http://www.drugnews.org/ Media Awareness Project Drug News en-us Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:57:15 -0800 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:10:02 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Modperl editor@mapinc.org (MAP Editor) webmaster@mapinc.org (MAP Webmaster) http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n148/a03.html North Shore News, 22 Feb 2012 - Mayor: Municipalities Can't Afford Tory Crime Agenda The City of North Vancouver has a clear message for Ottawa where it comes to rising police costs: If you're going to make the problem worse, at least pay for it. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n148/a03.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n147/a05.html Metro Times, 22 Feb 2012 - After Court of Appeals Loss, City Tries Again to Keep the Question From Voters Marijuana is a political football in any Michigan municipality, but in Detroit the ball is getting more slippery of late. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n147/a05.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n147/a06.html The Daily News, 22 Feb 2012 - The Newburyport public school nurses are asking city councilors to vote in support of the new marijuana ordinance introduced by City Councilor Brian Derrivan. District nurses are concerned about the health and safety of our community residents and especially our youth. The new Massachusetts law decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana, but it is still illegal. Unfortunately, our students have misinterpreted this law and think that marijuana is now legal. Many students also seem to think that using marijuana is "no big deal" and "safe." In truth, there are health and safety risks to using marijuana: Marijuana is addictive: Addiction occurs in about 16 percent of users who start in their teens. Marijuana accounts for 63 percent of substance abuse treatment admissions among youth aged 12 to 14 and 69 percent of those aged 15 to 17. In addition, animal studies suggest that exposure to marijuana during adolescence may increase the risk of developing addiction to other substances of abuse, such as cocaine and methamphetamine. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n147/a06.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n147/a09.html Prince George Citizen, 20 Feb 2012 - Harm reduction mechanisms, needle exchanges, safe injection sites and crack pipe delivery services for drug users funded by taxpayer dollars generate controversy and have become prominent media issues. But our public health system's harm reduction strategy goes way beyond merely focusing on substance abuse. From smoking cessation programs to safer sex campaigns, it's there to protect everybody from harm. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n147/a09.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n147/a12.html Toronto Star, 22 Feb 2012 - OTTAWA-As the Conservatives' massive crime bill nears its final stages of parliamentary approval, a Canadian group of judges, lawyers, and policy advisers has emerged to urge a "smarter" approach to tackling crime. Calling itself the "Smarter Justice Network," the group publicly stepped forward on a day that a similar but unrelated American group released an open letter urging the Canadian government to avoid mandatory jail terms for drug crimes that have been a "costly failure" in the United States. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n147/a12.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n146/a11.html Record Searchlight, 21 Feb 2012 - A woman who owns land in the Round Mountain area has filed a claim against Shasta County alleging deputies unlawfully searched her property and destroyed hundreds of pounds of legally grown marijuana there. Filed by Santa Rosa attorney Joe Rogoway on behalf of Esmeralda Sanchez Garcia, 25, the claim is the precursor to a lawsuit. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n146/a11.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n145/a08.html New York Times, 19 Feb 2012 - At Funeral of a Teenager Shot by the Police, Demands for Accountability More than two weeks after an unarmed teenager was fatally shot by a police officer in the Bronx, hundreds of friends, relatives, activists and elected officials packed a church for his funeral. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n145/a08.html http://mapinc.org/url/oFsdXU0E The Gaston Gazette, 18 Feb 2012 - WAXHAW, N.C. - The family of a 13-year-old student kicked out of school for handing a friend a bag of oregano is considering a lawsuit if he's not immediately allowed back to school. At the end of January, the eighth-grader at Cuthbertson Middle School handed a classmate a baggie of oregano and told him it was marijuana. Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://mapinc.org/url/oFsdXU0E http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n145/a02.html The Calgary Sun, 17 Feb 2012 - Frustration is rising as city officials busted a second federally approved medicinal marijuana grow-op for several building codes violations. Investigators with the city's Coordinated Safety Response (CSR) team discovered numerous hazards and safety code infractions in a Calgary residence, the location of which officials declined to disclose. 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