cannabisnews.com: Police: Noelle Bush Found With Drugs Police: Noelle Bush Found With Drugs Posted by CN Staff on September 10, 2002 at 21:46:57 PT By Manuel Roig-Franzia, WP Staff Writer Source: Washington Post A two-gram rock of crack cocaine was found inside the shoe of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's 25-year-old daughter by workers at the central Florida rehabilitation center where she is undergoing court-ordered drug treatment, Orlando police said today.Noelle Bush was not arrested because witnesses would not give sworn statements, but the incident is under investigation, according to Orlando police spokesman Orlando Rolon. Bush entered a drug treatment program in February, one month after she was charged with a third-degree felony for allegedly trying to buy the anti-anxiety drug Xanax with a fake prescription at a drive-through pharmacy in Tallahassee, the state capital.She was jailed for three days in July for violating the terms of her court-ordered treatment program after rehabilitation center workers discovered that she was carrying prescription pills.Word of the incident spread Tuesday morning during a chaotic primary election day in Florida, where Gov. Bush was inundated with complaints about voting machines not working and alleged voting irregularities."This is a private matter as it relates to my daughter and myself and my wife," Gov. Bush told reporters. "The road to recovery is a rocky one for a lot of people that have this kind of problem."A resident at the Center for Drug-Free Living in Orlando, where Noelle Bush is being treated, called police late Monday evening and told officers that "the governor's daughter was caught" with drugs, a police report says. In May, Noelle Bush had requested a transfer to the center, which court officials in Orange County say has a 75 percent success rate.When officers arrived at the center, two staff members told them that they had searched Noelle Bush after several residents complained about her, the report says. Staff members also told the officers that residents are warned that they can be searched at any time.The white rock that staff members found in Noelle Bush's shoe tested positive for crack cocaine, the report says.One of the staff members -- Julia Elias -- began writing a statement about the incident, but tore it up and threw it away after her supervisor -- Wilma Accison -- called and told her not to speak with the police, the report says. The officers picked up the torn statement and logged it as evidence.Later, the program director, Joyce G. Brulon, arrived and told officers that the center typically handles such incidents in-house, rather than contacting police, the report states. Brulon's statement was contradicted by one of her staff members, Sandra J. Williams, who told officers that the center's policy requires such matters to be referred to the police, the report says.Note: Governor's Daughter in Treatment. Source: Washington Post (DC)Author: Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post Staff WriterPublished: Wednesday, September 11, 2002; Page A02 Copyright: 2002 Washington PostContact: letterstoed washpost.comWebsite: http://www.washingtonpost.com Related Articles:Bush has Moral Obligation to Pardon Offendershttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14070.shtmlPolice Find Cocaine on Noelle Bushhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14067.shtmlPolice Find Cocaine on Noelle Bushhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14063.shtmlNoelle Bush Found with Cocaine http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14062.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #8 posted by kaptinemo on September 11, 2002 at 08:58:16 PT: Unrelated? You tell me... I am not easily shocked...but this is where the ultimate end of all this 'save the children' crap while maintaining the prohibition of the drug trade is heading...and it could happen here:Study spotlights child "soldiers" in Rio's drug war http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020909/ap_wo_en_po/brazil_child_soldiers_2Drug gangs in Brazil are not just using kids as couriers, but as infantry in their war with the police. That's right, as soldiers. Very well armed ones, too. Kids pitching grenades and exchanging small arms fire with police. And dying in such battles.This is what happens when you make a weed or a bush or a flower illegal, stupid antis! The blood of children like Esequiel Hernandez, Alberto Sepulveda, the Bowers infant, and now these Brazillian kids is on your hands! [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by John Tyler on September 11, 2002 at 08:39:24 PT different details I have seen this story in differnt versions. One paper says it was powdered coke, another says it was crack, and some papers say it was 2 grams and another says 0.2 grams. Why can't they get their details straight? [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by John Tyler on September 11, 2002 at 08:39:24 PT different details I have seen this story in differnt versions. One paper says it was powdered coke, another says it was crack, and some papers say it was 2 grams and another says 0.2 grams. Why can't they get their details straight? [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by cltrldmg on September 11, 2002 at 06:45:25 PT Let's see what the editorials have to say I really hope that the anti-prohibition libertarian groups and the Democrats do not let this one pass. They're basically letting the niece of the president's drug-addicted family get away with abusing a controlled stimulant drug. And this isn't even a health-related problem. She's mixing sedatives and stimulants, so according to govt logic there is no harm-reduction excuse. This is pure selfish criminal indulgence. And it's not the first time she's made the headlines with her problem. I say show her no mercy.Check this web-site out about the drug situation in Japan. I thought it was interesting to see how things are run in the second most important democracy of the world. Apparently they're now banning mushrooms while at the same time negotiating with the mafia to deal amphetamines... http://www.taima.org/en/risks.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by kaptinemo on September 11, 2002 at 06:23:02 PT: Like I said, before: "Seperate but equal" Or, to put it into better perspective: Some animals are more equal than othersThere's a seperate, unwritten set of rules the Power Elite claim for themselves...while they ram the formal and vicious laws they constructed for you down your throats...or in the case of prison rape, into other orifices not meant for it either. This case has proven the truth of that. La Bush has had every break...including the most recent one. Whereas some poor Black, White, Latino or Asian gets thrown to the wolves. Does anyone here honestly believe for one microsecond that the Supervisor Wilma Accison hadn't called the Bushes first for instructions? And does anyone doubt that those instructions included threatening anyone who dared speak against Noelle Bush for breaking the law? That anyone who did so would almost certainly be punished? Like being dismissed?This, I would speculate here, is the least of the punishments possible for the less politically connected; thousands of American citizens have died since the Escaped Chimp was voted into office by the Supremes. Who would notice one more? I would watch carefully for missing person reports and/or obituaries concerning the future vanishing of one Julia Elias in the coming months.These monsters play for keeps. They don't smile too much because then the points of the fangs would become unmistakenly evident, and they aren't ready to show those yet. Yet. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by Lehder on September 11, 2002 at 05:57:44 PT family privacy ...Gov. Bush was inundated with complaints about voting machines not working and alleged voting irregularities. "This is a private matter as it relates to my daughter and myself and my wife," Gov. Bush told reporters. "That's the Post's unconscious juxtaposition and that's how the Bushes see it: the crooked elections and jimmied machines are a private family matter too. None of your business. Either your're with them or you're against them. Pray. Shop. Keep your mouth shut. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by Ethan Russo MD on September 11, 2002 at 05:31:33 PT: Arbitrary, Capricious, and Unjustifiable The entire handling of this case proves that there is no equal protection under the law. The law is applied in an arbitrary, capricious and unjustifiable manner. We need fairness for all people in our system, not the gulag for the poor, and the country club for the rich. Perhaps every drug prisoner and defendant needs to appeal their case on the basis of this fiasco. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by p4me on September 10, 2002 at 22:13:44 PT Oh my, another lie Brulon's statement was contradicted by one of her staff members, Sandra J. Williams, who told officers that the center's policy requires such matters to be referred to the police, the report says.No police, no drug test, no fairness. Well the prisons are already filled with poor people and Noelle wouldn't fit in. I am about as surprised as the search results for the mention of the word marijuana using the 12:58 update of the NY Times. Now brace yourself for the results of that search. Here are the results: There were no matches for your search marijuana / Today.I wanted to mention that the last two commentaries of Richard Cowan at marijuananews.com have been very pointed and really stick it to the prohibitionist. One thought he detailed discusses recent comments that from Canada saying we don't have enough study to know everything about cannabis to come to a knowledgeable decision about legalization. RC commented that if we don't know enough to make it legal how did we know to make it illegal in the first place. It defies the concept of freedom to think backwards like that. It is like every Friday you must check in at jail and prove you deserve to be let out, in my words.1,2 [ Post Comment ] Post Comment