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Gov. Partnerships Curbing Drug Use, Drug Czar Says
Posted by CN Staff on September 12, 2004 at 18:23:53 PT
By Steve Brisendine, Associated Press Writer 
Source: Lawrence Journal-World 
Kansas City, Mo. -- A new study showing fewer teens using illegal drugs proves that partnerships between the federal government and local agencies are working, the nation's top drug official said Friday.  "People talk about partnerships in government," said John Walters, director of the Cabinet-level Office of National Drug Control Policy. "Here is one of the places where it could not be clearer."
Walters was in Kansas City to present an award from his office to a local coalition working to reduce use of illegal drugs and alcohol by teens."We have communities like this across the nation, where people like yourselves are saving lives every day," Walters said. "We can save more lives, more rapidly, with more people reaching to lend a hand."On Thursday, the government released its 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. It found that American youths are using marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy, but more are abusing prescription drugs.The study also showed a 20 percent decline between 2002 and 2003 in the number of youths who smoke marijuana at least 20 days each month.Despite those encouraging numbers, Walters said, the conflicting ideas persist that drug use always will be part of American culture but won't affect people personally."Unfortunately, this problem has an important dimension of denial," he said. "People don't want to see it. They want to believe it's bigger than it is. They also believe there's nothing they can do. That's wrong."While the federal government can provide material support, Walters said, local agencies can help Washington target that support because they see problems and solutions more closely."We provide a national estimate on a variety of dimensions and try to improve some of those, but it's very important that those be tied to local measures as well," he said.The latest federal Drug Policy Information Clearinghouse report for Kansas, issued in April, found that in 2002, drug and alcohol violations accounted for a total of 2,796 juvenile arrests.Complete Title: Government Partnerships Curbing Drug Use, Federal Drug Czar Says Source: Lawrence Journal-World (KS)Author: Steve Brisendine, Associated Press Writer Published: Sunday, September 12, 2004 Copyright: 2004 The Lawrence Journal-WorldWebsite: http://www.ljworld.com/Contact: http://www.ljworld.com/site/submit_letter Related Articles:Dressing Up Failurehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19472.shtmlMore Youths Abusing Prescription Drugs http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19461.shtmlStudy Focuses On Marijuana Use by Teenshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19429.shtmlReport Linking Teen Smoking To MJ Disputedhttp://cannabisnews.com/news//thread17336.shtml 
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Comment #7 posted by FoM on September 13, 2004 at 17:33:52 PT
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Dear Fellow Reformer,September 13, 2004 Don't forget to join us tomorrow, Tuesday, September 14 at 6 p.m. (EST)/3 p.m. (PST) for a special online chat about Election 2004. How has the Bush administration measured up on drug policy, and how would our issues compare under a President Kerry? I will be joined by Alliance director of national affairs, Bill Piper, to tackle these questions and more. 
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Comment #6 posted by FoM on September 13, 2004 at 16:02:57 PT
Thanks Nicholas
I hope someone watches it and comments after they see it. I don't watch FoxNews. I never really watched it but after seeing Outfoxed I haven't watched it at all. I know what he will say without even watching it. If Soros was going to be on then I'd watch it.
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Comment #5 posted by Nicholas Thimmesch on September 13, 2004 at 15:45:33 PT:
Walters & Soros on Fox's Hannity & Colmes 9:00 
Billionaire philanthropist George Soros (search) is leading a new campaign. But is it legal? We ask the man in the know, White House drug czar John Walters.These stories and much more!Don't miss "Hannity & Colmes" LIVE this evening at 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. ET!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,110858,00.html
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Comment #4 posted by Jose Melendez on September 13, 2004 at 05:37:25 PT
 . . . and nothing but the truth . . .
from: http://blog.drugpolicy.org/ "Here's their big victory: A 5 percent decline in lifetime use of marijuana among American youth between the ages of 12 and 17.What is buried at the end of the press release is that young adults (age 18-25) experienced a 15 percent increase in non-medical lifetime use of prescription drugs.So the government has succeeded in getting a few young people to quit using a mild, non-addictive psychoactive substance, and encouraged larger numbers to switch to much harsher, highly addictive substances including OxyContin, Vicodin, Lorcet, and Percocet. Further, inhalant use has increased for kids aged 16 and 17, while use of other drugs like LSD, heroin, and cocaine remained stable for the population as a whole."
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Comment #3 posted by b4daylight on September 13, 2004 at 01:21:06 PT
The whole truth
On Thursday, the government released its 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. It found that less American youths are using marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy, but more are abusing prescription drugs.So no teenager actually quit they just shifted to alcholol and prescrition drugs. I wondered how much this cost us in dollars this report?Something interesting is Prescription drugs are suppose to be controlled. Yet Walters insist we need to spend all our reasources on Marijuana. 
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Comment #2 posted by ekim on September 12, 2004 at 20:55:13 PT
we canot aford one war let alone 2
Walters said, the conflicting ideas persist that drug use always will be part of American culture but won't affect people personally.-- Howard Wooldridge of Leap said of his more than 18 years on the force he never was called for a violent crime of Cannabis use."Unfortunately, this problem has an important dimension of denial," he said. "People don't want to see it. They want to believe it's bigger than it is. They also believe there's nothing they can do. That's wrong."
Jpee you are in da-nile up to your wazoo-- what about the overwhelming support for Cannabis use by every Poll ever taken on the subject of Med use and personel use by adults. The People are asking thru Humans like Mr Nader and Mr Kucinich and many others that have promised to reform the unjust Cannabis Laws and regulate the Black Market for the good of all the People including the children.
http://www.aammi.org
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Comment #1 posted by Virgil on September 12, 2004 at 18:42:21 PT
Reduce harm- MC#1- Make Cannabis #1
I put what follows in the wrong thread with an is instead of an are in the last sentende.I hate to mention a poll at DU since they are up all the time. This one on legalization of laughing grass is now 54 for legalization with one opposed and one for MMJ only- http://tinyurl.com/5jn9sIt relates to the situation in Vancouver that is the subject of Richard Cowan's latest work. The continual bullhorn from the controlled media spouting marijuana is a dangerous drug is only making the govenrment look bad. The federal laws are constitutionally illegal and a trampling of unalienable rights. We have a vicious and malicious fraud by government and our money and debt that now has to deal with an ever rising blowback as the CIA coined.They have a lot of ignorance on their side, but the crime against humanity charges of those that continue the demonization fraud in pursuit of prohibition forever should heed the chant. It is not going away and can only get louder until the fraud, injustice, waste, and treason are ended.
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