North of the Border, Marijuana Policy Is Changing Radically. and The White House Is Not Happy In November 2001, when Alain Berthiaume - Montreal's most prominent marijuana activist - was arrested on drug charges, the best advice might have been to plead guilty. Berthiaume, who owns a head shop, a grow shop, a seed band and a pot-culture magazine, was caught organizing his third annual Cannabis Cup - a public competition for marijuana growers. Several months later, the police raided his home and found 1,2000 cannabis plants - what Berthiaume calls his "small plantation" [continues 1858 words]
The extent of dare's ability to muzzle critical studies can be seen in the treatment of the most definitive test of the dare program ever conducted. In 1991, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ)the research wing of the Justice Departmenthired the prestigious Research Triangle Institute (RTI) to analyze the studies on dare and determine the bottom line. Initially, dare supported the "metaanalysis." In a 1992 letter, it urged state groups to work with RTI, saying it "will give us ammunition to respond to critics who charge that dare has not proven its effectiveness." [continues 4324 words]
