Colorado Leads the Way for Legal Reform With several potential amendments shaping up to combat marijuana prohibition, Colorado is one of several states that may pass significant marijuana reform laws in 2012. With legalization showing strong support so far, activists are speculating that this may be the year marijuana laws are altered to accommodate recreational users. The Colorado Medical Marijuana Registry was passed in 2000 as Amendment 20, which allows medical patients with debilitating conditions to register a medical marijuana card and purchase the medicine legally. This year, Colorado voters will ask themselves whether similar or even more liberal freedoms will be given to those without medical need. [continues 392 words]
COUNTYWIDE -- The percentage of Clarion County students who have tried or regularly use alcohol and other types of drugs is above state and national averages, according to a recent study. Pa. Youth Survey The Pennsylvania Youth Survey was taken at five of the seven school districts in Clarion County . At those schools, sixth-, eighth-, 10th- and 12th-graders were polled and 1,194 surveys were deemed valid. Sheila Snyder, representing Clarion Family Net and Clarion County's Promise which is under Family Net, and Patricia Anderson of the Clarion County Cooperative Extension are visiting Clarion County schools trying to garner support for partnerships which could obtain after-school grants aiming to keep students from falling into drug use. [continues 957 words]
