Snoop Dogg Arrested After Police Find Gun, Marijuana
The News Review:
- Snoop Dogg Arrested After Police Find Gun, Marijuana
- Netherlands Man Allowed to Grow Medical Marijuana
- Vanuatu MP says families forced to grow marijuana becase of low copra…
- Young males in drugs’ grip
- Seeming split over same-sex issues on ballot
- Evans: Case against Amendment 44 mighty dopey
Snoop Dogg Arrested After Police Find Gun, Marijuana
andPOP – Oct 29, 2006
The superstar rapper, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, was stopped by police for leaving his car too long in the passenger loading area of the airport, reports Burbank police spokesman Kevin Grandalski. Snoop, 35, was booked and released on $35,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court on Monday. He is also facing another possible charge in Orange County, just south of Los Angeles, for attempting to bring a collapsible police baton on a flight to New York last month. Snoop was stopped by security staff at John Wayne airport about the baton, which the rapper said was a prop for a video he was to make in New York.
Netherlands Man Allowed to Grow Medical Marijuana
BBSNews – Oct 29, 2006
In 2004, a lower court had sentenced Wim
Moorlag and his wife Klasiena Hooijer to pay a fine because of
illegal cultivation of cannabis. The couple harvested 300 grams
every 15 weeks. Moorlag argued that he could not buy cannabis
in a coffee shop because it may be contaminated by fungi and
bacteria, which could be dangerous for him as a MS-patient… In 2004, a lower court had sentenced Wim
Moorlag and his wife Klasiena Hooijer to pay a fine because of
illegal cultivation of cannabis. The couple harvested 300 grams
every 15 weeks. Moorlag argued that he could not buy cannabis
in a coffee shop because it may be contaminated by fungi and
bacteria, which could be dangerous for him as a MS-patient.
Vanuatu MP says families forced to grow marijuana becase of low copra…
Radio New Zealand International – Oct 29, 2006
The MP from Malekula, Donna Browny, says parents are justified in planting marijuana to earn money for their children’s school fees when the the copra price is down and the Government has not found an alternative commodity to replace copra. He spoke in support of 20 suspected marijuana farmers from a village in south west Malekula who were arrested and taken to Port Vila along with 40 bags of freshly harvested crop. The bags were intended as "sample" to show the Government how serious marijuana cultivation in Malekula has become. Police have confirmed the men are sill in police custody while they collect enough evidence to take them to court in a preliminary hearing. Head of the National Drug Squad, Detective Inspector, George Towmey, who led the operation, said it was difficult to monitor the 250 villagers because their community can only be reached by sea. The MP appealed to the Government to be lenient with the villagers saying it was not their fault that they were planting marijuana instead of coconut trees because they needed the money.
Young males in drugs’ grip
NEWS.com.au – Oct 29, 2006
Disturbing trends exposed in the Crime and Misconduct Commission’s illicit drug survey has sparked a call for educational interventions to warn young men of the dangers of drug use. The data collected from Queensland households between 2002 and 2005, showed men aged between 20 and 29, who had a prior arrest – excluding minor traffic violations – and were unmarried or separated, but not divorced, were characteristically most associated with illicit drug use. It also revealed a possible graduation from cannabis to hallucinogens to heroin. "In 2005, the youngest mean age of first use of the different types of illicit drugs was 18. 1 years for cannabis, followed by 19. 4 years for hallucinogens," the report said… "The oldest mean age was 25. "
Last year, participants who used cannabis did so about 11 times in one month. Over the four years, almost 6 per cent of Queenslanders had used amphetamines and about one-fifth of those had at some point injected the drug. About 1 per cent of Queenslanders had used heroin, about 4 per cent had taken ecstasy, 5 per cent had used hallucinogens and 2. 4 per cent had used sleeping pills or tranquillisers. CMC research and prevention director Sue Johnson said about 30 per cent of the 13,000 respondents had used cannabis but the prevalence rate had decreased slightly from 2002 to 2005 (33 per cent and 28 per cent respectively).
Seeming split over same-sex issues on ballot
Denver Post – Oct 29, 2006
Residents also support requiring school districts to spend 65 percent of their budgets on instruction that directly affects students, the poll shows. With the election just nine days out and early voting already underway, the poll of 625 registered voters gives a glimpse of how the state is likely to vote on four of the more contested ballot questions. For instance, voters have largely made up their minds on the initiatives to constitutionally ban gay marriage and legalize marijuana. On each issue, the percentage of undecided voters is within the margin that separates for and against. But the poll, commissioned by The Denver Post, also shows that for all the money and time spent on campaigns, voters have stuck to their first impressions. The results of the recent poll vary only slightly from a poll conducted in February. “There is usually not a ton of movement,” said University of Denver political science assistant professor Seth Masket.
Evans: Case against Amendment 44 mighty dopey
Broomfield Enterprise – Broomfield Enterprise (subscription) – Oct 29, 2006
the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana for adults 21 years of age and older” in Colorado. Oddly, all the argument you need in favor of the amendment can be found in the flimsy, speculative, unsupported “Arguments Against” in the 2006 election “blue book” produced by the Legislative Council:”Marijuana may lead a person to use or possess other illegal drugs. ” Note the word “may. ” This old “gateway” argument has been largely discredited. Some pot smokers move on to “harder stuff,” but the same can be said for those who drink alcohol or use nicotine. But substances don`t create addicts; in most cases, there is an underlying psychological reason for drug use, abuse and addiction… But history demonstrates that prohibition doesn`t lead to sobriety. “Policy discussions should not focus on whether alcohol or marijuana is a safer drug. ” Pot can, and does, ruin lives; I`ve seen it.