Pubdate: Mon, 21 Jan 2002
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Copyright: 2002, Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact:  http://www.fyiedmonton.com/htdocs/edmsun.shtml
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135
Author: Jim White
Note: Parenthetical comment at bottom courtesy of Sun Editor

HEADLINE DEROGATORY

RE: "TOP pothead gets weed OK" was nothing less than a derogatory slur 
directed at a medical patient. Would you headline a story about a 
quadriplegic "Gimpy gets wheels?" Or perhaps "Lefty gets a helping hand" 
for a story about someone getting a prosthetic limb?

Jim White

(Considering many potheads call themselves potheads, we were unaware it was 
a derogatory slur.)
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