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Crime Stoppers wants students to report weapons, drug use (The Oregonian
version says the teen-age snitch idea was originated by a police officer at a
high school in Boulder, Colorado. Similar programs already exist in Salem,
Oregon; Charleston, South Carolina; Thousand Oaks, a suburb of Los Angeles;
Indianapolis, Canada and Britain.)
The Oregonian
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Wednesday, January 20 1999
Crime Stoppers wants students to report weapons, drug use
* Rewards of as much as $1,000 will be given to those who anonymously call a
school police hot line with tips
By Michael A.W. Ottey
and Holly Sanders
of The Oregonian staff
Portland students will be paid up to $1,000 to anonymously report
schoolmates armed with weapons, drinking or using drugs in or around schools.
Under the new Campus Crime Stoppers program, students will be given a direct
hot line to school police.
Mayor Vera Katz held a news conference Tuesday to announce Campus Crime
Stoppers, which will operate similar to the current Crime Stoppers program.
But the telephone number, 916-3222, is a school police number, and the
program focuses on incidents involving young people.
The program, which will pay students an amount based on the severity of the
crime reported, will initially be launched in Portland, Parkrose and David
Douglas school districts.
"It's part of our vision and our commitment to keep our schools safe," Katz
said. "It's not about snitching. It's about doing the right thing."
Similar programs have been started on school campuses nationwide, from
Charleston, S.C., to Thousand Oaks, Calif., and students in Salem have been
paid to turn in students with guns.
Ben Canada, superintendent of the Portland Public Schools; Barbara Rommel,
superintendent of the David Douglas School District; and Peter Norbye,
superintendent of the Parkrose School District, all praised the program, but
students reacted with mixed feelings.
"That would just make everyone narc on their friends," said Nikki Dragoo,
16, a junior at Benson High School.
"It's an OK idea," said Tony Sunseri, 15, a Benson sophomore. "It might stop
some crime."
But Sunseri said it could also lead to wrongful reports and abuse of the
program.
Sarah Ridings, 17, a senior at Reynolds High School, agreed. "People would
try to get money for petty things," she said. "They would cause more trouble
than (the program) would help. Teen-agers are going to do what they're going
to do. When they don't like someone, they're going to lie to get that money."
Ridings said she would not report crime through the program.
"Because it's not worth the hassle," she said. "You tell someone, and it
wouldn't necessarily help. There's not enough trust between students and
authorities."
Some students said the money could influence actions. "Some people would
never report it no matter what, because they are in a gang or something,"
said Joey Rambo, 15, a Benson freshman. "But if people knew they could get
money for it, that might outweigh (the risk). I would call without a reward
if I knew about it."
Sgt. Larry Linne, who is with the Portland school police, said the district
has procedures in place to ensure that student rights regarding search and
seizure are not violated. The district also will weigh the tips carefully.
"We will have to prioritize what we send officers out on," Linne said.
Crime Stoppers, a nonprofit organization, is privately financed. The reward
money won't come from school or city coffers.
Frank Hooper, a member of the Crime Stoppers board of directors, said
informants would remain anonymous. He said even before Tuesday's
announcement, word of the program leaked out, and one case was solved. He
said he expects that the program will be successful.
At Salem's McKay High School, Principal Rey Mayoral has paid students $30
for information about a weapon, while a tip about vandalism earns students $10.
In the Charlotte, N.C. area, the program was so successful that it became in
danger of running out of money. Tips from students have led to 175 arrests
and have earned rewards ranging from $10 to $300 apiece. In suburban Los
Angeles, students receive rewards ranging from $5 to $50 by providing
information leading to school disciplinary action.
Many of the programs involve the reporting of weapons. In Indianapolis, for
example, students automatically receive $50 for reporting guns in middle or
high schools.
For the past 13 years, a group called Scholastic Crime Stoppers Program has
worked to promote such programs. Started by a police officer at a high
school in Boulder, Colo., the group has responded to more than 800 requests
for information about starting similar programs in the United States, Canada
and Great Britain.
But picking up the phone can pose a dilemma for students.
Last summer, Grant High School students drew criticism after they saw
suspected armed robber Tom Curtis on a post-graduation trip to Mexico.
Students said they didn't report Curtis for a variety of reasons, including
their loyalty to a friend and because of their doubts about the allegations.
Bryan McPherson, 17, a Jefferson senior, said he would prefer to talk to the
students suspected of committing a crime themselves instead of contacting
authorities.
"I don't trust the authorities," he said. "It depends on if someone got hurt
or not."
Kathleen Blythe of The Oregonian staff contributed to this report
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Burned-out landowner might sell to county (The Oregonian says Multnomah
County wants the property in North Portland owned by Larry Anderson. The
county raided his home, charged him with methamphetamine trafficking - later
reduced to possession - shot his four dogs, and destroyed his business. Then
a mysterious fire broke out and burned his house down. Anderson doesn't think
he has much choice now but to accept the county's offer for his land. David
Crowther, a Portland prohibition agent, was fatally shot there in 1979 during
an illegal drug raid that led to the resignation of three detectives who had
lied to obtain their search warrant.)
The Oregonian
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Wednesday, January 20 1999
Burned-out landowner might sell to county
* Larry Anderson, whose North Lombard house was destroyed last week, leans
toward giving in to plans to build a clinic on the site
Wednesday, January 20 1999
By Maxine Bernstein
of The Oregonian staff
The "not for sale" signs that Larry Anderson had nailed to his dilapidated
home in the St. Johns neighborhood of Portland are singed from last week's fire.
The blaze also has scorched Anderson's resolve to fight Multnomah County,
which has tried for three years to buy his land.
Anderson's is the only remaining parcel standing in the way of the county's
plans to build a new health clinic on the block in North Portland.
"I'm just about going to have to take the county's offer," a dejected
Anderson said this week from his temporary room in the Viking Motel, still
unable to grasp that he is uttering those words. "I've got to get my family
to a house. I don't know what else I can do. I guess I'm stuck."
Anderson's apparent readiness to accept the county's $180,000 offer to buy
his property, after years of adamantly refusing to sell, should bring to a
close a decades-long tussle between the St. Johns homeowner, the county and
local law enforcement.
Anderson, 50, does not have a lengthy or serious criminal record, but he,
his home and his adjacent motorcycle shop have been entangled with local
police for two decades. A Portland officer was fatally shot there in 1979
during an illegal drug raid that led to the resignation of three detectives
who had lied to obtain their search warrant.
Last October, police again raided the house at 9014 N. Lombard St., fatally
shot Anderson's four dogs and charged Anderson with possession of a small
amount of methamphetamine. Drug distribution charges were dismissed, and two
motorcycles that police confiscated in the raid have since been returned.
To Multnomah County, the property has been a thorn in its plan. Until now,
Anderson has been unsatisfied with the county's $180,000 offer.
Even though the house was destroyed in the fire, the county's offer stands,
said Bob Oberst, the county's property manager.
"Those structures are no benefit to Multnomah County," Oberst said. "We have
not retracted that offer and don't intend to do so. If those buildings had
value to us, we definitely would have."
A consultant with the Oregon Department of Transportation is calculating the
cost of relocating Anderson and his tenants, as the county prepares to buy
the land for public use. Federal law requires the county to pay such costs.
Even as firefighters were battling the flames last Wednesday, Anderson was
scheduled to meet with the consultant. The fire delayed Anderson and his
wife, but they kept the appointment.
"Their meeting was for 1 p.m., and they didn't make it," said Jay DeVoe of
the Oregon Department of Transportation. "I was curious as to why, but then
I heard about the fire. I was surprised, though, when they showed up later
in the day."
There was a heightened sense of urgency at that meeting because Anderson had
no fire insurance.
If Anderson accepts the offer, the county will work to find Anderson and his
tenants comparable housing elsewhere, DeVoe said.
The county would demolish Anderson's house as well as his shop, which was
not damaged in the fire, and clean up soil contamination on the site before
building the clinic.
"That's the last piece of the puzzle, so to speak," Oberst said.
The prospect of construction on a parcel that has long been an eyesore,
along with Anderson's departure, has brought mixed reactions from a
community where Anderson's troubles have become local lore.
He has drawn attention with his annual firing of a U.S. Navy cannon outside
his house to mark July Fourth and with his occasional ride through the
neighborhood on his drag bike.
Some have hailed him as a hero for snubbing his nose at the government.
Others say he's just stubborn.
Larry Hurt, manager of Baxter Auto Parts, across the street, looks forward
to the home's demolition and the construction of the clinic.
"Something will be better than nothing there," Hurt said.
Tom Lund, who has owned Lund Electronics on North Lombard Street for 25
years, is torn by prospects of the sale.
"To me, it's a shame for anybody to be burned out of their house," Lund
said. "I feel for Larry. He has suffered a lot of ill will for years. I'll
be sad to see Larry and his wife go. But as a businessman, I can't be sad to
see a more modern building standing there.
"I think a lot of the problems have stemmed from the fact that he's an
extremely proud individual and a little rebellious. By no means is he afraid
to stand up to City Hall."
Anderson, who at first tried to put out his basement fire with his own fire
extinguishers, said he's not sure the sale of his property will bring an end
to his troubles. He vows to continue his fight against his criminal charges.
Fire investigators ruled the blaze accidental, although they weren't able to
pinpoint the exact cause.
On Tuesday, outside the charred house, a U.S. flag, mounted on a tall pole,
continued to wave in the wind.
Maxine Bernstein covers the Portland Police Bureau for The Oregonian. She
can be reached at 221-8212.
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Drug-crazed teen hurts self in rampage (The Arizona Daily Star
says a 17-year-old Canyon Del Oro High School student seriously injured
himself yesterday after running in front of a school bus. When paramedics
arrived, they found the teen under the bus ripping out wires. The youth
told a friend he was on acid, but Department of Public Safety Officer
Jason Stevens said he suspects the teen may have been on PCP,
or phencyclidine hydrochloride, an overdose of which can cause symptoms
similar to an acute schizophrenic reaction, putting the person at a high risk
for suicide or violence toward others.)
From: "Bob Owen@W.H.E.N." (when@olywa.net)
To: "_Drug Policy --" (when@hemp.net)
Subject: Drug-crazed teen hurts self in rampage
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 18:07:18 -0800
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Wednesday, 20 January 1999
Drug-crazed teen hurts self in rampage
Jeffry Scott
The Arizona Daily Star
* Police say the student was hit when he ran in front of this bus and was
later found under the bus.
By Heather Urquides
The Arizona Daily Star
A Canyon Del Oro High School student on a drug-induced rampage ran in front
of a school bus yesterday afternoon, seriously injuring himself, police said.
The 17-year-old teen, whose name was not released, screamed that he was
going to kill himself before and after the accident, said Department of
Public Safety Officer Jason Stevens.
The student was taken to University Medical Center with a broken collarbone,
a head injury and numerous cuts and bruises. His injuries did not appear to
be life-threatening, said George Good, a Rural Metro Fire spokesman.
The teen's strange behavior started at about 1:30 p.m. when he reportedly
went to a friend's northside apartment, Stevens said.
``He said he was on acid and then all of a sudden he went crazy,'' Stevens
said.
The teen ran from the apartment, busting windshields and denting car roofs
along the way, Stevens said.
He then stripped naked and ran onto North Oracle Road, near West Magee Road,
in front of the bus, Stevens said.
The Canyon Del Oro bus was carrying five students, but no one inside was
injured, he said.
After being struck, the teen got up and ran across the street, where he fell
and rolled into a ditch, Stevens said.
When a witness tried to help him, he spit at him, Stevens said.
The teen then repeatedly banged his head on a drainage ditch before running
back into the road, he said.
When paramedics arrived, they found the teen under the bus, Good said.
``He was underneath the bus ripping out wires,'' Good said.
Stevens said he suspects the teen may have been on PCP, or phencyclidine
hydrochloride.
``It possibly was PCP judging from some of the characteristics of things
he's done,'' Stevens said, noting that the drug causes the illusion of
superhuman strength.
``It's not that you have super strength,'' he explained. ``You just don't
feel pain and your body doesn't know when to stop. That sounds like what he
was working on.''
Police found a vial of a substance believed to be PCP in the clothing the
teen discarded, Stevens said.
PCP, commonly referred to as ``angel dust,'' was originally used by
veterinarians to sedate large animals.
However, its use was discontinued because it disturbed and bewildered the
animals before it put them to sleep, according to the 1990 Mayo Clinic
Family Health Book.
A high dose of PCP can cause users to become violent or act in bizarre ways.
An overdose can cause symptoms similar to an acute schizophrenic reaction,
putting the person at a high risk for suicide or violence toward others, the
book states.
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Wild Shootout Leaves 1 Dead, 1 Wounded In Fort Worth
(The Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, in Texas, says a convoluted feud
over a drug debt alleged by one man who fled a car wreck, leaving another man
holding his drugs to be arrested, led to an attempted slaughter yesterday
and a sniper ambush on the would-be attackers.)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 19:20:50 -0800
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Pubdate: Wed, 20 Jan 1999
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Copyright: 1999 Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas
Author: Kathy Sanders, Star-Telegram Staff Writer
WILD SHOOTOUT LEAVES 1 DEAD, 1 WOUNDED IN FORT WORTH
FORT WORTH -- A convoluted feud over a purported drug debt led to an
attempted slaughter at a Polytechnic Heights neighborhood home early
yesterday and an ambush on those gunmen -- leaving one man dead, one
injured and one jailed, police said.
The 1 a.m. shooting in the 2900 block of Fitzhugh Avenue sent bullets
flying into neighboring homes, prompting police to block off the
street while crime scene officers processed the scene.
Officials identified the man killed by a gunshot wound in his back as
Jeffery Strahan, 22, of Fort Worth, who was found dead in the driveway
of a home two doors down from the house targeted by several gunmen.
Derrick Marsh, 23, was shot in the hip. Police found him at John Peter
Smith Hospital, where he was in stable condition.
Jailed on investigation of deadly conduct in the shooting is Antonio
Nelson, 22, whose home on Fitzhugh was the target of gunmen, Homicide
Detective Curt Brannan said. Nelson's bail was set at $25,000. "It may
be determined that he [Nelson] was acting in self-defense, but he did
so with greatly excessive force and the endangerment of the
neighborhood," he said.
The story apparently began on Christmas, when Strahan was driving a
car in which Nelson was a passenger. Strahan wrecked the car and ran
away, leaving Nelson and a bag of drugs in the car, Brannan said.
Nelson was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled
substance, a charge that is still pending, records show. He posted
$8,000 bail and was released from Tarrant County Jail.
During the past few days, witnesses told Brannan, Strahan had been
coming by Nelson's home, where he lives with his fiancee and their
1-year-old son, demanding payment of a drug debt, Brannan said. It is
not clear whether the debt was related to the car accident and
Nelson's arrest.
But the feud escalated, and Strahan -- always accompanied by at least
one other man -- set a Monday midnight deadline to be paid, Brannan
said.
Late Monday, before midnight, Strahan and Nelson again argued. When
Strahan drove off, followed by a second car, Nelson changed into black
clothing, armed himself with an assault rifle and 140 rounds of
ammunition, walked across the street and hid in a neighbor's yard,
Brannan said, citing statements from witnesses and Nelson.
Soon, people returned to Nelson's house on foot, Brannan
said.
"There are five people in [Nelson's] house, and they see coming
through the window a red laser beam [from a gun sight] and they hit
the floor. Then multiple shots come through the house," he said.
Nelson told police that when Strahan and the other men began firing,
he opened fire on them, shooting wildly in the dark and striking other
homes "up and down the block," Brannan said.
Police found Strahan two doors down, with two weapons close to him,
including one equipped with a laser sight, a police report said.
Marsh, whose role is as yet undetermined, fled to a nearby address,
from where he was taken to the hospital.
Nelson went back to his house and waited for police, and then told
them he was defending his family.
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Former Mountie Won't Do Time For Corruption (The Toronto Star
says Jorge Leite, the former drug agent with the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police convicted of corruption in Portugal for selling out the RCMP
to the Cali drug cartel, walked out of court with a suspended sentence
and a $1,500 fine. "I think if they [RCMP] had done a thorough investigation
they would have found that everyone on that drug squad was corrupt,"
said Carlos Leite, Jorge's brother.)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 19:57:38 -0800
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Copyright: 1999, The Toronto Star
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Pubdate: 20 Jan 1999
Page: A2
Author: Dale Brazao, Toronto Star Staff Reporter
FORMER MOUNTIE WON'T DO TIME FOR CORRUPTION
Police didn't prove large parts of case, judge says
JORGE LEITE VILA FRANCA DE XIRA, Portugal - Accused of taking more than
$200,000 in bribes from Colombian drug lords, former Mountie Jorge Leite
has walked out of court here with a suspended sentence and a $1,500 fine.
Convicted of corruption for selling out the RCMP to the Cali drug cartel,
Leite, 48, was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison.
But as was expected, Judge Jose Martins immediately suspended sentence and
imposed four years of probation instead, saying the Mounties had failed to
prove a lot of their case against their former colleague.
Then he admonished Leite for keeping bad company in Canada and told him to
keep his nose clean if he wants to stay out of prison.
``You are almost 50 years old and it's time you got some brains,'' Martins
said.
In setting Leite free, Martins threw out a large portion of the RCMP's case
against the former drug squad officer, telling reporters after court the
Mounties may have acted illegally in obtaining a confession from Leite in
Portugal in 1993.
Leite's signed statement, in which he admitted his role as a mole for a
Cali cell in Montreal, should have been taken in the presence of a
Portuguese judge, Martins said.
Nevertheless, the three judges were satisfied Leite had been corrupted by
the Colombians and found that he had sold RCMP information 49 times to a
drug network run by Montreal drug queen Ines Barbosa.
Without the confession, the case against Leite boiled down to his own
admission in court that he accepted only $45,000 in bribes and a $30,000
van from Barbosa, Martins said.
The Mounties failed to prove that Leite had taken more than $200,000 in
bribes or that he knew he was under investigation when he fled Canada in
1991, Martins said.
Leite testified he took the bribes on orders from his supervisor, Inspector
Claude Savoie, to infiltrate the Colombian mob. And while he kept the car,
he gave the $45,000 to his boss, he said.
Savoie committed suicide in 1992 as he was about to be questioned about his
own role as an informant for another Montreal drug cell.
Martins said Leite's admission, his lack of a previous criminal record, and
lingering questions about Savoie's role in the saga all were factors
affecting the sentencing.
Inspector Yves Roussel, who spent the last seven years trying to bring
Leite to justice in Canada or Portugal, said he was pleased with the outcome.
``I'm walking on a cloud,'' Roussel said in a telephone interview from
Montreal. ``The important thing is that Jorge Leite has been found guilty
of corruption, he has a criminal record, and has been found to be a liar.''
Roussel said he was surprised by Martins' comments about the RCMP's conduct
since Leite's signed confession was obtained in the presence of Portuguese
police officers and under the authority of another judge.
Leite, who had promised to speak to reporters after the trial, apparently
changed his mind. He was whisked out of court covered with a coat, and
escorted by police who harassed and threatened reporters who tried to take
pictures.
Carlos Leite, who attended the trial every day, said he was elated his
brother was free but saddened he was now saddled with a criminal record.
``Everybody knows my brother is not completely innocent, but neither is he
as guilty as the RCMP have made him out to be,'' Leite told reporters.
``I think if they (RCMP) had done a thorough investigation they would have
found that everyone on that drug squad was corrupt,'' Carlos Leite said.
Jorge Leite's wife Maria said she was glad the ordeal, in which her husband
was jailed for six weeks while awaiting trial, was over.
``I'm not happy he's been convicted, but I'm glad he's coming home,'' she
said.
The verdict, was a just one, said Leite's lawyer Luisa Seco, accusing the
RCMP of pursuing Leite with a vengeance for the last seven years. ``You'd
think he was Bill Clinton the way they went after him.'
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DrugSense Weekly, No. 82 (The lead article in the original summary of drug
policy news from DrugSense is an Open letter to newly elected California AG
Bill Lockyer, by Dr. Tom O'Connell. The Weekly News in Review features
several articles about Policy, including - Drug prohibition and public
health; US drug policy failing, report says; Drug use down, drug deaths up;
A drug sniffing society; Medical marijuana - the six-state sweep. News about
Law Enforcement & Prisons includes - Channel surfing: Snitches; Interview
with Eric Sterling for "Snitch"; Federalizing crime, conservatives are
expanding federal power; Federal drug fighters to open office in city.
Articles about Drugs include - Sixties drug is in again; New marijuana strain
boosts drug trade; Blue nitro worries poison experts. International News
includes - UK: Doctors volunteer to test cannabis; Fighting rising drug abuse
inside Mexico's borders; Kenya rivals Colombia in drug trafficking;
Tajikistan, Rakhmonov to speak on drugs; Colombian death squads endangering
peace talks. The weekly Hot Off The 'Net notes Steve Kubby has been arrested.
The Quote of the Week cites Carl Sagan. The Fact of the Week documents that
the U.S. incarceration rate rose from 313 per 100,000 in 1985 to 645 per
100,000 currently, three to 10 times higher than rates in modern democratic
societies.)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 14:21:35 -0800
To: mgreer@mapinc.org
From: Mark Greer (MGreer@mapinc.org)
Subject: DrugSense Weekly, January 20, 1999 #082
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
* Feature Article
Open Letter to Bill Lockyer Newly Elected California AG
By Dr. Tom O'Connell
*Weekly News in Review
Policy-
(1) Drug Prohibition And Public Health
(2) Wire: US Drug Policy Failing, Report Says
(3) Wire: Drug Use Down, Drug Deaths Up
(4) A Drug Sniffing Society
(5) Medical Marijuana - The Six-State Sweep
Law Enforcement & Prisons-
(6) Channel Surfing: Snitches
(7) Interview With Eric Sterling For 'Snitch'
(8) Federalizing Crime, Conservatives Are Expanding Federal Power
(9) Federal Drug Fighters To Open Office In City
Drugs-
(10) Sixties Drug Is In Again
(11) New Marijuana Strain Boosts Drug Trade
(12) Blue Nitro Worries Poison Experts
International News-
(13) UK: Doctors Volunteer to Test Cannabis
(14) Fighting Rising Drug Abuse Inside Mexico's Borders
(15) Kenya Rivals Colombia in Drug Trafficking
(16) Tajikistan, Rakhmonov to Speak On Drugs
(17) Colombian Death Squads Endangering Peace Talks
* Hot Off The 'Net
Steve Kubby Arrested
* Quote of the Week
Carl Sagan
* Fact of the Week
Incarceration rates soar
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FEATURE ARTICLE
***
Open Letter to Bill Lockyer Newly elected California A.G.
Honorable Bill Lockyer
California Attorney General
PO Box 944255
Sacramento 94244-2550
Dear Mr. Lockyer:
As a physician who had been distressed for years by our irrational
national policy of Cannabis (marijuana) prohibition, I was elated by
the passage of Proposition 215 in 1996. To an even greater degree, I
have subsequently been sickened by the determined attacks of local law
enforcement in many California venues against patients and especially
against distributors of medical marijuana.. As you know, your
predecessor, encouraged such prosecutions as a matter of policy. I was,
therefore gratified to read that you are committed to making
Proposition 215 work as voters intended: to allow bona-fide patients to
have access to medicinal Cannabis without fear of arrest.
Several residual injustices from the harassing prosecutions undertaken
before your election are still with us: significantly, in the wake of
your favorable commentary about medical marijuana, the trial of Peter
Baez has just started in San Jose, while Marvin Chavez and Jack
Schacter were recently convicted of felony sale of marijuana in Orange
County and await sentence on January 29. In all these cases, the
alleged "criminals" had made no secret of their intention to operate
under the provisions of the new law and had sought the cooperation of
local law enforcement; nevertheless, the same police had clearly made
disruption of the medical marijuana distribution centers a high
priority, had employed undercover agents and "sting" tactics, and
(successfully) demanded access to patient records.
Lamentable as these cases may be, the injustice they represent is still
potentially reversible, since Schacter and Chavez haven't yet been
sentenced and Baez'trial is still underway. The most egregious case is
that of David Herrick, a Viet Nam war veteran, ex-paramedic and former
deputy sheriff who was arrested in May, 1997 while working with Marvin
Chavez in Orange County. He has been continuously confined for nineteen
months; Held initially in the Orange County Jail until July 1998, he
was later transferred to Wasco State Prison following sentencing. His
"trial," can easily be recognized as a travesty from local press
accounts; even though the small amount of marijuana he was arrested for
possessing with "intent to sell" was clearly labeled for specific
individual patients, the trial judge willingly granted the District
Attorney's motion to bar all mention of medical marijuana and
Proposition 215 from the testimony heard by the jury! Herrick was
unjustly tried as an ordinary street dealer.
David Herrick remained at "Reception" in Wasco until Christmas day,
when he was finally transferred to a lower security facility (Salinas
Valley State Prison). Even if paroled in the Spring, he will have spent
nearly two years in confinement, will have very limited civil rights as
a parolee, and will face a high statistical possibility of being
returned to prison for a "violation" at the caprice of a parole
officer. Even when his parole is successfully completed, he will always
carry the burden of being a convicted felon.
All of these cases represent flagrant violations of human decency as
well as the spirit, and probably the letter, of California law. They
are enduring injustices. I urge you to make their correction or
mitigation one of your highest priorities as Attorney General.
Sincerely,
Thomas J. O'Connell, MD
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WEEKLY NEWS IN REVIEW
***
COMMENT:
Despite continuing media preoccupation with impeachment, last week's
drug policy news was eventful; two potentially landmark releases were
accompanied by a host of other developments.
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Domestic News- Policy
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COMMENT: (1-3)
One potential landmark was publication of Ernest Drucker's brilliant
paper which uses the government's own statistics to show the damage
done by prohibition.
Although the article was noted by both Reuters and UPI, the wire
stories were (predictably) slighted by major US media;
fortunately,Drucker's article, as part of the medical literature can't
be ignored indefinitely.
(1) DRUG PROHIBITION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
S Y N O P S I S
FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS, the US has pursued a drug policy based on
prohibition and the vigorous application of criminal sanctions for the
use and sale of illicit drugs. The relationship of a prohibition-based
drug policy to prevalence patterns and health consequences of drug use
has never been fully evaluated.
[snip]
Despite an overall decline in the prevalence of drug use since 1979, we
have seen dramatic increases in drug-related emergency department
visits and drug-related deaths coinciding with this period of increased
enforcement.
[snip]
African Americans are more than 20 times as likely as whites to be
incarcerated for drug offenses, and drug-related emergency department
visits, overdose deaths, and new HIV infections related to injecting
drugs are many times higher for blacks than whites.
These outcomes may be understood as public health consequences of
policies that criminalize and marginalize drug users and increase
drug-related risks to life and health.
[snip]
Source: Public Health Reports, Journal Of The US Public Health Service
Pubdate: Jan-Feb, 1999
Contact: phr@nlm.nih.gov
Author: Ernest Drucker, PhD
Note: Dr. Drucker is a Professor of Epidemiology and Social Medicine,
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, a Senior
Fellow with the Lindesmith Center/Open Society Institute, and
Editor-in-Chief of the journal Addiction Research. Tables and figures, not
provided in the MAP version are currently available with the article in
Adobe's PDF format at: http://www.of-course.com/drugrealities/acrobat.htm
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n047.a07.html (Part 1)
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n048.a01.html (Part 2)
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(2) WIRE: US DRUG POLICY FAILING, REPORT SAYS
WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. policy of outlawing
recreational drugs and actively going after those who use them is
failing to protect users, with deaths and illness due to overdoses
increasing, a report published on Monday finds.
Despite declines in drug use, visits to hospital emergency rooms
related to cocaine and heroin use have increased sharply, Ernest
Drucker of the Montefiore Medical Centre in New York said.
[snip]
Pubdate: Mon, 11 Jan 1999
Source: Reuters
Copyright: 1999 Reuters Limited.
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n042.a04.html
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(3) WIRE: JOURNAL BLASTS U.S. DRUG POLICY
NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (UPI) - The latest issue of Public Health Reports
harshly criticizes U.S. drug policy, arguing that increased U.S. drug
enforcement has fueled overdose deaths and drug-related emergencies.
In its January/February issue, the official journal of the U.S. Public
Health Service, lead article reveals how U.S. policies have led to
dramatic increases in drug-related overdose deaths and emergency room
visits.
[snip]
Pubdate: Wed, 13 Jan 1999
Source: United Press International
Copyright: 1999 United Press International
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n050.a01.html/all
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COMMENT: (4)
The next op-ed is also devastating (and eloquent) criticism of our
drug policy, particularly when you consider its source- the Boise
Weekly. The sheriff referred to has just became infamous for his use
of drug sniffing dogs in private parking lots.
(4) A DRUG SNIFFING SOCIETY
'I suspect that some of these cars they are going to pick up on are going
to have merchandise with no receipts.' --Sheriff George Nourse,
anticipating an incidental benefit to the use of drug-detecting dogs in
Canyon County parking lots.
[snip]
Or maybe we could discuss decriminalizing the stuff--regulating the
trade, cleansing the poisons from the substance, stripping profits from
the dealers, offering treatment instead of jail time, looking for
medical answers instead of prison space. That, too, might work--if
we're willing to accept a certain level of dependency. Or we could
continue along as we are--pouring good billions upon bad, building a
prison nation, enriching the crime cartels, and watching people die. We
already know it doesn't work, but it does keep the dogs busy.
[snip]
Pubdate: January 14, 1999
Source: Boise Weekly
Author: Bill Cope
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n057.a10.html
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COMMENT: (5)
Rolling Stone's William Greider again demonstrated his impressive
mastery of the political nuances of drug policy in a wide-ranging
discussion of medical marijuana. This is one of those articles you have
to read completely.
(5) MEDICAL MARIJUANA - The Six-State Sweep
The American people want marijuana Legalized for medical use.
Why isn't W A S H I N G T 0 N listening?
NEWT GINGRICH AND THE Republicans were not the only losers in Washington,
D.C., in this fall's elections. The War on Drugs took a big hit, too.
Voters approved every pro-medical-marijuana measure put before them
[snip]
If the federal government does not rethink its hard-line policy against
medical marijuana, then the campaign will move on to more states and
collect more victories.
[snip]
Source: Rolling Stone (US)
Copyright: 1999 Rolling Stone
Pubdate: 24 Dec 1998 - 7 Jan 1999
Page 111
Author: William Greider
Contact: letters@rollingstone.com
Website: http://www.rollingstone.com/
Forum: http://yourturn.rollingstone.com/webx?98@@webx1.html
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n067.a08.html
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Law Enforcement & Prisons
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COMMENT: (6-7)
The other major media event of the week was the airing of "Snitch," a
program regarded by many as the most effective TV documentary on the
excesses of drug prohibition to date. This review appeared in the
Chicago Tribune.
Eric Sterling, who as a young lawyer played a role in developing
mandatory minimum legislation, figures prominently in the documentary;
an informative interview with him was published on-line.
(6) CHANNEL SURFING: SNITCHES
"Frontline: Snitches": If ever a TV program is going to make you decide
to stop hanging out with crack dealers, this is the one. Producer Ofra
Bikel,who has done lengthy debunkings of child-sex-abuse prosecutions
for "Frontline," returns to the hysteria beat. This time (9 p.m.,
WTTW-Ch. 11), she examines the way the federal "drug war" brought in
illogical and inflexible sentencing rules that, she argues, have taken
power in the judicial system away from judges and handed it to
prosecutors.
[snip]
In this chilling context, the defenders of mandatory minimum sentences,
such as Sen. Orrin Hatch (R., Utah), sound like they are merely
offering simplistic platitudes about protecting kids.
[snip]
Pubdate: 12 Jan. 1998
Source: Chicago Tribune
Contact: tribletter@aol.com
Website: http://chicagotribune.com
Author: Steve Johnson
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n044.a04.html
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(7) INTERVIEW WITH ERIC STERLING FOR 'SNITCH'
Eric E. Sterling was counsel to the U.S. House Committee on the
Judiciary, 1979-1989 and participated in the passage of the mandatory
minimum sentencing laws. Currently, he is President of The Criminal
Justice Policy Foundation, Washington, DC and Co-Chair of the American
Bar Association, Committee on Criminal Justice, Section of Individual
Rights and Responsibilities.
FRONTLINE: Looking back now, how do you measure the success of your work
enacting mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses?
Eric Sterling: The work that I was involved in in enacting these mandatory
sentences is probably the greatest tragedy of my professional life.
[snip]
FRONTLINE: How did these laws come about?
Eric Sterling: These laws came about in an incredible conjunction between
politics and hysteria.
[snip]
Source: PBS Frontline
Pubdate: Tue, 12 Jan 1999
Copyright: 1999 WGBH/FRONTLINE
Contact: frontline@wgbh.org
Website:http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/snitch/
Forum:http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/snitch/talk/
Mail: Frontline Producer, WGBH
125 Western Avenue Boston, MA 02134
The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation website is at: http://www.cjpf.org/
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n047.a01.html
***
COMMENT: (8-9)
Dissatisfaction with the direction taken by federal courts was
expressed in other quarters, as well: the following editorial is from
the conservative Des Moines Register; even Midwestern willingness to
believe federal propaganda has its limits.
In Massachusetts, by contrast, the fact that the DEA was looking for
office space was viewed in a generally positive light. Local
enforcement officials seemed to view their burgeoning heroin market
almost as a business opportunity- which , of course, is just what it
is.
(8) FEDERALIZING CRIME, IRONICALLY, CONSERVATIVES
ARE EXPANDING FEDERAL POWER.
You don't have to make a federal case out of it."
That old saw pays respect to the elevated status of cases that come
before the federal judiciary, which was provided for in the
Constitution to tend to the legal business of the national government.
[snip]
Ironically, this expansion of federal-court jurisdiction comes from a
Congress ruled by conservatives who allegedly believe in a limited
federal government. And it comes at the very time that Congress refuses
to give the federal judiciary adequate resources: Despite increasing
caseloads, Congress has authorized no new trial judges in eight years.
[snip]
Pubdate: 10 Jan 1999
Source: Des Moines Register (IA)
Contact: letters@news.dmreg.com
Website: http://www.dmregister.com/
Copyright: 1999, The Des Moines Register.
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n061.a07.html
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(9) FEDERAL DRUG FIGHTERS TO OPEN OFFICE IN CITY
NEW BEDFORD -- The federal Drug Enforcement Agency hopes to open a
permanent office in the city within six months to combat what agents
describe as a serious trafficking problem in the area.
Special Agent Pamela Mersky said last week the agency is looking for
office space in the city.
[snip]
She cited an influx of cheap, fairly pure heroin as the area's biggest
problem.
[snip]
Out of 1,150 arrests last year in New Bedford, close to 95 percent were
drug-related, Lt. Wotton said. Of those, more involved larger
quantities of drugs than in the past, he noted.
[snip]
Source: Standard-Times (MA)
Contact: YourView@S-T.com
Website: http://www.s-t.com/
Copyright: 1999 The Standard-Times
Pubdate: 11 Jan 1999
Author: Polly Saltonstall, Standard-Times staff writer
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n040.a12.html
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Drugs
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COMMENT: (10-12)
Although hard pressed to find space for intelligent coverage of drug policy
issues, the nation's newspapers maintain an insatiable appetite for the
latest "drug scare," the same old story- endlessly recycled; changing only
the name of the latest demon drug and the list of its always-titillating
effects. With free advertising like this, what need has the criminal market
for Madison Avenue?
(10) SIXTIES DRUG IS IN AGAIN
Crime: 'Magic Mushrooms' have made a comeback,and police say they can be
addictive or even deadly.
Ben Thomas put hallucinogenic mushrooms on his pepperoni pizza. He
mixed them into Lipton tea, or ate the nasty-tasting drugs with loads
of potato chips.
[snip]
Source: Orange County Register
Contact: letters@link.freedom.com
Website: http://www.ocregister.com/
Copyright: 1999 The Orange County Register
Pubdate: Thur, 07 Jan 199
Author: Mai Tran-OCR
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n046.a01.html
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(11) NEW MARIJUANA STRAIN BOOSTS DRUG TRADE
A new grade of marijuana grown in British Columbia is so potent it is
being traded pound-for-pound for cocaine in the United States, U.S. and
Canadian authorities say.
The drug trade is prompting concerns among law enforcement officials
who have seen drug seizures and arrests soar.
[snip]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Contact: chronletters@sfgate.com
Website: http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/
Forum: http://www.sfgate.com/conferences/
Copyright: 1999 San Francisco Chronicle
Pubdate: 13 Jan 1999
Author: Neva Chonin, Chronicle Staff Writer
Section: Page A1
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n050.a03.html
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(12) BLUE NITRO WORRIES POISON EXPERTS
Touted by its promoters as a euphoric elixir that can boost your mood,
burn fat, rev up your sex life and even send you off into blissful
slumber, a trendy new brew known as Blue Nitro has hit San Francisco.
But even as phones at vitamin stores and sex shops ring with requests
for the potion, police and medical professionals are warning that the
chemical composition of the liquid creates more risks than benefits.
[snip]
Source: San Francisco Examiner
Copyright: 1999 San Francisco Examiner
Contact: letters@examiner.com
Website: http://www.examiner.com/
Forum: http://examiner.com/cgi-bin/WebX
Author: Anastasia Hendrix
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n042.a03.html
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International News
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COMMENT: (13)
The orderly quest of Geoffrey Guy for a marketable form of cannabis
continues; it's interesting to speculate on how this news is being
received at ONDCP and NIDA
(13) DOCTORS VOLUNTEER TO TEST CANNABIS
THE therapeutic effects of cannabis are to be tested by two doctors who
have volunteered to run the first official patient trials.
[snip]
Three hundred patients will take part in the post-operative pain trial
and 600 in the MS trial.
[snip]
An initial crop of 5,000 plants was sown in August at a secure
glasshouse in the south of England. The mature, 8ft plants are now
being cut off just above the stem and hung up to dry before being
transferred to a laboratory.
The aim of the trials is to obtain results that will be accepted by the
World Health Organisation.
[snip]
Pubdate: Mon, 11 Jan 1999
Source: Reuters
Copyright: 1999 Reuters Limited.
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n042.a04.html
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COMMENT: (14)
Inevitable consequences of the global glut of illegal drugs produced
for our market are increased availability and lower prices all along
the pipeline. Thus, increased addiction rates in poor countries are
part of the legacy American policy leaves to the rest of the world.
(14) FIGHTING RISING DRUG ABUSE INSIDE MEXICO'S BORDERS
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 11, 1999 -- If he could take control of the millions
of dollars Mexico spends each year to combat drug trafficking, Miguel
Gonzalez Espinosa would spend a little less of it on high-tech, heavily
armed operations at airports and along the border, aimed at stopping the
flow of drugs from Colombia on their way to the United States.
[snip]
He sees first hand the toll taken by a less-talked-about, but increasingly
damaging problem:the rise in drug abuse - especially cocaine and crack -
among Mexican youth.
[snip]
Pubdate: Mon, 11 Jan 1999
Source: N.Y. Times News Service
Copyright: 1999 N.Y. Times News Service
Author: Ginger Thompson
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n063.a05.html
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COMMENT: (15-16)
As the scope of MAP news coverage increases, we are reminded that the lure
of the illegal drug market created by US policy really is global; it kills
and corrupts people every day in nations we rarely think about.
That concept is reinforced by the next article from Takijistan which prove
that no place is too small or unimportant to participate in the drug war.
(15) KENYA RIVALS COLOMBIA IN DRUG TRAFFICKING
NAIROBI (AANA) January 11 - Kenya's drug problem has been compared to that
of Columbia as large forest lands are cleared and planted with bhang
(canabis sativa) while the plantations are protected by guards armed with
bows and arrows.
[snip]
Apart from being a major grower of bhang, Kenya has become a major staging
point for traffickers while domestic consumption has escalated in recent
times, according to an International Narcotics Control Strategy report.
[snip]
Source: All Africa News Agency
Website: www.africanews.org
Pubdate: 11 Jan 1999
Author: Barrack Otieno
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n067.a03.html
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(16) TAJIKISTAN RAKHMONOV TO SPEAK ON DRUGS PROBLEM.
DUSHANBE, - Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov will address the nation
on Friday on the problem of illegal drugs which has acquired immense
scope in the Central Asian republic.
The address is to be made at the conference "Drug-free Tajikistan" in
Dushanbe which is organised by the state commission on drugs control
and the special UNO programme.
[snip]
Pubdate: Fri, 15 Jan 1999
Source: ITAR-TASS (Russia)
Copyright: 1999 ITAR-TASS.
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n061.a05.html
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COMMENT: (17)
While there is no political stability in any drug producing nation;
the most rapidly deteriorating situation is in Colombia, where last
week's killings, though easily three times the number in Kosovo,
attracted far less notice from the US press.
(17) COLOMBIAN DEATH SQUADS ENDANGERING PEACE TALKS, ANALYSTS SAY
BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan. 12, 1999 - After a three-day rampage by
paramilitary death squads that killed at least 139 people,
Colombians are demanding that their government either negotiate with
the outlawed militias or fight back. The massacres began just a day
after peace talks opened last week between the government and the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, Colombia's largest
Marxist guerrilla group.
[snip]
"At some point, the government has to decide: either they attack the
paramilitaries with the possibility that it divides the army, or they
accept that the paramilitaries continue and break off the talks with
the FARC,'' (sociologist Alberto) Molano said.
[snip]
Pubdate: Tue, 12 Jan 1999
Source: Houston Chronicle
Copyright: 1999 Houston Chronicle
Contact: viewpoints@chron.com
Website: http://www.chron.com/
Forum: http://www.chron.com/content/hcitalk/index.html
Author: John Otis
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n063.a04.html
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HOT OFF THE 'NET
Thanks to Art Sobey for this heads up:
Steve Kubby Arrested
Medical cannabis patients Steve and Michele Kubby were arrested early
on January 19 at their home near Lake Tahoe, California. Mr. Kubby, who
suffers from a rare form of cancer, credits the very fact that he is
alive to medical cannabis. He was growing the medicine in his home for
his own use. Because he is being denied access to his medicine, he
fears he will suffer a stroke tonight while in custody.
Steve and Michele were marched through the snow and thrown in freezing
cold cells, where their jailers have refused their requests blankets
and medical care. As of this writing, Steve has already experienced
three hypertensive episodes in jail, and his blood pressure is
dangerously high.
Though they were arrested near Lake Tahoe, they were transferred to
Placer County Jail in Auburn. Bail has been set at $100,000 even though
the Kubbys own their home, have a small child, and present absolutely
no flight risk. Steve was the Libertarian Party's candidate for
governor in the November, 1998 election.
Before they were taken into custody, Steve and Michele presented the
officers with their patient credentials and notes from their
physicians. Nevertheless, a deputy district attorney on the scene
personally ordered the Kubbys arrested. Police and sheriff's deputies
also seized the Kubbys' computers, which are their source of income.
The Kubbys are exactly the kind of people for whom Proposition 215 was
enacted. Nevertheless, Steve overheard his arresting officers say,
"That 215 doesn't apply here. Maybe it'll work in San Francisco, but
not out here."
"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."
-- Voltaire
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"The Fine Art of Baloney Detection," Parade, February 1, 1987
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FACT OF THE WEEK
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From the impressive collection of Drug War Facts at:
http://www.csdp.org/factbook/
In 1985, our incarceration rate was 313 per 100,000 population. Now it
is 645 per 100,000, which is three to 10 times higher than rates of the
other modern democratic societies. The largest single factor
contributing to this imprisonment wave is an eight-fold rise in drug
arrests. In 1980, when illicit drug use was peaking, there were about
50,000 men and women in prison for violating drug laws. Last year,
there were about 400,000.
Source: Reinarman, C. & Levine, H.G., "Casualties of War," San Jose
Mercury News, (letter), (1998, March 1), Sect. C, p. 1.
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