Texas A&M: COLUMN: Should universities ease penalties for…
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- Texas A&M: COLUMN: Should universities ease penalties for…
- Haldane PTA Speaks Out: Marijuana and Household Drugs
- A Drug Dealer’s Toll on Americans
- Medicinal pot ban overturned.
- Drug woes growing in city’s grade schools: Problems are rising…
- Two more drugs factories closed
Texas A&M: COLUMN: Should universities ease penalties for…
Free with registration – America's Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 29, 2006
Both sides have distorted the facts about marijuana, but one thing is clear: Marijuana, though not harmless, is a heck of a lot safer than alcohol. According to the Annual Review of Public Health in 2005, alcohol is the cause for about 1,700 deaths each year among college students. Marijuana, however, is impossible to overdose on, and no records exist of someone dying due to cannabis alone. As long as it is done outside, students are allowed to use tobacco without fear, even though the dangers.
Haldane PTA Speaks Out: Marijuana and Household Drugs
Putnam County News and Recorder – Putnam County News and Recorder… – Mar 29, 2006
Slivinsky has been in the field of substance abuse and mental health for 17 years. This talk will be complemented by panelists, Renee Badolato, Student Assistance Counselor, Officer Mooney, School Resource Office, Nurse Zgolinski, School Nurse and Susan Reid, Health and PE teacher.
A Drug Dealer’s Toll on Americans
Washington Post – Mar 29, 2006
Like all dealers, Mr. Emery turns a blind eye to marijuana’s victims — people like Victoria Rogers, a mother driving with her children when she was killed by a marijuana-intoxicated motorist. Marijuana feeds thousands of addictions — so many that more teenagers enter treatment for marijuana dependency than for all other drugs combined. Thousands of adolescents whose brains are still developing also suffer from depression, memory impairment and diminished judgment because of marijuana. Users destroy their lungs because marijuana smoke contains 50 to 70 percent more cancer-causing chemicals than tobacco smoke. Emery sees no consequences of his actions does not change the fact that they destroy innocent American lives and that he should and will face legal consequences as a result.
Medicinal pot ban overturned.
Free with registration – Daily News – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 29, 2006
| Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) (March, 2006). 29–A decade after California voters legalized medical marijuana, Los Angeles County supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to regulate dispensaries in unincorporated areas, effec… –> COPYRIGHT 2006 Daily News Byline: Troy Anderson Mar. 29–A decade after California voters legalized medical marijuana, Los Angeles County supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to regulate dispensaries in unincorporated areas, effectively lifting a countywide ban on the facilities. Dozens of medical marijuana advocates hailed the vote as they gathered in the rain outside the Hall of Administration and some lighted up marijuana cigarettes. Advocates said that even despite the ban, dozens of dispensaries have been operating throughout the county, including about 20 in the San Fernando Valley. “It’s difficult to know how many are up and running now,”.
Drug woes growing in city’s grade schools: Problems are rising…
Free with registration – Philadelphia Inquirer – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 29, 2006
There are reports in suburban schools as well. 29–Four bags of marijuana tumbled out when a 10-year-old took off his hat, and two more fell as he entered his classroom. Three fifth graders took turns holding a bag c… Newly released district data show 33 of these cases were reported this academic year, compared with 26 for all of 2004-05. During the week of March 6 alone, five incidents were reported at five different schools from Olney to South Philadelphia. The cases ranged from a third grader with a $5 bag of marijuana to a sixth grader with suspected crack. “The problem of children getting their hands on drugs or.
Two more drugs factories closed
Hornsey and Crouch End Journal – Mar 29, 2006
In an attempt to get on top of the problem of cannabis production, bobbies on the beat are now being given handheld cameras – which show the heat emanating from the factories. Last Thursday drugs officers swooped on two addresses – one in Braemar Road and the other in Roslyn Road, South Tottenham – and seized large amounts of plants and growing paraphernalia. It is estimated the haul was worth more than £140,000. Binh Van Dong, 48, of Braemar Road, was arrested and charged with cultivation of cannabis, possession with intent to supply a class C drug, criminal damage and extraction of electricity… In an attempt to get on top of the problem of cannabis production, bobbies on the beat are now being given handheld cameras – which show the heat emanating from the factories. Last Thursday drugs officers swooped on two addresses – one in Braemar Road and the other in Roslyn Road, South Tottenham – and seized large amounts of plants and growing paraphernalia. It is estimated the haul was worth more than £140,000. Binh Van Dong, 48, of Braemar Road, was arrested and charged with cultivation of cannabis, possession with intent to supply a class C drug, criminal damage and extraction of electricity. He appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Friday.