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New study says it’s easier for kids to get marijuana than beer
A recent study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University has some startling results about teens and drugs. In their study, they found that 40 percent of teens could get marijuana within a day; another quarter said they could get it within an hour. In another portion of the survey, [...]
ROBERT DEWITT: Marijuana legalization is not a bright idea
I know this is bound to shock you, but there is some Reefer Madness in Alabama. This latest epidemic is courtesy of Robert DeWitt, writing in the Tuscaloosa News. (Tuscaloosa News) America’s drug laws sprang from the social problems caused by unregulated drug sales. Powerful narcotics like cocaine and heroin were sold over the counter [...]
Marijuana may protect brain from binge drinking
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, used high-tech scans to compare microscopic changes in brain white matter in teens aged 16 to 19 who were divided into three groups: binge drinkers (boys who consume five or more drinks at one sitting, and girls who have four or more drinks); binge drinkers [...]
Brad Pitt: I’m no longer a pothead because “I’m a dad now”
(Examiner) Brad Pitt gave up smoking pot a few years ago after becoming a dad. Pitt, 45, is the father of six children with Oscar winner Angelina Jolie, 34. “I certainly had my day [smoking pot],” Brad revealed recently on Bill Maher’s talk show. “Now it kind of turns me into a doughnut.” Pitt, who [...]
Using drug-sniffing dogs on London Underground is wrong and ineffective
(Guardian UK) Release is taking legal action against the British Transport Police (BTP) to determine if the use of sniffer dogs to detect drugs is lawful. If we are successful, the case will require the police to stop using sniffer dogs for this purpose. The case was sparked by an incident in which Release’s executive [...]
DEA Raid Update: Dog shot by officers in raid
(Los Angeles Times) During one of the raids, officers shot a dog believed to be a pit bull, but the circumstances of the shooting remain unclear, a law enforcement spokesman said. The Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Torrance Police Department and Culver [...]
Student shot by police over miniscule amount of marijuana sentenced
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (WOOD) – Grand Valley State University student Derek Copp, shot and injured by a deputy in a marijuana raid, was sentenced Monday to probation, fines and community service. Ottawa County Circuit Judge Edward Post handed down the sentence five months after the shooting that led to campus protests: 18 months probation, 40 [...]
Bill would restore financial aid for students convicted of marijuana possession only
WASHINGTON (McClatchy) — College students convicted of illegal drug possession could get federal financial aid for the first time in more than a decade under legislation aimed at overhauling the student loan system. The bill, which a House of Representatives committee approved recently and which the full House probably will consider after its August recess, [...]
Boise NORML recruiting meeting, 4pm at Fairview Flying Pie
Checking in on the road in Nampa, Idaho (population 81,000… African-American population 3) with some random observations. Funny thing – last week my mother-in-law came from Boise to stay the week in Portland during a record heat wave. I joked, “Gee, you brought those triple-digit Idaho summer days with you!” Now I’m in Boise and [...]
Anti-pot principal’s wife caught giving marijuana to and having sex with 16-year-old student
From the always-entertaining blog of Loretta Nall in Alabama: Remember Principal Ricky Nichols from Moulton High School? You know…the one who put a NARC in his small high school and caught a teen boy selling dime bags to his friends? Nichols even participated in the raid at the boys home. That boy was Webster Alexander [...]