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1 US: Can Chocolate Help to Fight War on Drugs?Wed, 28 Aug 2002
Source:Wall Street Journal (US) Author:Carroll, Jill Area:United States Lines:107 Added:08/29/2002

Scientists are working in government labs and at sites deep in the Andean jungle to develop a new weapon in the war on drugs: a superrobust cocoa-bean tree.

They hope that a disease-resistant cocoa-bean tree will one day prove superprofitable, making drug crops such as coca, the source of the raw material used to make cocaine, less attractive for farmers to grow.

Nothing would please the U.S. chocolate industry more than a steady stream of cocoa beans from strong trees. That is why the Chocolate Manufacturers Association is partially funding the project, which is being run out of the State Department. The Agriculture Department also is taking part, contributing money and expertise in plant genetics and selective breeding.

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2US TX: Bar For The CourseWed, 28 Aug 2002
Source:Houston Chronicle (TX) Author:Hedges, Michael Area:Texas Lines:Excerpt Added:08/29/2002

A New Study Shows State Has Increased Spending Faster On Prisons Than Education

WASHINGTON -- Percentage increases in spending for Texas prisons has far outstripped state spending hikes for higher education since the mid-1980s, according to a report released Wednesday.

The study, by the Justice Policy Institute, a Washington advocacy group, also showed Texas now has more black men in state prisons than in state colleges and universities.

Texas was not alone in seeing its spending on prisons rise along a steep curve in the past decade and a half, while money set aside for higher education rose much more slowly, according to the study.

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3 US LA: LTE: Taking Drug Test Like Taking Test in SchoolMon, 26 Aug 2002
Source:Daily Advertiser, The (LA) Author:Thibodeaux, M.M. Area:Louisiana Lines:49 Added:08/29/2002

I disagree with the letter in the Aug. 15 edition about the Supreme Court considering a case which could make it mandatory for students to take a drug test for after school activities is off base.

The young girl from Mississippi thinks this is violating the 4th Amendment (her rights). The letter writer thinks the test would make people look upon him as a bad person just like putting a label on him.

A drug test is just like a test you take in the classroom. If you don't do drugs you pass the test (A+). If you do drugs you fail the test (F). Simple as can be.

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4 US CA: Five Fires, Looks SuspiciousWed, 28 Aug 2002
Source:San Francisco Examiner (CA)          Area:California Lines:52 Added:08/29/2002

JULIAN -- Investigators suspect an arsonist set several fires that destroyed two homes and prompted evacuations early Tuesday near Julian, an eastern San Diego County town that recently fought off a 62,000-acre wildfire.

Five fires were reported about 3:30 a.m. and sheriff's deputies began going door to door warning residents to prepare to evacuate. The fires were burning within about a mile of one another; all but one were fully contained, said Lt. Guy Chambers, watch commander for the San Diego Sheriff's Department.

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5 US AL: PUB LTE: Waste Of Tax DollarsThu, 29 Aug 2002
Source:Times Daily (Florence, AL) Author:Sharpe, Robert Area:Alabama Lines:51 Added:08/29/2002

To the Editor:

According to an Aug. 17th article, marijuana eradication efforts covering Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale counties netted 1,000 plants.

There is a reason some local residents have turned to illicit marijuana cultivation to make ends meet. The drug war's distortion of immutable laws of supply and demand make an easily grown weed literally worth its weight in gold.

Eradication efforts are tantamount to a taxpayer-funded price supports for organized crime. Eliminating a local cottage industry only to have it replaced by international drug cartels that also sell cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine is not necessarily a good thing.

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6 US: Official - Drug War In Colombia Set To IntensifyThu, 29 Aug 2002
Source:Ledger-Enquirer (GA) Author:Macswan, Angus Area:United States Lines:83 Added:08/29/2002

MIAMI - The war against drug traffickers and their guerrilla allies in Colombia will intensify under new President Alvaro Uribe with the full backing of the U.S. government, the top U.S. drug official said on Tuesday.

"There's no question President Uribe was elected to bring greater security to Colombia. A part of that is to cut off the drug trade, which is a source for anti-democratic forces," John Walters, director of National Drug Control Policy, said.

"We (the United States) have already committed historic levels of support to Colombia and the effort in the hemisphere and we're going to continue that," Walters told Reuters in an interview. "There is a consensus in Colombia and the United States as never before."

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7 US TN: Two Communities Disband Police Some Say Meth Busts AreTue, 27 Aug 2002
Source:Oak Ridger (TN) Author:Poovey, Bill Area:Tennessee Lines:126 Added:08/29/2002

GRUETLI-LAAGER, Tenn. (AP) -- Four days after police arrested a new alderman on drug charges, the city board voted to shut down the department and put the longtime chief and his three officers out of work.

Four days later, city officials in neighboring Palmer also disbanded their two-officer police department, which assisted arresting the Gruetli-Laager alderman.

During the public votes, the Gruetli-Laager aldermen mentioned complaints of police harassment while Palmer officials talked about saving money.

The fired police in these small towns say they know the real reason they are out of work: They went after illegal methamphetamine labs rife in their Cumberland Plateau county.

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8 Canada: Feds Firm on Medicinal PotTue, 27 Aug 2002
Source:Winnipeg Sun (CN MB) Author:Necheff, Julia Area:Canada Lines:56 Added:08/29/2002

EDMONTON (CP) -- The federal government is not backing away from its plan to supply patients with medical marijuana, Health Minister Anne McLellan said Monday, bristling at earlier reports that the project has been shelved.

Her department hopes clinical trials on research-grade pot can begin at the end of fall or in early winter, McLellan said, refuting suggestions she is not keen to go ahead with the controversial plan to distribute marijuana for medicinal purposes.

"In fact, far from shelving it, what we're doing is implementing the second stage," McLellan said.

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9 Central Asia: Multinational Drug Sweep Nets Thousands ofTue, 27 Aug 2002
Source:State, The (SC)          Area:Asia Lines:55 Added:08/29/2002

WASHINGTON -- A massive narcotics sweep involving 25,000 law enforcement officers and coordinated by the Drug Enforcement Administration across 15 countries of Central Asia and the Balkans has resulted in the arrest or detention of thousands of suspects, federal officials said last week.

The sweep this summer -- from June 10 to July 11 -- seized more than 3,700 pounds of heroin and nine tons of other narcotics.

For years, the agency has conducted multinational actions in Latin America, but this operation was the first to cover the Balkans and Central Asia, the officials said.

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10 Canada: Web: Column: US Deliberately Promoting Drugs InWed, 28 Aug 2002
Source:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Canada Web) Author:Trautman, Jim Area:Canada Lines:69 Added:08/29/2002

Introduction:

One of the side effects of the war against the Taliban and al Qaeda has been the reappearance of the poppy crop in Afghanistan. Jim Trautman is a freelance writer in Ontario who frequently reports on military issues. On Commentary he accuses the US of deliberately promoting drugs in Afghanistan.

Jim Trautman:

An interesting picture appeared in Canadian papers not too long ago. It showed a combat patrol in the Tora Bora area of Afghanistan walking through fields of opium poppies. The troops weren't there to destroy the poppies; they were looking for members of al Qaeda. Hadn't they heard the Bush administration's line that supporting drugs means supporting terrorism?

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