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Cult puff piece from McAlester, OK. Is editor James Beaty a cultist? He has run other puff pieces about Narconon Arrowhead in the past. Published: June 27, 2006 10:18 am Worldwide outreach By James Beaty Senior Editor A couple of men have traveled halfway around the world to see firsthand the operations at Narconon Arrowhead. Meir Ezra and Dr. Haim Mell are both from Tel Aviv, Israel. Ezra said he is trying to convince the Israeli government to adopt some of the practices used at Narconon Arrowh ...
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September 19, 2006 - Press Release - ONDCP YouTube is a free video hosting Web site that allows users to upload, view, and share video clips. YouTube currently makes available more than 70 million videos a day to users of their Web site and also allows users to "embed" these video clips on personal blogs and Web sites. The use of this video sharing technology will allow ONDCP to expand its ability to share accurate drug information and help more Americans understand how their government is working with communities to reduce drug use. Education and diversionary activities for young people play a key role in reducing the harm and misery caused by illegal drugs, Jacqui Smith said during her first visit as Home Secretary to Walsall Positive Futures Project today. The Walsall project's ten staff and volunteers organise diversionary sports training including football, boxing, volleyball and cricket, as well as sessions covering topics such as substance misuse, race and equality, sexual awareness and healthy ...
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Conservatives Promise a War on Drugs: Is Dion with us or against us? It looks like Conservatives are going to open up a third front in the war on marijuana, Britain, and the US being the other two. During his speech, Clement also told the meeting of doctors his government is preparing to roll out an anti-drug campaign for young people. "Canada has not run a serious or significant anti-drug campaign for almost 20 years and the messages young people have been receiving during the past several years have been confusing and conflicting, to say the least," he said. "We are very concerned about the damage and pain that drugs cause families and we intend to reverse ...
During his speech, Clement also told the meeting of doctors his government is preparing to roll out an anti-drug campaign for young people. "Canada has not run a serious or significant anti-drug campaign for almost 20 years and the messages young people have been receiving during the past several years have been confusing and conflicting, to say the least," he said. "We are very concerned about the damage and pain that drugs cause families and we intend to reverse the trend toward vague, ambiguous messaging that has characterized Canadian attitudes in the recent past," Clement ...
Marijuana: Myths countered with Facts. Fact : In 1972, after reviewing the scientific evidence, the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse concluded that while marijuana was not entirely safe, its dangers had been grossly overstated. Since then, researchers have conducted thousands of studies of humans, animals, and cell cultures. None reveal any findings dramatically different from those described by the National Commission in 1972. In 1995, based on thirty years of scientific research editors of the British medical journal Lancet concluded that “the smoking of cannabis, even long term, is not harmful to health.”
Fact : Marijuana has been shown to be effective in reducing the nausea induced by cancer chemotherapy, stimulating appetite in AIDS patients, and reducing intraocular pressure in people with glaucoma. There is also appreciable evidence that marijuana reduces muscle spasticity in patients with neurological disorders. A synthetic capsule is available by prescription, but it is not as effective as smoked marijuana for many patients. Pure THC may also produce more unpleasant psychoactive side effects than smoked marijuana. Many people use marijuana as a medicine today, despite its illegality. ...
CASA Will Not Tolerate Infestation This fall more than 16 million teens will return to middle and high schools where drug dealing, possession, use and students high on alcohol or drugs are part of the fabric of their school. Too many of our nation's high and middle schools have become marijuana marts and pill palaces. Parents should wake up to this reality and realize more likely than not, your teen is going to school each day in a building where drug use, sale and possession is as much a part of the curriculum as math or English ...
Califano's over-the-top warnings are not only unverifiable but essentially meaningless. How much drug use must occur before it becomes "part of the fabric" at a school? How many transactions does it take for a school to become a "marijuana mart" or a "pill palace"? When does drug use become "as much a part of the curriculum as math or English"? Is the threshold higher for students taking A.P. math or honors English?
Adding Mexico to the Ways Our Anti-Drug Policy Fails The moral conundrum is an exact replay. Our human need to substance abuse (decried and made illegal by a narrow-minded minority) has us in a permanent state of un-winnable conflict. The enablers are the same stern-faced moralists as Capone's time. The difference is that in the case of Prohibition, the great majority of us were users . We missed our alcoholic hit too much to keep up the charade and the Eighteenth Amendment was finally repealed.
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