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Porter To Push for All States To Punish Drug DUIs
Posted by CN Staff on March 09, 2004 at 13:21:12 PT
By Kirsten Searer 
Source: Las Vegas Sun 
Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., announced Monday he will push legislation requiring each state to set penalties for people who drive under the influence of drugs.While all states have laws on the books to punish drunken drivers, only nine states, including Nevada, have laws that specifically address driving under the influence of drugs, Porter said.
Amid a backdrop of 147 trees planted at Sunset Park for people who have been killed by impaired drivers, Sandy Heverly, executive director of Stop DUI Nevada, said an estimated 8 million people drove under the influence of drugs in 2001 in the United States.She said drug-impaired drivers are responsible for too many tragedies and too much "sorrow and grief that our neighbors go through."Porter's bill would give states until 2006 to enact a law prohibiting people from driving under the influence of an illegal drug and setting a mandatory minimum penalty for people caught driving while high on illegal drugs.States that don't comply would receive up to 50 percent less money for highway funds.Porter said he became interested in the issue in 1997, when 8-year-old Brittany Faber of Henderson approached him for help.Porter was a state senator representing Boulder City, and Brittany was upset that the man who killed her father while under the influence of marijuana had received just a few months of house arrest.Brittany's dad, William Faber, had just dropped her off at school when he was struck by the driver going 85 mph in a 45-mph zone, said Brittany, who is now 15 years old. The accident happened at 6:30 in the morning.Now people caught driving under the influence of drugs in Nevada face stricter regulations, Brittany said, and she hopes that other states will enact similar policies.She feels she is honoring the memory of her dad, a computer programmer who she said was "pretty much the smartest person I've ever known."Sixty percent of the approximately 600 people arrested so far this year for driving under the influence in Clark County were under the influence of drugs, Sheriff Bill Young said.Officers use several methods to determine if someone is high on marijuana, including taking samples of blood and interviewing suspects, Young said.The Nevada law is under fire in court, however, with the accuracy and appropriateness of its approach being questioned.Porter said there needs to be more research done to find ways to test people for the amount of drugs in their system, he said. Porter's bill also would allocate federal funds to research the prevention and detection of drug use.In 1990, about 6 percent of all driving fatalities involved drug use, according to the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety which also notes that in the last few years, about 18 percent of fatalities have involved drug use.Erin Breen, director of the Safe Community Partnership program at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, said at Monday's announcement that the rising number of drug-related rates should convince people in Nevada not to support the proposed constitutional amendment that would allow adults to carry small amounts of marijuana."We don't need another substance legalized in the state of Nevada so more people can drive on our roads impaired," said Breen, whose program has researched the effects of marijuana and other drugs on drivers.Jennifer Knight, a spokeswoman for the Committee to Regulate and Control Marijuana, said Breen's criticism doesn't take into account several key points in the amendment, including that it would increase the punishments for driving under the influence of marijuana."And under a system of strict regulation, people who use marijuana will only be allowed to use it at home," Knight said. "That's unlike alcohol, where most people who are driving under the influence of alcohol are doing it out of necessity to drive home from a club or a bar."Some family members of people killed in accidents involving drugs said they hope Porter's bill will lend more visibility to the issue of driving while on all types of drugs.Bill McCandless, a recently retired Las Vegas firefighter, was driving at about 8 a.m. when a man high on methamphetamine crashed into his car and killed him in 2002.His wife, Cheryl, and daughter, Julie, attended Monday's news conference, along with Lily, the 10-month-old granddaughter that Bill McCandless never met."People don't realize that it's exactly the same thing if you're impaired on alcohol as it is drugs," Julie McCandless said.Source: Las Vegas Sun (NV)Author: Kirsten Searer Published: March 09, 2004Copyright: 2004 Las Vegas Sun Inc.Contact: letters lasvegassun.comWebsite: http://www.lasvegassun.com/Related Articles & Web Site:Regulate Marijuanahttp://www.regulatemarijuana.org/Authorities Target Driving While Druggedhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17320.shtmlGovernment Plans Crackdown on Drugged Driving http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14789.shtml
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Comment #25 posted by FoM on March 12, 2004 at 10:01:14 PT
Related Article from a Snipped Source
Bill Urges Fighting Drugged Driving Portman proposes zero-tolerance rule By Carl Weiser, Enquirer Washington BureauFriday, March 12, 2004 WASHINGTON - Citing a list of Cincinnati car accidents in which drugs were involved, Rep. Rob Portman introduced legislation Thursday that would help police crack down on people driving while on drugs. Police have no instant test, as they do with alcohol, to detect illegal drugs. Most states, including Ohio, have no set blood-level standards for drugs comparable to the 0.08 percent blood-alcohol level. "It is time to combat the problem of drug-impaired drivers in the same way we have dealt with drunk drivers," Portman said at an afternoon news conference flanked by Ohio state troopers, Ohio first lady Hope Taft, and several Democratic backers of the bill. "Bottom line, it will save lives," said Rep. Jim Ramstad, R-Minn., a recovering alcoholic. The Drug Impaired Driving Enforcement Act would encourage states to adopt a national model law for drug-impaired driving. The level considered impaired would be any level greater than zero. That means that anyone with a detectable level of illegal drugs would be considered impaired. But Keith Stroup, founder of a pro-marijuana group, said the law would ensnare marijuana smokers who may not have smoked for days and aren't endangering anyone on the road. A regular smoker, someone who may smoke every weekend, could test positive weeks later. "There's not a scientist in the world who believes you're impaired at that point," said Stroup, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. "You're not throwing out a net that's simply going to catch impaired drivers. You're going to catch all marijuana smokers." Part of Portman's bill would pay for research to come up with better tests. Right now, police can collect blood, saliva or urine. But that must be sent to a lab. Taft said Ohio high school students know it's easier to detect alcohol, and that's one reason marijuana has become more popular. She cited a Franklin County survey of high schoolers that showed 19 percent of seniors said they had driven high in the previous year. Setting a level of zero would make it easier for police to prove in court that someone was impaired, said Col. Paul McClellan of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Snipped:Complete Article: http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/03/12/loc_portman12.html
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Comment #24 posted by afterburner on March 10, 2004 at 08:39:32 PT:
Reminder - Today, 3 pmET - Chat w/ Ethan Nadelmann
What Would God Smoke? The Spiritual Roots of Drug Reform
Live Audio Chat - Wednesday March 10 - 3 PM Eastern/Noon Pacific - Please join me and renowned thinker, writer and spiritual pioneer Ram Dass for a very special online discussion about spirituality and the 'war on drugs.' Bookmark this page so that you can join the chat: http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/dass_chat.cfm . We will be answering questions from listeners during the discussion. If you would like to submit one, please send a message to questions drugpolicy.org . 
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Comment #23 posted by afterburner on March 10, 2004 at 08:18:47 PT:
Thanks, Bud
I bookmarked tinyurl.
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Comment #22 posted by Dark Star on March 10, 2004 at 07:42:19 PT
Per Se is Personal
These are what is known as per se laws: any trace of material in the body makes a person guilty irrespective of intent or effect. Thus, any legal cannabis patient, such as Angel Raich under current court rulings, could face arrest for cannabis metabolites in the blood.This kind of ruling has no medical basis. The only thing that matters is impairment. If someone is wobbly and impaired, they should not be on the road. Blood does not tell you this necessarily, but observation by a trained person will. There should not be any shortcuts to law enforcement when a person's freedom and livelihood are at risk. Any such law should fairly apply to the person on prescription drugs (benzodiazepines) or over-the-counter agents that obviously cause sedation (antihistamines). In the end, more accidents are caused by drowsy drivers than anything else. We should support laws that are sensible, improve the public welfare, and do not discriminate against the populace on ideological grounds. Health- Yes! Witch Hunts- No!
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Comment #21 posted by Patrick on March 10, 2004 at 07:28:58 PT
Fool me once shame on me 
...fool me twice shame on you!Here is an example of deliberate distortion pointed out on the radio yesterday:They say in California that unlicensed drivers cause 20% of all traffic accidents. Therefore politicians want to give drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants in an effort to make the road safer as they/politicians explain it; licensed drivers are safer drivers.Here's the twist that most people don't get - The above statistic means that "licensed drivers" account for 80% of all other accidents. If we use the same political logic above, then it would stand to reason that taking away everyone's license would make the roads safer. Politicians know the public is sheep on the path to slaughter and the media is all too happy it seems to twist the truth to sell a story.This story says, in Nevada that 60% of the 600 arrested for being under the influence were in fact under the influence of drugs. The article didn't specifically say which drugs they were on did it? The inference was that it was marijuana. But it could have been Prozac, Vicodin or a whole host of other "legal" drugs that can impair a driver. Just remember propaganda doesn't work that way. Learn to see it and point it out at every opportunity.
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Comment #20 posted by BGreen on March 10, 2004 at 07:28:13 PT
I'm Not Virgil, But Here You Go
http://tinyurl.com/The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #19 posted by afterburner on March 10, 2004 at 07:22:38 PT:
Virgil
Can you repost the link to the website that converts long Internet addresses to short Internet addresses?
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Comment #18 posted by goneposthole on March 10, 2004 at 07:16:37 PT
more like witch hunting
and scapegoatingMartha Stewart is a witch. She must be. Look how far she has fallen from grace.John Ashcroft, the wretch, is disappointed that she can't be burned at the stake. Life hasn't been treating John very kindly lately.Bill Janklow, a South Dakota politician, struck and killed a motorcyclist on a South Dakota highway. . He received a hundred day sentence.Gotta get tough on the hypocrisy and double standards.Apparently,if you're a card carrying member of the US House of Representatives, you're excused and forgiven."It's a doggone shame and it's an awful mess." -John Prine
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Comment #17 posted by afterburner on March 10, 2004 at 07:03:32 PT:
Att'n Peter Lewis: Alternate Workplace Ins. Needed
"Peter ... Lewis, chairman of auto insurer Progressive Corp." --Soros, Lewis Push Campaign Law Limits http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/17/thread17682.shtmlWhat about an alternative workplace insurance that doesn't discriminate against medical, spiritual, or recreational cannabis use during one's personal time outside work?
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Comment #16 posted by fearfull on March 10, 2004 at 06:24:31 PT
OverwhelmSam
I think that is a good idea, however the insurance companies give discounts if employers drug test. Gives them a safer work enviroment. They have everything rigged.
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Comment #15 posted by E_Johnson on March 09, 2004 at 20:29:34 PT
Anecdotal evidence is anecdotal
What is meaningful is statistics and they are on our side.But they only mean something if people know about them.
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Comment #14 posted by E_Johnson on March 09, 2004 at 20:26:55 PT
Hooray for lies
Let's all support the lie that cannabis impairs driving.Why not? It sounds politically correct.If you say things that sound politically correct, then people will like you.
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Comment #13 posted by ekim on March 09, 2004 at 20:18:22 PT
book a Leap speaker near you
Mar 10 04 Cal Libertarians 07:00 PM Jim Gray Berkeley California USA  Speaker Judge Jim Gray will be meeting with the Cal Libertarians organization at UC Berkeley.
 
Mar 10 04 Pocatello Golden K Club 10:30 AM Howard Wooldridge Pocatello Idaho USA  Board Member Howard Wooldridge meets with members of the Pocatello Golden K Club to discuss alternatives to the war on drugs. Mar 10 04 Discussion of D.A.R.E. Program 07:00 PM Roger Hudlin Stillwater Oklahoma USA 
 The Drug Policy Foundation of Oklahoma will present a public discussion of the failed DARE program at 324 West Seventh, Stillwater, Oklahoma. LEAP Speaker Roger Hudlin, a currently employed 15-year police veteran from the Wichita, Kansas area, who served 8 years as a DARE officer, will be speaking along with 3 graduates of DARE programs. 
http://www.leap.cc/events
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Comment #12 posted by FoM on March 09, 2004 at 19:57:44 PT
News Article from NBC KPVI Newschannel 6
LEAP-LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST PROHIBITION Tuesday March 09, 2004If marijuana, methamphetamine, and other drugs were legalized, would that make the community a safer place? A Texas man who is visiting East Idaho to further his campaign says 'Yes'. Glen mills has more.Howard Wooldrige served nearly 20 years as a law enforcement officer. He says communities across the country would be safer if drugs were legalized. It's a message that makes some local law enforcement officials cringe.For 18 years of his life, Howard Wooldridge put illegal drug dealers and users behind bars as a police officer in Michigan. Now, as a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, or LEAP, he is fighting for the opposite side in the war on drugs.Howard Wooldridge, wants to legalize drugs:"I encourage people not to use drugs, unless they need it for medical reasons. Stay as drug free as you can. The question is, 'How do we manage drug use in our society? Is prohibition the best way to handle it, or a legal regulated market the best way to handle or to manage these drugs in society today?'"For Wooldridge and other members of LEAP, the answer is a legal regulated market. They say legalization of not just marijuana, but all drugs, would eliminate dealers and cartels and would allow officers to focus on more important issues. And overall, it would lead to a safer community."80% of people that break into our homes are drug addicts needing the money to buy their drugs. If they could obtain it legally at $2 to $5 a day like alcohol and cigarettes, they wouldn't have to break into the houses."But local law enforcement officials, like Chubbuck Police Chief Randy Severe, who is fighting to keep drugs out of his community, say it's just not that simple. He says legalization would not eliminate the violence.Chief Randy Severe, Chubbuck Police Department:"Do I think it would be in our best interest to ignore the problem or say, 'Let's give it sanction.' - that will do away with it? I think that's simply putting your head in the sand and having unrealistic expectations the problem is going to solve itself - it's not."LEAP started a year and a half ago with 5 members. Now, there are over 1,000 members including a mayor, a former governor, and judges.Wooldridge will present "This is Not a War on Drugs - It's a War on People" tonight at 7 p.m. in the ISU Pond Student Union Building. http://www.kpvi.com/index.cfm?page=nbcheadlines.cfm&ID=17249
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Comment #11 posted by FoM on March 09, 2004 at 18:51:56 PT
Montel Williams on Scarborough Country - 10PM ET
I don't know if Montel will talk about Medical Marijuana but I thought some of you might want to check it out.Tuesday -- 10 p.m. ET Howard Stern's in hot water. But what will it take to clean up the rest of the airwaves? Special guest Montel Williams joins Joe.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/
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Comment #10 posted by SoberStoner on March 09, 2004 at 18:20:59 PT
Oh this is great.
We're being told by an 8 year old how the rest of America should live.And while I dont condone driving while enhanced, I can tell you without a doubt there is no way in hell someone who was smoking our sacrament would be driving that much over the speed limit.Remember your history kids, this is no different than the classic Hearst yellow journalism. No proof, but if a poor little girl lost her dad because someone was too stupid to have a license to begin with but passed anyway because the DMV doesnt care, wants to put more people in cages, who would say no to the kids? After all, it's all for their own good. I wonder how she'll like being sujected to random drug tests in school if she participates in extra-curricular activites. You know, to make sure she's conforming properly. That is of course, if any part of that story was true to begin with, which is highly doubtful.This piece of the story alone reeks of 70 year old propaganda. The bad part is the federal funding for roads part. Thats exactly how they got Alaska to fold in the 90s and they know it.Remember those roadside tests they were talking about a few weeks ago? Now you know why they were talking about it. Bigger racket, more money, more false criminals.Welcome to 1984 kids. You can use it at home, but you cant drive for 30 days since if you do ANYTHING wrong while driving, you're now DUI. And most likely a felon with a mininimum mandatory hanging over your head.Ahh the land of the pee. SS
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Comment #9 posted by mayan on March 09, 2004 at 18:14:54 PT
Desperation Tactic
Non users cause accidents also. In fact, they cause the most accidents. How can anyone possibly determine if a drug caused any given accident? If you ask me, this is all coming at the urging of Asscrotch & Johnny Pee in an attempt to further brainwash the citizens of Nevada into voting against the new legalization initiative. Virgil is absolutely right. If law enforcement would put down their doughnuts and crack down on speeders they would reduce far more accidents than would targeting pot users(at whom this law will be primarily aimed). Pot users are generally much less likely to speed and are more cautious. This legislation is likely a desperation tactic to salvage the entire war on drugs. If Nevadans vote to legalize cannabis then folks in California will start asking questions and wonder why they are so oppressed. If California legalizes the herb it would be the beginning of the end of the entire drug war. This has little to do about safety and everything to do with preserving a sacred cash cow. Here's an interesting drug-war related article...Super-heroin dealers target middle classes(UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,2763,1163998,00.htmlThe way out is the way in...Panel may force Condi chat:
http://www.911citizenswatch.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=113&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0Kerry: Bush Stalling Iraq, 9/11 Probes:
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20040307_1285.htmlRally for Bush & Clinton Administration Public Testimony about 9/11:
http://www.911citizenswatch.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=111&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0The Day America Died:
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http://www.septembereleventh.org/alerts.php9/11 International Inquiry - San Francisco, March 26-28th:
http://www.911inquiry.org/
 
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Comment #8 posted by FoM on March 09, 2004 at 18:11:08 PT
Update On Don Nord from The Associated Press
Medical Marijuana Case Moved To Federal Court By Jeannie Piper, Web Producer March 9, 2004
  
Denver - The federal government's fight against a county judge's order requiring officers to return a man's state-approved medical marijuana will be heard in federal court. U.S. District Judge Walker Miller on Tuesday ordered the case sent to federal court from Routt County court. A state and federal drug task force seized the marijuana from Hayden resident Don Nord, 57, in October. Routt County Judge James Garrecht ordered the officers to return the marijuana, but they refused, saying there is no legal use of marijuana under federal law. Garrecht cited the federal officers for contempt. Miller moved the case to federal court at the request of the U.S. attorney's office. Nord's attorney, Kristopher Hammond, said such rulings are not designed to give any party an advantage. "The federal judge is supposed to try to do what he thinks the county court judge would have done," he said. But he said it does create problems for him and Nord, who will have to travel to federal court in Denver for hearings. 
 Copyright: 2004 The Associated Press
Nord's Pot Case Goes To Denver 
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Comment #7 posted by OverwhelmSam on March 09, 2004 at 16:26:06 PT:
Businesses That Support Marijuana Users
Can we initiate and grow(no pun intended) businesses that employ marijuana users? Landscaping, Nurseries, etc... Strict rules about not using or bringing it to work, but no urinalysis and generally cannabis friendly policies.Is it time for this idea to spread throughout the cannabis community.
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Comment #6 posted by elfman_420 on March 09, 2004 at 15:46:43 PT
Aweful situation, but careful who you blame
"Brittany's dad, William Faber, had just dropped her off at school when he was struck by the driver going 85 mph in a 45-mph zone, said Brittany, who is now 15 years old. The accident happened at 6:30 in the morning."I'd like to see the test that shows he was smoking at 6am. Sounds like a speeder late to work who just happened to have some THC left over in his system from the weekend. Maybe they thought he was 'stoned' because he was tired, the Las Vegas smog was making his eyes red, and then of course he failed the "test" because he smoked a week earlier, who knows....That's the problem with the tests, though, is that nobody really ever knows except the person themself.
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Comment #5 posted by afterburner on March 09, 2004 at 15:39:26 PT:
Driving: Impaired or Enhanced? Stop the Hype!
Can Cannabis Make You An Even Better Driver? http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/18/thread18223.shtml
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Comment #4 posted by sukoi on March 09, 2004 at 15:08:32 PT
Off Topic, but interesting!
Reefer Madness: 'Marijuana-Logues' Explores the Pursuit of Pot in NYChttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=89&ncid=789&e=10&u=/playbill/2040308/en_playbill/84788Be sure to note the Sunday showing time as well as the same day ticket purchase times!
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Comment #3 posted by Virgil on March 09, 2004 at 13:35:08 PT
Why not get the speeders?
Speed kills. Speeders are everywhere. The best thing to make the roads safer is to slow people down. Now do they really care about that?
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Comment #2 posted by FoM on March 09, 2004 at 13:30:20 PT
Off Topic: AP Story
New Pill Helps With Smoking and Weight 
 
 
By Daniel Q. Haney, AP Medical EditorMarch 9, 2004NEW ORLEANS -- A new pill in the final stages of testing shows promise in attacking two of humanity's biggest killers by helping people quit smoking and lose weight at the same time. As government officials in Washington launched a campaign against obesity Tuesday, doctors at a medical conference here described the new drug as provocative and perhaps ideal for some people. The drug, which could be available in a year or two, works by an entirely new approach -- by blocking the same primeval circuitry in the brain that gives pot-smokers the munchies. The development could offer a well-timed one-two punch against Americans' gravest health concerns. Smoking is the country's top killer, accounting for 435,000 deaths in 2000. The combination of poor diet, obesity and physical inactivity are right behind, with 400,000 deaths. Doctors who heard data on the new pill said that while better living habits should still be the foundation of good health, a new pill could be an important boost for those who cannot accomplish it through willpower alone. "We tell people to diet and exercise, and that advice doesn't seem to be very effective," said Dr. Raymond Gibbons of the Mayo Clinic, who called the latest results "very provocative." Two reports on the drug, called rimonabant, were released in New Orleans at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology. The research was financed by the drug's developer, the French firm Sanofi-Synthelabo, which plans to seek U.S. approval to sell it under the brand Acomplia after more studies are finished next year. One study found the drug helped people drop 20 pounds in a year, while the other concluded it doubles smokers' success at quitting, at least in the short run. Doctors said the drug is likely to be marketed both for dieting and smoking cessation, but it is likely to be especially appealing to people beset by both problems. "We think this might be the ideal compound for people who are overweight and smoke," said Dr. Robert Anthenelli of the University of Cincinnati, who directed the smoking study. Doctors say the drug is also noteworthy because it takes a fresh approach to helping people overcome their yen for food and tobacco. It is the first of a class of medicines that block the so-called endocannabinoid system. Marijuana makes people ravenous by stimulating this circuitry. The same biological machinery serves crucial everyday purposes by helping the brain regulate hunger and probably other urges, including alcohol craving. Overeating and smoking can overstimulate this system, which in turn propels them to eat and smoke still more. By temporarily blocking the body's ability to receive these signals, experts believe they can return the system's working to normal. In the larger of the two studies, Dr. Jean-Pierre Despres of Laval University in Quebec City enrolled 1,036 overweight volunteers, all with big potbellies that put them at especially high risk of heart problems. They were urged to cut 600 calories a day and randomly given either rimonabant or dummy pills. After a year, those who got the higher of two doses of rimonabant had lost an average of 20 pounds and trimmed three inches from their waistlines. Nearly half of them took off 10 percent of their body weight. By comparison, those on placebos lost just five pounds. Those getting rimonabant improved in other ways, too. Their levels of HDL, the protective good cholesterol, rose 23 percent, while their triglycerides fell 15 percent. Despres said people taking the drug simply felt less hungry. In an earlier phase of the research, he could tell which volunteers were on the medicine by watching who passed up chocolate cake at the buffet table. "The bottom line is we found a spectacular drop in waistlines and changes in many other risk factors that are beyond what you would ordinarily expect," Despres said. Anthenelli's study tested the drug for 10 weeks on 787 pack-a-day smokers who wanted to quit but could not. A longer follow-up will see how well they stay off, but in the short run, 28 percent shunned cigarettes for at least a month, compared with 16 percent on dummy pills. Especially important, Anthenelli said, is that those on the drug gained little or no weight, and a third of the successful quitters actually took off pounds at the same time. Ordinarily, smokers gain six to 10 pounds when they quit. Some people had minor digestive side effects at first, but they usually went away. "This is good news. The drug shows promise," said Dr. Sidney Smith, cardiovascular chief at the University of North Carolina. "However, I strongly believe lifestyle changes should be the foundation of what we do. I would not want to see patients turn to a pill as the first approach." In all, seven large studies with rimonabant are in the works. They involve 6,600 volunteers who want to lose weight and 6,500 who want to quit smoking. * __ EDITOR'S NOTE: Medical Editor Daniel Q. Haney is a special correspondent for The Associated Press. * __ On the Net: News release: http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.asp?id1417 Copyright: 2004, The Associated Press http://www.nynewsday.com/news/health/sns-ap-fit-super-pill,0,6280229.story?coll=nyc-healthhome-headlines
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Comment #1 posted by Sam Adams on March 09, 2004 at 13:26:47 PT
Federal takeover
Why should someone in Nevada tell people here, 3000 miles away, how to run things? This country is going down the tubes. How did the Roman Empire fail? Over-centralization.How did we succeed on D-day? Hitler, in Berlin, overrode recommendations from generals in France and ordered troop strength to be focused at Calais, even as the invasion was occurring in Normandy.
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