Word: marijuana
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...past few months, the Bush administration has sent members of the National Guard and Army soldiers on raids to search and capture marijuana plots on federal lands. Camouflaged and armed, arriving in helicopters reportedly used in the invasion of Panama, these troops have aroused the ire of surrounding communities. And justifiably so. The action threatens the civil rights of American citizens, both now and in the future...
...grass at home has been as commonplace as the privilege of watching a moose graze in the backyard. But antidrug crusaders, who expect to be bolstered this week by a visit from federal drug czar William Bennett, are pressing voters to recriminalize the private possession of small amounts of marijuana -- made legal in 1975 by a court privacy decision -- this November. Says Marie Majewske of Alaskans for the Recriminalization of Marijuana: "When a drug is perceived to be socially acceptable, it is used and abused a great deal more...
...misfit at age 11, when his mother's remarriage took him from a lower-middle-class area to a wealthy suburb. Miserable, he began to drink and take drugs, buying $5 hits of the coolant Freon from a warehouse worker in the morning and then loading up on marijuana at his school during lunchtime. "It was like I was actually killing myself indirectly," says Scott, 18, who with treatment has been sober for three years...
...reminder that use of marijuana and other illegal drugs is prohibited by both state law and College regulations. Jewett noted, however, that the College's rules on drug use have not changed dramatically under the new policy...
...latest weapon in the antidrug war, Drug Alert was developed in Israel and is used by U.S. agencies for drug interdiction. It is being sold in a $49.95 kit for home use, which includes two spray cans designed to detect traces of marijuana or hashish and one for cocaine and crack. While Shertest Corp., the New York-based distributor, considers the test accurate, it suggests that any positive result be confirmed by a laboratory. The tattletale hues do not necessarily prove drug use; they only indicate that drugs had touched the tested surface. "We do not test people; we test...