Santa Clara, where the couple allegedly gutted the interior and set up a virtual indoor plantation in January, police said.

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6 US VT: PUB LTE: Marihuana Will Not Go AwayThu, 6 May 1999
Source:Vermont Times, The (VT) Author:Melamede, Robert J. Area:Vermont Lines:32 Added:05/08/1999

Letter to the Editor

Thanks for a decent article on the Million Marihuana March. I applaud the Vermont Times for having the courage to write on the topic that so many others refuse to consider.

Marihuana has been around for thousands of years.

It will not go away simply because the corrupt powers that be want it to. It needs to be discussed so that decisions can be based on facts not fiction.

The only "successes" of the drug war have been to increase the suffering of potential medical marijuana users, harm the environment by fostering the use of pesticides and fertilizers and line the pockets of those who are capitalizing on lies and fear.

Bob Melamede, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 802 656-8501



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7 Australia: Editorial: A Failure Of Political CourageThu, 6 May 1999
Source:Age, The (Australia)          Area:Australia Lines:65 Added:05/08/1999

But Defying The Law Is Not The Best Way To Advance The War Against Drugs.

WITH the best of intentions, clergy and social workers at the Wayside Chapel in Sydney's Kings Cross have decided to open a ``shooting gallery'', or safe injecting room, for heroin users.

They are taking a considerable legal risk: under NSW law, aiding and abetting the self-administration of a drug carries a penalty of two years jail. If death results from the self-administration of the drug, such aiding and abetting can lead to a charge of manslaughter. While it is clearly acting illegally, the chapel has invoked the ancient right of sanctuary, arguing that because the room is on church ground it is not subject to secular laws. The NSW Attorney-General, Mr Jeff Shaw, has made it clear that Australian law does not recognise such sanctuary.

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8 Australia: PUB LTE: Worse Things Worthy Of Howard's OutrageThu, 6 May 1999
Source:Canberra Times (Australia) Author:Wallace, Graeme Area:Australia Lines:33 Added:05/08/1999

I HAVE heard that our Prime Minister is much aggrieved by the opening of a heroin "shooting gallery" in a Sydney church.

Other than offending his specifically inflexible stance on that spectacular sinking ship (the war on drugs), it is abhorrent to his mind as an illegal act.

Yes, indeed it is illegal, but perhaps it is the case that sometimes in life we may find that it is the laws themselves which are wrong.

A recent report rolled out the statistic that some half-a-million Australian children live in poverty or otherwise dire circumstances.

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9 US NY: Pataki Would Ease Drug Laws, But Ties Plan to EndingTue, 04 May 1999
Source:New York Times (NY) Author:Hernandez, Raymond Area:New York Lines:92 Added:05/08/1999

ALBANY -- Gov. George E. Pataki proposed a plan Monday to loosen the stringent Rockefeller-era drug laws, which have caused New York's prison population to swell over the last two decades with drug offenders who have been subjected to tough mandatory sentences.

But Pataki's aides indicated that he would agree to ease the drug laws, including giving people convicted of drug crimes the right to appeal harsh sentences, only if his Democratic rivals in the Legislature approved one of his main criminal-justice initiatives of the year, the elimination of parole. Democratic leaders in the Assembly said Monday that they would be open to considering both proposals.

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10 US: PUB LTE - Marijuana Is MedicineSat, 08 May 1999
Source:Washington Post (DC) Author:Karel, Richard Area:United States Lines:46 Added:05/08/1999

Robert L. DuPont's April 27 op-ed on the medical marijuana issue unfortunately perpetuates a misconception regarding the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval process for medication.

It is not necessary for a medicine to "show superiority" (DuPont's words) to existing medicines in order to gain approval and an accepted place in the U.S. pharmacopeia. Rather, the medication must merely be superior to a placebo when tested in a controlled trial.

If DuPont's suggested standard for smoked marijuana were imposed on other categories of medications, we would never have seen the development of Tylenol and other alternatives to aspirin. Neither would we have seen the explosion in the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors similar to Prozac, such as Zoloft and Paxil (all brand names).

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11 Colombia: Colombia Shuts Cocaine Complex With Gun BattleSat, 08 May 1999
Source:Guardian, The (UK) Author:Lennard, Jeremy Area:Colombia Lines:57 Added:05/08/1999

Three hundred Colombian police officers have fought a day-long gun battle in an effort to shut down a huge cocaine producing complex run by illegal rightwing paramilitaries.

'This is the most serious offensive for many years against paramilitary groups involved in drug trafficking,' the police chief, General Jose Rosso Serrano, said of Wednesday's battle. 'We will not shirk from attacking anyone - be they guerrillas or paramilitaries who is involved in the drugs trade.'

The raid constitutes the first major undertaking by the state in recent years to go after the paramilitaries - a commitment President Andres Pastrana has made to advance peace negotiations with the country's largest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). It is also tacit acknowledgment that the paramilitaries are as much involved, if not more, in the drugs trade as the guerrillas.

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12 US: Wire: Cuba Willing To Aid Drug FightSat, 08 May 1999
Source:Associated Pres Author:Tandon, Shaun Area:United States Lines:62 Added:05/08/1999

WASHINGTON - Cuba has shown willingness to help the United States fight the international drug trade but has been largely ineffective at it, the Clinton administration's anti-narcotics policy-maker said Saturday.

Only a small portion of the drugs that come into the United States come through Cuba, Barry McCaffrey said, but the island's location and a growing tourist market could make it an opportune target for drug traffickers.

"I don't think it's a significant problem on balance yet, but as we look to the future, my own assumption is that it will become one," McCaffrey told The Associated Press. "It's worth being worried about."

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13 US: PUB LTE: Marijuana Is MedicineSat, 08 May 1999
Source:Washington Post (DC) Author:Kampia, Robert D. Area:United States Lines:47 Added:05/08/1999

One word was conspicuously absent in Robert DuPont's op-ed "Medicine - -- Not Pot": "arrest."

At present, it is a federal crime for seriously ill people to use medicinal marijuana, even if their doctors approve. Patients are being arrested and jailed for obtaining and using their medicine.

Last month, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) said, "We concluded that there are limited circumstances in which we recommend smoking marijuana for medical uses." DuPont lists IOM's recommendations for short-term use but neglects to mention that IOM also urged the government to create compassionate-use programs for patients with long-term needs. IOM does not want patients to be arrested. Why is DuPont hiding the whole truth?

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