We all love Eagle Valley. We have learned a lot from Buddy Sims' research since the Oct. 2 meeting in the commissioners' room. There, it was proposed by four volunteer land commissioners that we should supply 300,000 guests with marijuana. The four even proposed that there should be more pot shops and social clubs in Edwards, where there are 11 schools. We have learned that using marijuana under the age of 25 damages the developing brain. We believe responsible users in the valley don't want this place inundated with probable irresponsible users. [continues 116 words]
From the Drug Enforcement Administration: THC in marijuana is mind-altering. There are problems with memory and learning. There is distorted perception and coordination while driving. From the National Institute on Drug Abuse: Overall marijuana is the most prevalent illegal drug detected in impaired drivers, fatally injured drivers and motor vehicle crash victims. At the Oct. 29 commissioner meeting, County Attorney Treu gave the commissioners legal justification to keep marijuana out of Edwards. There are 11 schools in Edwards and more than 2,589 students. There are three child care facilities. Add to this the fact that the children from the Wolcott development (577 future homes) will attend the Edwards schools. This is more than I presented at the meeting. Michelle and Candace with the Eagle River Youth Foundation told me about the others. Considering these numbers, how likely is it that marijuana presence will hurt or kill a child in Edwards? My mind is filled with the possibilities and I cringe!!! Barbara Allen [end]
Eagle County second-home owners: This letter is to notify second-home owners of a Land Use Regulation 4476 that will be passed by our Board of Commissioners on Oct. 29 at 10 a.m. at the Eagle County Building. This regulation will approve retail marijuana establishments for unincorporated Eagle County - that is Eagle-Vail, Edwards, Dotsero and El Jebel. The new state laws define these new businesses as a retail marijuana store, a marijuana products facility, a marijuana cultivation facility and a marijuana testing facility. After Jan. 1, numerous retail marijuana stores will be selling 1/4 ounce of marijuana (about 40 joints) to anyone over 21 years old producing a passport or out-of-state driver's license. [continues 433 words]
As the state works out our new marijuana laws and all they entail, I hope they will consider and include how to teach our children and teenagers that drugs still aren't a positive thing and that they are harmful. We have sent a very mixed message to them. Because of the availability of medical marijuana (more dispensaries than Starbucks) and the edibles packaged like candy, suckers, etc. (which leave no smell or stinky breath to detect), we have made it very user-friendly for them. Easy to get (hey, most adults want it!), great packaging, everyone's doing it ... why not? Barbara Allen, Denver [end]
About 30 Forest Glen Middle School students arrived at the Godwin Courts Building early Friday morning. They were the invited guests of Commonwealth's Attorney C. Phillips Ferguson, whose office is a "Partner in Education" with Suffolk Public Schools. All the excitement centered on the pupils learning about the legal process and all that goes on inside a courtroom. The students who are members of the school's "Just Say No Club," came to court to watch as a number of people had their freedom taken away by Circuit Court Judge D. Arthur Kelsey. [continues 316 words]
World Staff photo by Geoff Kreieger Judge touts high success rate of Tulsa Drug Court Zero is a pretty big number in Tulsa Drug Court. That's how many of the 59 people who have graduated from the court-supervised rehabilitation program have been rearrested on drug charges. Compare that, proponents say, with the number of people picked up on drug-related charges who don't go through Drug Court: 60 percent to 70 percent of them become repeat offenders, officials said. [continues 618 words]
