Eleven House Pages Dismissed Over Marijuana |
Posted by FoM on May 01, 2002 at 16:37:10 PT Breaking News Source: Associated Press Eleven teen-age House pages have been dismissed from the program after at least one of them brought marijuana to their Capitol Hill dormitory, congressional sources said Wednesday. None of those involved were identified. The incident, first reported Wednesday by the online version of the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call, occurred after a female page who has family in the Washington, D.C., invited fellow pages to the residence, where marijuana was used and the teen-agers were unsupervised. That page later brought drugs to the dormitory and was turned in to authorities by someone else, said the sources, speaking on condition of anonymity. It was unclear if any other disciplinary action would be taken. "We don't comment on personnel matters," said John Feehery, spokesman for House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill. The House normally has 72 pages, all 16 to 18 years old, serving as messengers and performing other duties when not attending education programs. They are appointed by House members of both parties from their home districts and must sign a code of conduct. Scandal has rocked the program periodically, most seriously in the early 1980s when former Reps. Gerry Studds, D-Mass, and Daniel Crane, R-Ill., were censured for sexual misconduct with pages. In 1996, five pages were dismissed for underage drinking. Complete Title: Eleven House pages Dismissed Over Marijuana Allegations Source: Associated Press Roll Call Online CannabisNews Cannabis Archives Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
Comment #6 posted by FoM on May 01, 2002 at 17:54:18 PT |
God Bless the man and I mean that. He was sitting on O'Reilly hot seat and held his own. O'Reily said he was not against decriminalization! I like it! I like it! I like it!!! I missed some of it though. I hope we can find transcripts or an article soon. [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #5 posted by FoM on May 01, 2002 at 17:46:18 PT |
Thanks Keith Stroup is on now!!!! [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #4 posted by Robbie on May 01, 2002 at 17:45:51 PT |
give us non-cable types a good report, please! [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #3 posted by mayan on May 01, 2002 at 17:41:20 PT |
The O'Reilly Factor is about to talk about Bloomberg & NORML! It's now 7:36(CT) [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #2 posted by Prime on May 01, 2002 at 17:23:01 PT |
Hasn't the US government reduced all drug use by 75% in the last 10 years? They must be terrorists! How else could we explain why the propaganda and DARE had no effect on these horrid criminals? Oh wait... these are rich kids, they must be victims of Drug Policy Reform rhetoric. [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #1 posted by goneposthole on May 01, 2002 at 17:15:43 PT |
Paul McCartney (busted for Cannabis sativa in Japan) sings at the Super Bowl. To have some fun these days, your sorry ass is going to burn in hell. Heaven help us. [ Post Comment ] |
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