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SEPARATED. MARION BARRY, 66, former mayor of Washington; from his fourth wife Cora, whom he married two years after his release from prison in 1992; on misdemeanor drug charges, following reports that police found traces of marijuana and crack cocaine in his car; in Washington. Barry, who had been hoping for a political comeback, at the same time dropped out of his race for an at-large D.C. council seat. "I put the well-being of Cora above the well-being of my political life," he said, "and I'm going to fight to get her back...
...hours out of Pakbeng, where we overnighted in a basic but adequate guesthouse, one passenger inquired as to whether he might partake of some marijuana on the roof. "No," replied Mr. Hong. Despite the refusal, a sweet scent soon filled the boat. "I'm not stopping if he falls off," shrugged the captain. A Japanese photographer fell off the roof of his boat three months ago and was sucked down into a whirlpool. "There was nothing I could do," Mr. Hong said. "They found his body a few weeks later?in Vietnam...
Several government-appointed commissions, President Nixon’s 1972 National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse being the most well known, have recommended decriminalizing marijuana. President Carter’s words in 1977 are especially true today: “Penalties against drug use should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against the possession of marijuana in private for personal use.” Congress should immediately move towards decriminalization...
...only is it very likely that marijuana harms its users; it is a gateway drug that, in many cases, starts teenagers on a slippery slope towards abusing even more dangerous narcotics. Though the war on drugs has its problems, the billions of dollars spent fighting it have prevented immeasurable tragedy...
...cost of enforcement may be high, but throwing up our hands in defeat and decriminalizing marijuana is not the solution...