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Monday, 14 July 2008 |
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The BBC reported today that Scotland's national Violence Reduction Unit has  launched a four-week![]() campaign to crack down on alcohol-related violence that typically occurs over the summer. According to Andrew Laing, a local public prosecutor, there is a "clear connection" between alcohol misuse and criminal behaviour. "It is rare to come across crimes of violence on our streets which
are not associated with alcohol misuse. "Over indulgence of alcohol can lead to people acting out of character,
turning a trivial argument or dispute into episodes of violence with
sometimes tragic consequences."
Of course neither Mr. Laing nor any other Scottish officials appear to be concerned with any violence associated with marijuana use. |
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Written by SAFER
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Monday, 14 July 2008 |
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According to a report from Celebstoner.com, actress Elizabeth Perkins (of "Weeds," "Big," and "He Said, She Said" fame) believes that marijuana should be legal because it's no more harmful than alcohol.
At 2:35 in the video: "Alcohol is legal. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me why marijuana's not." |
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Wednesday, 09 July 2008 |
Last week the New York Daily News reported on yet another case of alcohol-fueled "air rage" on a commercial airplane. We realize this is somewhat old news and we're sorry we missed it when it came out, but we just had to mention it here due to the circumstances of the incident and the story's apropos title: "Drunk student goes nuts mid-flight." The booze kicked in about two hours into the transatlantic flight when a woman passenger reported Kircher was masturbating through his clothing, according to a complaint filed in Brooklyn Federal Court. |
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Wednesday, 09 July 2008 |
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The Associated Press reported this week that alcohol overdose deaths among college students are on the rise. An Associated Press analysis of federal records found that 157
college-age people, 18 to 23, drank themselves to death from 1999
through 2005, the most recent year for which figures are available. The
number of alcohol-poisoning deaths per year rose from 18 in 1999 to 35
in 2005.
Nevertheless, most colleges continue to impose greater penalties for student marijuana use than for student alcohol use. In doing so, they push students toward using alcohol instead of marijuana and make alcohol use seem more acceptable despite the fact that marijuana use has never led to an overdose death in history (or any death for that matter).
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