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Archive for November, 2002

Santa Drug Tested

Monday, November 25th, 2002

The jolly man in the red suit is a popular fixture at local shopping malls this time of the year. And chances are good that before Santa Claus hears one Christmas wish, he’s undergone a criminal background check and drug testing.

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Columbia President Urges Drug Testing

Friday, November 22nd, 2002

Colombia’s president proposed a new front in the global war on drugs: mass drug testing for Americans and Europeans. Reviving the traditional conflict between drug-producing and drug-consuming nations, President Alvaro Uribe said Friday the tests would dry up demand for drugs that Colombian insurgents sell to finance their decades-old civil war.

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It’s Not About Public Safety

Wednesday, November 20th, 2002

National shyster-in-chief (aka "drug czar") John Walters has done it again. Walters’ "drugged driving" initiative calls for "zero tolerance" for driving under the influence. "It’s about public safety," Walters claims. Not only is the initiative not about public safety. It’s not even about driving while drugged. Smoke marijuana on a Saturday night, for example. Drive on that Sunday. Guilty. For that matter, smoke a week before. Guilty.

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This Nose For Hire

Sunday, November 17th, 2002

Parents Who suspect their teenager is dabbling in drugs now have an alternative to snooping through drawers and closets looking for a hidden stash of dope. They can hire a drug-sniffing dog to do it for them.

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