Canada was the first country to regulate medical marijuana use. Health Canada established guidelines to allow Canadians access to marijuana for medicinal reasons in 2001, called Marijuana Medical Access Regulations. The regulations outline circumstances that permit people to use pot for medical reasons under two categories: Category 1 - compassionate end-of-life care. Pain or muscle spasms stemming from multiple sclerosis, or spinal cord injury or disease. Pain or other symptoms from cancer, HIV-related infections, severe arthritis or epilepsy. Category 2 - debilitating symptoms from medical conditions not under Category 1. [continues 164 words]
An NDP bill to restrict retail sales of cold medicines used in the production of crystal methamphetamine doesn't impress Solicitor General John Les, even after it received the support of the B.C. Federation of Police Officers. Les said he has received extensive advice about drug labs, and police management has made it "very clear that our issue is the bulk importation" of crystal meth components. Police have intercepted shipping containers from Asia containing large amounts of precursor chemicals, and large, sophisticated labs run by organized crime. [continues 63 words]
If you are a crime and punishment kind of person, then you'll probably hail the province's latest tool to bust grow-ops. If you're a civil libertarian, then you'll shudder at the plan. Victoria has amended the Safety Standards Act in an attempt to target and shut down marijuana grow operations. Under the new regulations, electricity companies will be required to give municipalities information about residences with unusual power consumption, so local authorities can target grow-op houses more efficiently. [continues 330 words]
SURREY -- Heavy users of electricity will be reported to police under new B.C. legislation. Near the end of this month, municipalities will have BC Hydro records on demand, data which will be turned over to police to determine whether spikes in power use were caused by a marijuana grow operation. Marijuana grow ops require high power consumption, typically three to 10 times the amount used by a normal home. "This amendment will help local authorities target and shut down marijuana grow operations more quickly and more efficiently," Minister of Public Safety John Les said in the legislature Thursday, as he introduced Bill 25. "With these amendments, municipalities will now be able to obtain information from electricity companies about residences with unusual power consumption." [continues 275 words]
Editor: I'm writing about: Karl Osmers' outstanding letter: "Drug dealers need the police" Tribune March 28. Beyond just the use of marijuana as medicine, why do so many of our politicians want to keep a natural herb that has never been documented to kill a single person, a criminalized substance? Why do apparently intelligent people want to arrest and jail other people who use or sell an easy-to-grow weed? Perhaps to understand their position we should study the history of U.S. alcohol prohibition. [continues 182 words]
Drug dealers need the police just as much as the police need the drug dealers. If you don't believe me, just think of the drug trade as "job security" for the police forces while the police activities justify the hugely inflated profits to be made form selling illegal drugs. Is it any wonder that the very notion of legalizing drugs is viewed as a catastrophic threat by both the police and the drug dealers? Ask yourselves; who benefits from the present anti-drug laws. Obviously the criminal management system benefits with life long job security. The drug dealers benefit by being able to charge exorbitant prices and society in general pays the price for this failed policy of drug prohibition. [continues 104 words]
David Sheach of the Boys and Girls Club, and one of the organizers of the crystal meth symposium, says the biggest drug problem in the community is alcohol. He says there is a grey area between illegal drugs and the legal sale of drug apparatus like bongs and pipes and magazines that promote illegal drug use. Rather than work to shutting down a business like the Happy Hippy Hemp store, he says the community would be better off to get the business owner on side to fight the problem of dangerous drug use. [continues 368 words]
When the highly successful crystal meth symposium in Williams Lake concluded on February 3, one of its recommendations was for the community to set up a meth-watch program. That's a program to monitor the sale of products used in the manufacture of crystal meth. Drug counselor Bob Hughes from the Phoenix Centre in Kamloops, also encouraged the community to convince local retailers not to sell glass pipes, which he said are exclusively used for bad drugs like crystal meth and crack cocaine. [continues 568 words]
When Roseanne McGregor of the Cariboo Friendship Centre and David Sheach of the Boys and Girls Club brought their conclusions of the community forum on crystal methamphetamine to city council on February 7, they were received with open arms. McGregor said the purpose of the conference was to bring information to the front line workers in Williams Lake and to get some facts out about the harms of the street drug to the community. She said 121 people signed up for the Thursday evening, February 2 information session, then 131 people signed in for the all-day session on Friday, February 3. She said 74 people managed to stay to the very end of the event. [continues 350 words]
VICTORIA - The solution to rampant property crime, small-time armed robberies and street-level drug dealing lies in a community-based system of justice and not in stiffer jail sentences for repeat offenders, B.C. Attorney General Wally Oppal says. Speaking at a recent Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce lunch, Oppal said drug-related crime is a social problem that has to be addressed by the community as a whole, not only the justice system. "We can't let the judges be out there all alone solving these problems," he said. "We have to get involved as a community. This is not a job the courts can do alone. [continues 408 words]
The community public forum on the drug crystal meth amphetamine takes place tonight, February 2, at the Elks Hall from 7-9:30 p.m. The evening will include a questions and answer session with guest speakers who are specialists in the field of drug abuse prevention, treatment, and enforcement. Keynote speaker Keith Pattinson has played a key role in the introduction of a wide range of innovative services and approaches benefitting children, youth and their families throughout Canada for the past 40 years. [continues 372 words]
Younger and younger students these days are being lured into trying drugs and alcohol. In an attempt to help young students develop the skills and confidence to resist pressures which may influence them to experiment with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, inhalants and other drugs, School District 27 is collaborating with the RCMP to deliver the DARE program to Grade 5/6 students in School District 27, says Const. David Skretting. Since January of 2005 more than 140 students from five schools in the district will have graduated from the DARE program in Williams Lake. [continues 310 words]
Const. David Skretting got a warm welcome from an enthusiastic group of Grade 6 students at Poplar Glade elementary Friday for the last session in the nine-week Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program he conducted at the school. Judging by the attentiveness of the students, and the number of hands being thrown in the air to answer Skretting's review questions, the program seems to have made a lasting impression on these students about the harm that can befall them if they use and abuse drugs and alcohol. [continues 485 words]
A community forum on crystal meth amphetamine will be held in the lakecity on Thursday and Friday, February 2-3 at the Elks Hall. The event has been coordinated by an ad hoc committee of community social service agencies and government health and social service employees, says Boys and Girls Club director David Sheach. Thursday evening February 2 from 7-9:30 p.m. is intended as a public information session and will include guest speakers and an opportunity for questions and answers. Guest speakers will include specialists in the field of drug abuse prevention, treatment, and enforcement. [continues 425 words]
The B.C. government has introduced new legislation to help ensure crime doesn't pay. Solicitor General John Les says the primary target of Bill 13, the Civil Forfeiture Act, is crime gangs. "Grow-ops, credit card fraud, telemarketing scams - these kinds of things are often run by organized criminals who launder their profits through business, real estate and other investments," Les said. "The Civil Forfeiture Act gives us the power to take criminals to court and seize any asset acquired with the proceeds of illegal activity." [continues 58 words]
An Abbostford trucker who killed two Terrace residents in a fiery crash had a driving record of impaired and other charges. But police say it was no worse than others who have similar histories of problems behind the wheel. David James Hart had five convictions from 2000 to 2002 and an impaired driving charge from March 29, 2003 before the Abbotsford courts at the time of his death on Aug. 27, 2004 when he steered his tractor-trailer unit into the path of another truck containing Dean Ganson and Richard Brown on Hwy97 near Williams Lake. [continues 378 words]
Interior Health last week released its plan for Youth Addictions. This follows an internal assessment of Youth Addiction services, which identified areas that need support, based on population and current levels of service. As part of the $6 million allocated by the BC Government to be used for Youth Addictions Strategies province-wide, Interior Health received $900,000 and is matching that funding with an equal investment of dollars towards this strategy. "The youth addictions strategy announced today by Interior Health is a major step forward in meeting the needs of addicted youth," said George Abbott, Minister of Health in a press release. "While it may not solve all the problems, it will certainly add some alternate treatment options to help youth combat addictions". [continues 367 words]
The driver of a tractor-trailer who steered his unit into the path of a truck containing two Terrace men, resulting in the death of all three, had high levels of chemical drugs in his blood and may have taken cocaine beforehand, says a comprehensive report from a coroner. David James Hart, 33, of Abbotsford also had a history of driving offences and drug use, found coroner John Andrews in his investigation of the Aug. 27, 2004 collision on Highway 97 near Deep Creek which killed Dean Vaughn Ganson, 42, and Richard Bruce Brown, 63, who was driving at the time of the accident. [continues 512 words]
VANCOUVER - Premier Gordon Campbell brought his chequebook to the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention Thursday, announcing $7 million in new funds to combat crystal meth addiction, and a boost to provincial grants for small rural communities. Calling meth a "dirty, filthy drug" that permanently wrecks people's lives and health, Campbell told a capacity crowd of civic politicians that $2 million of the money will go directly to municipalities to support their own programs, patterned after successful initiatives like the "meth-kickers" program in Kamloops. Another $1 million is to fund an awareness program in schools, and $3 million will be spent on TV and other advertising to get the warning message out about the dangers of the drug. [continues 305 words]
VANCOUVER - Delegates started off the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention Wednesday with a call for provincial help to deal with their two main community drug problems, crystal meth addiction and marijuana grow operations. Led by delegates from Vancouver Island, the convention unanimously endorsed a resolution calling for increased education about the hazards of methamphetamine use and on-demand detox beds for addicts who are seeking help to get off the drug. Esquimalt councillor Ruth Lane told delegates about a recent tour of Victoria streets with B.C. Solicitor-General John Les, in which they met young people using meth. [continues 318 words]
Editor: Gaeil Farrar does a good job of passing along state propaganda in the "It's 'pure poison' article ("Crystal meth: The Challenge for the community," Tribune, September 29). Gaeil ought to give some thought as to the notion of the police as "educators." Is there not a pharmacologist in Williams Lake? To put the matter into perspective, "poison in the hands of a wise man is medicine. Medicine in the hands of a fool is poison," said Casanova. "Dangerous drug" is a political designation. In fact, what is and is not a food or a drug is politically decided. Science and the periodic table evidence are ignored. In short, The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is a political demonization scale that has nothing to do with medicine or science and everything to do with scapegoating self-medicating. The results are Canadians have more control over cat food than we do substances. [continues 269 words]
The entire community -- parents, teachers, municipal leaders, police and community groups -- have to get involved if people, particularly impressionable students, are going to be convinced that meth amphetamine and ecstasy are really killer poisons disguised as happy drugs. "It is a community problem. We can't do it all ourselves," says Const. Craig Douglass, one of two RCMP constables assigned to slow the spread of the drugs in northern B.C. "There are just so many areas that meth gets into, the community has to take control." [continues 475 words]
They call it ecstasy, but the drug many teenagers think of as a harmless high is really quite dangerous, says RCMP prevention worker Craig Douglass. "There is a belief among young people that ecstasy is harmless but that is not the case. It is a poly drug which quite often contains meth amphetamine," says Douglass. During 2004 he said 175 samples of pills being sold as ecstasy were analyzed in the lab. A total of 91 per cent of the ecstasy (MDMA) samples were found to be mixed with other drugs. [continues 479 words]
The effectiveness of drug free zones around schools in School District 27 was among the topics discussed by the district education committee Thursday, September 8. The committee was discussing implementation of the new drug free zones in 100 Mile House, when parent representative Chantal Lambert asked how effective the program had been in Williams Lake. Superintendent Wayne Leckie said the district was not permitted to track individual cases that went to court, but he said district principal Joe Pearce had reported that suspensions regarding drugs and alcohol have gone down at both Columneetza and Williams Lake secondary schools. [continues 626 words]
Our brave new world has arrived and there is nothing brave about it. It is, in fact, subtly invasive, insidious, and insane. Three issues of note arose last week that should have all of us thinking about becoming Civil Libertarians. First, the RCMP swoop down on the self-proclaimed Prince of Pot Marc Emery and arrest him - not because he broke any Canadian laws but because the pot-paranoid American police feel that a guy selling marijuana seeds through his web site represents organized crime of the worst degree. If we are to believe the American authorities' rhetoric, the name Marc Emery ranks up there with those of Al Capone and John Gotti. [continues 668 words]
As marijuana activist and pot seed seller Marc Emery sits in a Vancouver jail waiting on extradition hearings to the U.S., Canada finds itself faced with a question it hasn't been able to answer for close to four decades. In which direction should the government go when it comes to dealing with marijuana? It is time for the Canadian government to finally take a stand and map out a clear approach on marijuana and its billion dollar underground economy. [continues 229 words]
Editor: What a master propagandist Tom Fletcher is (Tribune Weekend June 10). For instance Mr. Fletcher rails against harm reduction as a questionable bit social engineering" without considering that drug prohibition is not exactly the natural state of affairs. Mr. Fletcher alerts us to the Orwellian lesson that to control language is to control mankind, then proceeds to use strong control words himself. For instance, the notions of hard/soft drug problem," junkies" and superficial perception" is using language Orwell himself would identify as political. Hard and soft are moral judgments, not chemical properties. Moral judgment is based on a feminization scale not scientific fact. Junkies is a stigmatizing term, not a descriptive term. And speaking of superficial perceptions, is that not exactly what the drug problem" is in the first place. [continues 357 words]
Victoria is the second city in B.C. to get in line for the brave new world of "safe injection sites," as they are persistently referred to in the mainstream media. If it goes ahead, our quaint old capital will also be the second city in Canada to embrace this trendy European strategy. Or North America for that matter, since so far only Vancouver has taken the plunge. Once this questionable bit of social engineering spreads to two cities, look for it to pop up in other B.C. communities that have a significant hard drug problem, which is to say most of them. [continues 763 words]
Marijuana Party candidate James Delbarre is pushing for legalization of marijuana and proportional representation. Delbarre says those two issues are the reason behind his decision to run for office in Cariboo North and people need to take notice of them. He's a Quesnel resident of 30 years who felt compelled to take action and stand up for what he believes in. His stance on drugs is a reflection of the Marijuana party. "Anybody in B.C. that wants to smoke pot, can and does smoke pot," Delbarre said. "Anybody that doesn't want to, doesn't." He says if marijuana was legalized, it would take money out of grow-operations. [continues 69 words]
Editor: I just wanted to write in support of Joe Jacobson's latest column on the legalisation of marijuana (Youth Talk, March 8). The current political discussion does not make sense, in that the government wants to decriminalize the possession of marijuana, yet introduce stiffer sentences on those who cultivate it. So politicians want to increase the demand (by making it less harmful to possess) and restrict the supply (by making it more dangerous to grow)? Wouldn't that increase the incentive for more violence on the part of those who grow it, against those who uphold the law? Would we be more likely to see Mayerthorpe-style events under these laws? [continues 60 words]
When most people think of the drug culture, they may think of the 60's and 70's, criminals in back alleys, or people lying in gutters, broken needles by their sides. What seems to be a relatively unspoken truth in polite modern society is the prevalence of the use of various drugs, not to mention alcohol and cigarettes, among youth in today's high schools. And it's not just the purported "bad kids" that are dealing and using these narcotics. It may be your friendly next door neighbour, the "smart kid" with straight 'A's, the sports fanatic, or your own child. [continues 535 words]
Council is referring a recommendation from RCMP S/Sgt Grant Martin to its community policing committee, not to designate NOOPA as an official drug free zone. In a letter to council Martin said he received a request from NOOPA and neighbouring merchants for a drug free zone in the area of the youth centre. But Martin said he felt the request should be turned down. "It (the youth centre) only involves a few number of youth compared to 1,000 students in high school areas," Martin said. "By allowing signage in the NOOPA area I feel will only lead to other requests ie: the arena, skateboard park, etc. This would lessen the impact we presently have in the high school areas." [continues 104 words]
Editor: Home invasions a most awful trend now sweeping across Canada. Most home invasions are for the ripping off of pot growers but other criminals now see it as a way to get cash and other goods. Two elderly women recently got invaded, this is a rash that is spreading and needs our judges to curb its growth now not later. Severe punishments are needed because of the traumatic experience people suffer as victims of this crime. Judges you have to start making sentences based on the value of the community rather than the out dated law books, society is changing laws and sentencing must reflect this value. [continues 112 words]
Editor: So the Kamloops area is debating making the owner of a rental establishment responsible if someone makes it into a "grow op?" Well, do I have a story for you! One of our relatives had a rental house that a "grow op" was found in. We were very shocked to hear this about this perfect renter, but the results of his arrest were much more shocking. He probably got off cheaper. The damage caused by the police collecting evidence was so great that it exceeded the damage deposit, the insurance, and the costs of doing the repairs, despite the fact that the owner did the repairs himself. [continues 109 words]
Local police officers and two suspects involved in a drug bust last week found out first hand you just never know who your neighbours are. Cpl. John Pilszek of the Major Crime Unit said police were able to obtain a search warrant Wednesday to look for drugs in the house located at 1150 12th Avenue based on evidence given by the suspect's neighbours, who just happened to be two police officers and a sheriff. "They all know the smell of marijuana very well," Pilszek said of the law enforcement officers, who detected a strong odour of marijuana coming from the house. [continues 366 words]
Trying to understand addiction Williams Lake needs to wake up to the issue of drug use, according to a member of the local health advisory committee. "It is just very scary how much crystal meth use is taking place, but no one is talking about it," said Rosanna McGregor, health committee and social program supervisor for the Cariboo Friendship Society, at the committee's meeting January 14. "I think it's time to talk about it." McGregor said that on a local level, she sees a lot of openness regarding alcohol awareness, but not the same amount of information and acknowledgement about drugs such as speed and crystal meth. [continues 404 words]
Students, teachers, parents, RCMP, city representatives and members of the local chapter of Crimestoppers attended a meeting last Wednesday to discuss the possibility of establishing Drug Free Zones around the two Williams Lake high schools. "Our youth today are the largest by volume group involved in organized crime," said Pete Netherway, coordinator for the Kamloops and District Crime Stoppers Association. Netherway spoke to the group about how Drug Free Zones work, and what it would take to get them started. While the boundaries of the zones would still have to be established, Netherway that through the program, the threat of stronger penalties can help deter drug pushers away from schools. [continues 481 words]
Do drug-free zones around schools really work? Will they result in reducing or eliminating drug use at our local high schools? No one really knows exactly how effective drug-free zones are. The point is that we won't know until we try. If drug-free zones are only another tool in our arsenal against drug use in schools, then they are worth having. Recently we were horrified to hear of two 100 Mile House girls overdosing on what is commonly called a 'date rape' drug. Over the past couple of years RCMP raided a house right across the street from Anne Stevenson School at least a couple of times. Two of three brothers living the house with their parents were charged with trafficking drugs. Shortly after he was arrested, Jasbir Pawar breached a condition of his release. Although in his 20s, he was caught on the school grounds with a cell phone - a necessary tool for trafficking in drugs. He was sentenced to three months in jail and two years probation. [continues 131 words]
Editor: MP Philip Mayfield is right, the possession laws should make sense. As should his statements on marijuana. Neither appears to be the case. Said MP is spouting reefer madness with his commentary on marijuana. I quote the Canadian Senate Report, Volume One, circa 2002, page 165, "In total, based on all the data from the research and the testimony heard regarding the effects and consequences of cannabis use, the committee concludes that the state of knowledge supports the belief that, for the vast majority of recreational users, cannabis use presents no harmful consequences for physical, psychological or social well-being in either the short or the long term." [continues 103 words]
Williams Lake secondary students who conducted a survey on drug use at their school were pretty much on target, according to local RCMP. "The study seems reasonably accurate to me," says Const. Mark Goodall, who is part of the plain clothes general investigation section of the RCMP involved in drug trafficking investigations. "Alcohol and marijuana use is quite prevalent and we are seeing more and more youth using cocaine," says Goodall. "Teenage use of marijuana is definitely an issue. We see lots and lots of that." [continues 347 words]
There needs to be more relevant education on drugs in schools taught by people who know what they are talking about, say journalism students Sarah Harwood and Frances Enyedy. "All the stuff we see is very biased ... from the 80s ... and the students don't take it seriously. It seems more like propaganda than fact," says Harwood. In a questionnaire filled out by 315 students at WLSS, Harwood and Enyedy asked questions such as why students use drugs, where they get them, how many times a month they use them, and whether they plan to keep using the drugs. [continues 297 words]
Most people are aware that some high school students in the lakecity have tried cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana. But it came as somewhat of a shock for teachers and counsellors at Williams Lake Secondary to learn that some students have also tried cocaine, says journalism teacher Tim Hurley. His journalism students conducted two studies on drug use in the school, the results of which were published in the school newspaper The Grapevine. "These are not refined research tools but the raw data is enough to cause concern," says Hurley. [continues 356 words]
A drug use study conducted by students, and among students at Williams Lake secondary, may not be scientifically accurate but it is a very worthy effort, says principal Joe Pearce. "The fact the kids did it is encouraging. It shows they are interested in important issues that affect them," says Pearce. "It is a far healthier approach than pretending there isn't a problem and sticking one's head in the sand." While the student numbers on drug use are higher than the scientific numbers they have from government agencies, he says the numbers compiled by Frances Enyedy and Sarah Harwood are still alarming and indicate a trend toward more drug use among youth in society. [continues 569 words]
The school board is lending its support to the possible establishment of "Drug Free Zones" around the high schools. The Drug Free Zone would consist of a two-block radius around each of the two secondary schools. Anyone caught in possession of illegal drugs or non-prescription drugs would receive double the penalty. Also, the penalty would be tripled for anyone caught with drugs for the purpose of trafficking. Any probation and community service time would also be doubled. "That includes residences in those areas," said District Principal Sandy Fukishima, during a presentation to the school board June 26. [continues 143 words]
I am so glad that Mr. Mayfield is your MP and not mine. Surely anyone who can so misrepresent the revision of penalties for cannabis possession as somehow making it legal deserves nothing but scorn. Mr. Mayfield, what makes you say, as quoted in the article in the June 15 edition of The Tribune, "It's legal to have it, but not to grow it or sell it?" If pot is going to be legal, why is there still a penalty for possession? Of course, if you admit that the changes proposed are merely minor tweaking, as they are, you must get down off your soapbox and lose out on the opportunity to get your name in the paper--and to look like a total ass in the process. Bruce Symington Medicine Hat Alberta [end]
The move to pass a bill that will decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana is currently in deliberation, and Prime Minister Jean Chretien wants a decision before the parliament rises for the summer, said MP Philip Mayfield. Mayfield says the legislation schedule goes up to June 20, but nobody knows for sure the decision will be concrete at this time. "I have a little difficulty understanding why we are trying to open up the ability for people to smoke marijuana freely when we are trying to encourage people to quit smoking," Mayfield said, noting all the tars and chemicals present in both cigarettes and pot. "We are really encouraging people to harm themselves." [continues 634 words]
Editor: Re: Marijuana legislation; yes-no? Thirty years ago the federal government had a report on marijuana. It stated that the damage to the community was less, and dramatically so, than the carnage that alcohol reaps on society. It also stated that the dependency factor was nowhere near as brutal as alcohol or tobacco. Our prime minister, as usual, is totally confused as to who he owes his loyalty to. America, Mr. Chretien is loyal to, and now American policy is Canadian domestic policy, via the use of "economic terrorism." If a free sovereign nation chooses a different path to that of America's liking, first comes the threat of "economic terrorism" to force free, democratic countries to submit to a foreign power. [continues 130 words]
Editor: I would like to thank you for printing Alan Randell's letter "Tribune drug reporting irks Victoria man," April 22. In the U.S., law enforcement extremely many more times than not seize green stuff they call marijuana, which has no THC content at all. Usually it will have green pointed leaves. However, that in no way encourages them to properly record that fact. Instead, they simply pump up the volume, much like your country. Often people who smoke are getting their high from inhaling 'smoke,' not any THC in the 'green plant.' [continues 74 words]
Editor: Re: Substantial pot bust, Apr. 10. Please make some changes to the way you report drug busts. Drug prohibition was initiated almost a century ago as a means of "controlling" blacks, Chinese and Mexicans by banning the drugs used by those minorities. Today, the police are happy to utilize these racist laws to harass those whose lifestyle and/or skin colour offends them, while the politicians are content to let an innocent minority suffer as they troll for votes for being "tough on drugs." [continues 517 words]
Aroomful of young eyes followed motivational speaker Serge LeClerc as he recounted tales from his difficult youth and years in prison to students at Columneetza Monday. LeClerc spoke to Grade 6 and 7 students in the morning, followed by Columneetza students and later he spoke at Anne Stevenson. LeClerc also attended a breakfast at Williams Lake Secondary. During his talks, LeClerc painted a picture of how during his first run-in with the law in Ontario, the friends who had urged him along during break and enters, were no where to be found when he needed them the most. [continues 288 words]
