BULLHEAD CITY - Meth 101 informational meetings for parents staged this spring at Bullhead City elementary and junior high schools drew a mixed response, according to Assistant Bullhead City Police Chief Brian Williamson. At Friday's Bullhead City Police Department Drug Forum Education Committee meeting, Williamson said the Meth 101 meetings attracted anywhere from three to twenty people. Committee co-chairman Larry Tunforss said he wanted to ask those not attending the Meth 101 meetings, "What are you doing that's more important?" [continues 258 words]
BULLHEAD CITY - It's easy for a small business owner to feel overwhelmed by drug-abusing employees. There is help for the business owner, and it's free. The assistance is provided by the non-profit organization "Drugs Don't Work in Arizona" (DDWA). DDWA's Advisory Board includes such Arizona notables as Senator Jon Kyl and sports franchise owner Jerry Colangelo. A seven-hour workshop was hosted Wednesday by DDWA training facilitator Tom Childers and held in the Bullhead Area Chamber of Commerce auditorium. [continues 857 words]
The Hot Box Is Not Your Average Cafe. It's BYO, for Starters It doesn't take Peter Tosh's Legalize It, which is even now poking out of the speakers, to convince this crowd. Joints are being rolled, pipes are being stuffed with hash, smoke is being inhaled. In short, there are about 12 people here getting high on a public patio located in the back of a cannabis culture shop in downtown Toronto. It's called the Hot Box Cafe, and since it opened three months ago it has been creating a lot of buzz, so to speak. "I bumped into this guy at the Om festival and he told me about this place," says Mike, one of the patrons. "I was in the neighbourhood so I decided to come on by." Mike likes what he sees, and figures it is high time such a venue opened in Toronto. Then he embarks on a story about how some turtles are procreating in the patio pond. These two observations illustrate two things: that the city is more liberal than it used to be, and that Mike is very high. [continues 485 words]
