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"Bar's neighbors making noise about noise" (Jennifer
Vigil , San Diego Union Tribune, Dec. 27, 2002) --
Walking down Ninth Street toward National City
Boulevard, police Officer Luke Powell pointed out the
intangibles, the things that few realize can make a
neighborhood safer. Those neatly trimmed trees on
the south side of Ninth? They once hung down so far that
people could easily lurk among their branches.
That well-lighted stretch of Brick Row, a block of
lovingly maintained Victorian shops and residences on A
Avenue? A few months ago, more than a dozen of those
lights were broken, making it more likely for criminal
activity to take place. And the bar across the
alley from Brick Row, where raucous crowds, drawn by
theme nights, have disturbed neighbors for more than a
year? It's quieter now, Powell said, because of the
extensive effort made by police to bring the neighbors'
complaints to the bar owners' attention. Yet the
people who live near the Trophy Lounge and have invested
in the historic area are still unhappy, they say,
burdened by living so close to a commercial district. ID#
6212
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"Soaking up joy and not the spirits" (Editorial
Staff, The San Diego Union Tribune, Dec. 25, 2002) --
Susie Shimasaki is tired of the mixed messages kids
receive about alcohol, especially during the Christmas
season. So, as co-chair of the San Diego County Youth
Council, she's joining with other teens in a campaign
called Hands Off Holidays. It's designed to counter the
exploitation of the holidays to market alcohol,
especially to youth. ID#
6209
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"Ordinance aids cops in bringing
down the noise" (Joe
Hughes, The San Diego Union Tribune, Dec.
22, 2002) -- Nelcha
Price can finally get a good night's sleep. And she owes
it all to a simple tape measure. Cops cracking down on
boisterous parties near San Diego State University are
using what had been a seldom-employed city ordinance
banning bothersome noise if it can be heard more than 50
feet away. A tape measure is all police need to shut
down the kind of party that has made SDSU infamous among
the noncollege crowd. "I can't believe how quiet it
has become," Price said. "We used to have
parties all weekend long, in one house or another." ID#
6208
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"Risk of dying in alcohol-related
crash varies widely from state to state" (Nedra
Pickler, The San Diego Union Tribune, Dec.
18, 2002) --
Your chances of being
killed in a traffic crash involving booze depend partly
on the state where you're driving, a government study
shows. South Carolina, Montana and Louisiana have the
highest rates of alcohol-related traffic deaths, said
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study
released Wednesday. Nationally the rate of deaths
in alcohol-related crashes dropped by more than half
since 1982 from 1.64 per 100 million miles driven to
0.63 per 100 million last year according to the
federal government's most comprehensive look at
drunken-driving accidents over the two decades. ID#
6201
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"Colleges get tough with smokers" (Clarke
Canfield, The
San Diego Union Tribune, Dec. 15, 2002) --
If you overlook the
"no smoking" signs outside Harlan A. Philippi
Hall, you can't miss the signs at the door "This is
a smoke-free building." The University of Southern
Maine in September banned smoking in its dorms, forcing
smokers to walk at least 50 feet away from the buildings
to light up. Next fall, they'll have to go even farther.
The school is among the growing number of colleges and
universities finding new ways to restrict smoking on
campus. A Harvard University study last year found that
25 percent of U.S. colleges ban smoking in dormitories,
and the number is rising. ID#
6196
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"State Senator Wants
Nickel-A-Serving Alcohol Tax" (The
San Diego Channel, Dec. 12, 2002) --
A California state
legislator said Thursday that she wants to put a
nickel-a-serving tax on drinks in California to help
raise money for emergency-room care for those with
alcohol-related injuries. "Our lives depend on
these services," Sen. Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles,
said. "I think that 5 cents per serving is
fair." Romero said her bill is a potential way to
cope with a "public health-care crisis in
California," and predicted the inflow of such
funding would keep struggling ERs open statewide. ID#
6194
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"Supervisors approve 30-resident
Narconon treatment center" (Brian E.
Clark, The San Diego Union Tribune, Dec. 12, 2002) --
The county Board of
Supervisors yesterday gave the go-ahead for a Narconon
drug and alcohol treatment center planned for the rural
Sunshine Summit area, unanimously rejecting a neighbor's
appeal. Backers of the program praised the supervisors'
decision. Narconon officials said they hope to open the
30-resident center at a former resort off state Route 79
early next year. Chet Kalinowska filed the appeal in
October after the county Planning Commission unanimously
approved the project. Kalinowska argued that the 30-acre
property did not have adequate water, and that security
plans for a program dealing with drug addicts were
inadequate. ID#
6192
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"Clubs, cops seeking to stem rising violence at
nightspots" (Associated Press, The San Diego Union Tribune, Dec.
10, 2002) --
Police are concerned about
the Fiesta Bowl's decision to allow beer sales for the
first time at the championship game. "I'm not
really looking forward to it," said John Pickens,
Arizona State University's police chief. "You bring
alcohol into the mix with a large crowd, you're going to
have some problems." Bowl activities include the
Jan. 3 game with Ohio State playing Miami, the Fiesta
Bowl Block Party on Dec. 31, a daylong pep rally Jan. 2
and a tailgate party on game day. ID#
6188
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"Clubs, cops seeking to stem rising violence at
nightspots" (Joe Hughes, The San Diego Union Tribune, Dec.
9, 2002) --
The San Diego Police
Department's vice unit has formed a team to investigate
all bar-related incidents. In the past, the incidents
were handled by patrol officers, then passed to
detectives at area stations. Reports on the incidents
did not quickly get to vice officials for follow-up.
The vice unit team four
detectives and a sergeant now responds immediately
to all major bar-linked incidents. Kanaski said the vice
unit will not hesitate to revoke a club's entertainment
license or to call in the fire marshal at crowded bars.
Club owners also are
reminded they are responsible for not only what goes on
inside the business, but also within a 100-foot radius
of their establishments. ID#
6181
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"More drugs stay in Mexico, experts
say" (Anna Cearly, The San Diego Union Tribune, Dec.
6, 2002) --
Leading experts on drug
abuse from the United States and Mexico say that more
drugs are circulating in Mexico because tighter border
security is reducing shipments to the United States.
"That means we must strengthen our efforts to
prevent (drug abuse) in Mexico," said Luis Solis
Rojas, who oversees a national network of drug
rehabilitation centers in Mexico and was a keynote
speaker at a binational drug abuse conference Wednesday.
Prevention measures were the hot topic during the
conference, sponsored by the San Diego Tijuana Border
Initiative and held at the Autonomous University of Baja
California. ID#
6178
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"Bid to sell beer, wine at Chevron
station rebuffed" (Deborah Ensor, The San Diego Union Tribune, Dec. 5, 2002) --
After a three-hour public
hearing yesterday,the city denied a permit to sell
alcohol at a Chevron station in City Heights. Mark
Kassab, a local businessman, was applying for a beer and
wine license for his station at University Avenue and
Interstate 15. At least 25 community members spoke on
his behalf, citing Kassab's many contributions to the
community and his reputation for running Murphy's
Market, his store in City Heights that has a beer and
wine license. But just as many residents complained that
another liquor license would severely affect their
community, which has been undergoing a major
revitalization and is saturated with places that sell
alcohol, they said. ID#
6174
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"Federal court nixes Massachusetts
law requiring tobacco companies to list ingredients" (Associated
Press, The San Diego Union Tribune, Dec. 5, 2002) --
A federal appeals court
struck down a Massachusetts law that would have required
tobacco companies to reveal the ingredients in their
products, saying the rule essentially destroys trade
secrets. "I simply am not convinced that the
Disclosure Act really helps to promote public
health," Judge Juan R. Torruella wrote for the 1st
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The act, passed in 1996,
would have required tobacco companies to disclose the
ingredients in every brand and product they manufacture.
It was challenged by a group of tobacco companies led by
Philip Morris Inc. immediately after it was passed. ID#
6171
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"Sober Living" (The San Diego Union
Tribune, Dec. 4, 2002) --
When a residential drug
treatment center was trying to open in El Cajon last
year, opponents claimed the city already had hundreds of
treatment beds and didn't need any more. The truth was
that El Cajon didn't have any residential drug treatment
beds. The discrepancy stems from a misunderstanding by
the public and politicians about the difference between
sober-living group homes and licensed residential
treatment centers. ID#
6170
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"Some in City Heights don't want
another alcohol seller" (Deborah
Ensor, The San Diego Union Tribune, Dec.
3, 2002) --
Residents of City Heights
are concerned that yet another business wants to sell
beer and wine in their neighborhood. This time it's a
Chevron station, located at the corner of University
Avenue and Interstate 15, that also is across the street
from an elementary school and next door to a church.
"Having alcohol as a staple for sale in the
neighborhood, rather than food, antiques or books, hurts
the community," said Thom Turner, president of the
Azalea Park Neighborhood Association. ID#
6168
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"Trends in drug battle indicate some
success" (Gordon Smith, The San Diego Union Tribune,
Dec. 2, 2002) --
For a half-century,
California has been a drug battleground. Almost
certainly, it will continue to be one... When
the state's voters passed Proposition 36 two years ago,
they did it with the expectation it would save $1.5
billion in incarceration costs over five years. Experts
on all sides say it is too soon to assess the results of
the law which went into effect July 1, 2001 but
the number of people in state prisons on drug possession
charges has declined by 16.8 percent since then. The
overall population of female inmates also has declined
by 10 percent during the past year, a change state
prison officials attribute largely to Proposition 36. ID#
6166
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"Study says marijuana does not lead
to hard drugs" (Reuters, The San Diego Union Tribune,
Dec. 2, 2002) --
Countering a basic
principle of American anti-drug policies, an independent
U.S. study concluded Monday that marijuana use does not
lead teenagers to experiment with hard drugs like heroin
or cocaine. The study by the private, nonprofit RAND
Drug Policy Research Center rebutted the theory that
marijuana acts as a so-called gateway drug to more
harmful narcotics, a key argument against legalizing pot
in the United States. ID#
6165
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"Illegal pharmaceuticals
'everywhere'" (Matt Krasnowski, The San Diego Union Tribune, Dec.
2, 2002) --
Prescription drugs with no
prescription required are still a hot and
potentially dangerous commodity among immigrants in
Southern California. "It's
still everywhere," said Donald Ashton, with the Los
Angeles County Health Authority Law Enforcement Task
Force. "We've found it in meat markets, party
supply stores, swap meets, shoe stores and bridal gown
stores." More than three years after authorities
started to crack down on illegal pharmacies sparked
by the deaths of two Orange County children who received
injections by self-styled doctors the practice of
selling pharmaceuticals smuggled north from Mexico at
retail outlets in immigrant enclaves is thriving,
officials said. ID#
6164
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"Helping to reduce student drinking" (Stephen
Weber, The San Diego Union Tribune, Nov.
29, 2002) -- A
recent print ad for a national beer producer depicts
cartoon images of college students drinking beer around
a campfire. The caption reads "It's Like a Book
Club, Only With Beer Instead of Books." The ad
exemplifies the long-standing cultural myth that alcohol
consumption is an expected, acceptable and harmless
aspect of the college experience. For many, frat parties
and happy hours seem as endemic to college life as
finals and homecoming. In spite of the common conception
of alcohol as innocuous in the lives of college
students, research demonstrates a very different reality
a reality where misuse and abuse of alcohol
continues to wreak havoc on the health, safety and
academic success of students. ID#
6162
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"Sobering News" (The
San Diego Union Tribune, Nov. 29, 2002) --
A sobering message this
holiday season The number of drunken driving deaths is
starting to rise. It's particularly troubling in San
Diego County, because the rate of young people aged
16-20 killed or injured in alcohol-related and
drug-related car crashes is up. It's also significantly
higher here than the state average. Since 1980, when
Mothers Against Drunk Driving was founded and the nation
began paying attention to the carnage caused by drunken
driving, the number of such deaths has dropped
considerably. ID#
6159
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"Police deem alcohol
stings a success" (Michael Stetz, The San
Diego Union Tribune, Dec. 1, 2002) --
Cops are batting like
utility infielders of late, not like beefy Barry Bonds,
when it comes to nabbing retailers illegally selling
alcohol to minors. That has some retailer saying it is
time to scale back the stings. Police see the failures
as success. Cops are batting like utility infielders of
late, not like beefy Barry Bonds, when it comes to
nabbing retailers illegally selling alcohol to minors.
They are even whiffing during routine undercover stings,
when police-monitored minors try to buy booze. Three
times so far this year, the Minor Decoy Program has gone
0-for. ID#
6158
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"THE
DRUG WAR A PROGRESS REPORT" (Steve
Schmidt, The San Diego Union Tribune,
Dec. 1, 2002) --
The $9.2 billion annual
sales figure an estimate derived from a
Union-Tribune analysis of government data is more
than the gross domestic products of 69 nations.And it is
a reminder of the challenges facing those waging what
has been called the war on drugs. "We're making
progress, but it takes a long time to get there,"
said Richard Gorman, a San Diego-based regional director
of the federal High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
Program. California, the nation's most populous state,
often shoulders a disproportionate share of the war's
costs and impact. A recent FBI study found that one of
six Americans arrested on drug-abuse violations is from
California. ID#
6157
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"Eight merchants singled out for
their 'no sales' in alcohol decoy test" (The
San Diego Union Tribune, Nov. 27, 2002) --
Eight merchants got a special gift
yesterday and thanks for what they did not do. They
did not sell alcohol to minors in a decoy operation run
by North County law enforcement agencies last Friday. ID#
6155
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"New Tijuana Guide Targets Rowdy U.S. Tourists" (Anna
Gorman, The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 25, 2002) --The
crimes run the gamut lighting fireworks, making
excessive noise, disobeying an official order, driving
while talking on a cell phone. Fed up with American
tourists who break the law during their cross-border
trips, Tijuana city officials have published a colorful
guide advising visitors how to stay out of trouble and
where to turn if they get into legal jams. The guide
warns tourists not to pay bribes to police, suggesting
that they instead "politely insist on a written
citation" if officers ask for money. "We have
different legal systems, but the basic rules are the
same," Tijuana Mayor Jesus Gonzalez Reyes said.
"Don't do in Tijuana what you are not able to do in
San Diego." ID#
6149
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"UCSB practice informs parents of student's alcohol
arrest" (The Associated Press, The San
Diego Union Tribune, Nov. 24, 2002) --
Officials at the University
of California, Santa Barbara, have launched a new
program to reduce the number of student drinkers, and
they are enlisting the help of mom and dad. While
students may have been able to keep secret an arrest for
public intoxication in years past, university officials
now have made that impossible. UCSB is the only UC
campus to send letters to parents informing them that
their son or daughter has been cited for an
alcohol-related offense, including driving under the
influence, public intoxication and being a minor in
possession of alcohol. ID#
6148
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"U.S. officials to visit Mexico prison to get look
at drug program" (Enrique Garcνa Sanchez, The
San Diego Union Tribune, Nov. 21, 2002) --
About 100 female
legislators from the United Sates will visit the state
prison in Ensenada today to see firsthand the results of
a program for drug-addicted inmates. The state began the
program, called Segunda Oportunidad, or Second
Opportunity, seven years ago, based on the Church of
Scientology's prisoner rehabilitation program, called
Narconon. It is based on the philosophies of the late L.
Ron Hubbard. According to a recent study conducted by
Baja California's state university, recidivism among the
prisoners dropped from 75 percent to 9.5 percent between
1995 and 2001. In that period, of 1,682 inmates who were
released, only 196 returned to jail or prison for
committing a crime in the state. ID#
6144
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"DEA unveils effort to break up U.S. and European
Ecstasy rings" (The Associated Press, The
San Diego Union Tribune, Nov. 21, 2002) --
Saying teenage use of
Ecstasy is reaching "epidemic" levels, U.S.
authorities are stepping up efforts to stamp out rings
making and selling club drugs at home, in Europe and on
the Internet. The Drug Enforcement Administration plans
to double the number of club-drug investigations in the
United States as part of its "Operation
X-Out." Currently, the DEA says about 5 percent of
its major investigations involve club drugs. The agency
also intends to focus new efforts on Internet
trafficking and in the Netherlands, where some 80
percent of the world's supply originates. ID#
6142
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"Treatment centers" (The San Diego
Union Tribune, Nov. 21, 2002) --
San Diego City Council
members' unanimous support for the new Rescue Mission
shows they understand that helping the hard-core
homeless cannot be merely a good intention. Opponents of
the new Rescue Mission said they weren't opposed to this
drug and alcohol treatment program; they were opposed
only to its location. That's the same refrain heard
every time a residential rehabilitation program is
proposed. The City Council saw the problem with that
thinking. Members realized that these vital human
service programs must be located somewhere. Addiction
treatment is not an abstract idea. It's a building in a
neighborhood where people go to start a new life. ID#
6141
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"Riverside college to ban smoking on campus
starting Jan. 1" (Associated Press, The San Diego Union Tribune, Nov.
21, 2002) --
Riverside Community College
approved a plan to ban all tobacco use on its three
campuses after Jan. 1. Tuesday's unanimous vote by
school trustees makes the college one of the first
public institutions in California to prohibit tobacco
use on its campuses. "It's going to be more of an
educational effort than anything else," college
President Salvatore Rotella said. "There are
sanctions, but they are a last resort. The emphasis is
on education." The policy will take effect Jan. 1
at the district's three campuses, which are in
Riverside, Moreno Valley and Norco. ID#
6135
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"Voters wise up to 'medical marijuana' " (The San Diego Union Tribune, Nov.
21, 2002) --
Your editorial points out
that medicalizing marijuana is really an effort to
promote legalization for all. Without voter pressure,
San Diego City Council members may approve the misguided
guidelines that would allow outdoor marijuana gardens
and possession of up to 12 pounds of marijuana. Patients
and caregivers would be impossible to define and
regulate. The city doesn't need the liability, and the
neighborhoods don't need the cash crop of marijuana
worth $5,000 a pound on the street. ID#
6134
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"Underage drinking is no treat" (Coast
News, Nov. 7, 2002) --
Since 1996, local
prevention advocates and teen volunteers have been
urging store managers in Carlsbad, Oceanside, and Vista
to support the "Hands Off Halloween" campaign
by not using Halloween-theme displays in their liquor
departments. The majority of retailers are supportive of
the effort, and fewer than one third of the stores
visited in recent years have any type of Halloween
decorations in their alcohol displays. ID#
6140
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"Regional DUI Prevention Project Leaves Its Mark" (Dan
Tomsky, Coronado Eagle and Journal, Nov. 6, 2002) --
High Intensity Prevention
Zone partners had the opportunity to collaboratively
contribute to making South Bay roadways safer since
October. HIPZ directed DUI prevention efforts in
Coronado, National City and the rest of the South Bay
concluded on Sept. 30. As a two-year grant from the
California Office of Traffic Safety ends, so does HIPZ's
contribution to preventing underage drinking public
intoxication and alcohol-related traffic incidents. ID#
6133
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"Government plans crackdown on
drugged driving" (Jonathan
D. Salant, The San Diego Union Tribune, Nov. 19, 2002) --
Federal officials embarked
Tuesday on their most comprehensive effort to reduce the
thousands of deaths blamed on drivers under the
influence of illegal drugs. The campaign will include
public service announcements warning motorists of the
dangers and a program to train police officers to
identify drugged drivers. More than 17,000 people are
killed each year in alcohol-related accidents. Around
4,500 drivers who were killed in crashes in 2000
almost one in five had used drugs other than
alcohol, according to the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration. ID#
6128
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"Last 'dry' community on coast decides beer, wine
are OK" (Associated Press, The San Diego Union Tribune, Nov.
17, 2002) --
Thirsty souls in Monmouth,
Ore. the last "dry" town on the West Coast
will be able to legally buy beer or wine there for
the first time in 144 years because of a ballot measure
that just passed. The sale of alcohol has been banned in
Monmouth since 1858, and residents have voted five times
since Prohibition ended in 1933 to keep it that way. But
voters, including university students tired of having to
leave town for a beer, repealed the dry tradition Nov.
5. About 57 percent of residents voted in favor of a
city measure allowing the sale of beer and wine, but not
hard liquor. ID#
6122
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"Technology for detecting illegal drugs in drivers
improving but laws still lagging" (Siobhan
McDonough, The San Diego Union Tribune, Nov.
15, 2002) --
State laws haven't kept up
with advances in technology making it easier for police
to determine if a driver is on drugs, according to a
study released Thursday. People who drive under the
influence of illegal drugs are rarely detected,
prosecuted or referred to treatment programs, according
to the report by The Walsh Group and the American Bar
Association's Standing Committee on Substance Abuse. The
study was funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The report urges state legislatures to pass laws aimed
at drugged drivers. ID#
6118
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"Britain proposes longer hours for pubs in effort
to curb binge-drinking" (Associated Press, The
North County Times, Nov. 14, 2002) --
Drinkers raised their
glasses to Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday after
his government announced plans to let pubs stay open
later. The government hopes the proposed change ----
part of its crackdown on petty crime and anti-social
behavior ---- will curb binge-drinking and end the noise
and brawls that now spill onto many streets at 11 p.m.,
the current closing time every day but Sunday.
"It's just more personal freedom," said Kieran
Brogan, 23, sipping a lunchtime beer at a central London
pub. The current closing time, he said "forces
people to cram in drinks." ID#
6116
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"New York law banning wine shipments from other
states found unconstitutional" (Larry
Neumeister, The San Diego Union
Tribune, Nov. 12, 2002) -- A
federal judge Tuesday declared unconstitutional a New
York state law barring out-of-state wineries from
shipping directly to New York consumers. U.S. District
Judge Richard M. Berman said the law interferes with
interstate commerce. He issued the ruling in a case
brought by Swedenburg Estate Vineyards in Middleburg,
Va., a small winery that produces about 2,500 cases of
wine annually. Customers can order from the vineyard
over the Internet. The New York law, similar to laws in
29 other states, requires that out-of-state liquor be
distributed only through licensed wholesalers and
retailers. ID#
6110
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"Educators believe voluntary drug-testing lets
students snub drugs" (The Associated Press, The San Diego Union
Tribune, Nov. 10, 2002) -- Three
high schools in Orange County have started a voluntary,
but random drug-testing program to help students reject
drug use. "It's the purest moral effort to help
kids say no," said San Clemente High School
principal Charles Hinman. While most high schools
conduct drug tests as a condition of participating in
extracurricular activities, testing at San Clemente,
Laguna Beach and Trabuco Hills high schools is
different. ID#
6109
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"No arrests made in alcohol sales sting" (The San Diego Union
Tribune, Nov. 12, 2002) -- A
weekend police sting aimed at businesses selling alcohol
to minors failed to yield an arrest. San
Diego police vice unit Lt. Robert Kanaski said youths 17
to 19 years old working with city and San Diego State
University police attempted to buy liquor from 18
establishments throughout the city late Friday and early
Saturday. ID#
6108
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"Voters Say No" ( The San Diego
Union Tribune, Nov. 10, 2002) -- The
Election Day defeat of several drug-decriminalization
measures around the country suggests that the San Diego
City Council is behind the curve on the medical
marijuana issue. Voters in Nevada rejected a measure
that would have legalized the sale and use of marijuana.
Arizona voters defeated a measure that would have
reduced penalties for marijuana possession. Ohio voters
refused to alter their state constitution to require
judges to send drug offenders to treatment instead of
jail. And voters in South Dakota turned down a measure
that would have allowed drug offenders to argue to
juries that drug laws are unfair and to urge acquittal
on that basis. ID#
6106
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"E. Poway sets lead with drinking laws" (Brian
E. Clark, The San Diego Union Tribune, Nov.
7, 2002) --
Two alcohol-and drug-abuse prevention ordinances
primarily aimed at underage drinking and drunken driving
were approved unanimously by the City Council last week.
The measures go into effect Jan. 23. Poway will be the
first city in the county to have laws requiring
employees at restaurants and bars to take classes
conducted by the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control. Servers would be taught, among other things,
that they are required to stop serving inebriated
patrons. ID#
6096
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"Drug-reform measures fail in Arizona, Nevada, Ohio" (Associated
Press, The San Diego Tribune,
Nov. 5, 2002) -- In a sharp rebuff of the
drug-reform movement, Nevada voters refused yesterday to
make their state the first to legalize possession of
marijuana, and reform measures also failed in Ohio and
Arizona. Federal and state law enforcement officials
teamed up to oppose the Nevada measure, which would have
legalized possession of up to 3 ounces of pot. The
Arizona proposal would have downgraded small-scale
marijuana possession to the equivalent of a traffic
violation, while the Ohio measure would have forced
judges to order treatment instead of jail for many drug
offenders. ID#
6093
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"Tobacco companies are blowing smoke" (E'Louise
Ondash, The North County Times,
Nov. 6, 2002) -- The poor
tobacco companies are upset because of the vicious
nature of recent anti-tobacco ads. These ads, directed
at teens and younger, show body bags piling up at the
Philip Morris headquarters; portray a pitch for dog
urine, which contains urea, also found in cigarettes;
and feature gasping rodents, because cigarettes contain
ammonia, also found in rat poison. ID#
6092
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"Stepping Stone to use UCSD research in thwarting
crystal use among MSMs" (Travis Bone, The
Gay and Lesbian Times, Oct. 24, 2002) --
Stepping Stone is using
information from a recently released study, conducted by
researchers at UCSD, on crystal methamphetamine use
among gay and bisexual men. Working to help those in the
GLBT community overcome drug and alcohol addiction,
Stepping Stone hopes the study results will help shape
their upcoming educational advertising campaign. The
study, known as The Edge Research Project, specifically
looks at HIV positive men who have sex with men and
unsafe sex practices often associated with crystal meth
use in order to learn how to better educate gay and
bisexual men on its dangers.
ID# 6083
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"Poway sets lead in tough drinking laws" (Brian
Clark, The San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 30, 2002) --
Two alcohol-and drug-abuse
prevention ordinances primarily aimed at underage
drinking and drunken driving were approved unanimously
by the City Council last night. The measures go into
effect Jan. 23, 2003. Poway will be the first city in
the county to have laws requiring employees at
restaurants and bars to take classes conducted by the
state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Servers
would be taught, among other things, that they are
required to stop serving inebriated patrons.
ID# 6079
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"Federal Raids shutting down cannabis clubs around
state" (Marisa Taylor, The San Diego Union Tribune, Oct.
30, 2002) -- It
is now a familiar scene from San Francisco to San Diego,
from the Central Valley to the inner cities federal
agents raiding marijuana gardens and shutting down
organizations that dispense the drug. One after another,
under the threat of arrest or imprisonment, cannabis
club operators across the state have closed their doors
or stopped providing their wares to sick or dying
patients. Barely a handful of dispensaries remain, and
they are afraid.
ID# 6078
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"Court: Don't tread on doctors who recommend
medical marijuana" (David Kravets, The
North County Times, Oct. 30, 2002) -- A
federal appeals court ruled for the first time Tuesday
that the government cannot revoke the prescription drug
licenses of doctors who recommend marijuana to sick
patients. The court also ruled that the Justice
Department may not investigate doctors merely for
recommending marijuana, since this would interfere with
the free-speech rights of doctors and patients.
ID# 6077
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"City Council to vote on drug, alcohol measure
Tuesday" (The San Diego Union Tribune, Oct.
27, 2002) -- Adults
who host parties at which minors drink alcohol or use
drugs could be fined if the City Council passes a tough
new substance-abuse ordinance Tuesday night. The measure
a first of its kind in any city in the county
was given preliminary approval Oct. 15 and is expected
to pass with little opposition. The ordinance has been
championed by Councilman Jay Goldby, a father of five.
ID# 6070
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"Answers sought to causes of teen drinking" (Billie
Jo Jannen, The Eastern Empire Guardian, Oct. 16, 2002) --
Of local teenagers who
responded to a drinking survey last year, 80 percent
said they have had at least one drink of alcohol during
their lifetimes and 10 percent said they had driven a
car or motorcycle after drinking. The figures came from
a recently released poll of Mountain Empire High School
students that seeks to define the magnitude and pattern
of teen drinking in the Mountain Empire area.
ID# 6067
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"Putting parents on notice" (Corridor
News, Oct. 17, 2002) --
The most poignant aspect of
the Poway City Council's decision Tuesday to make it a
misdemeanor for parents to host alcohol parties for
their kids is that such a law is even necessary. As the
first city in the county to ban the so called
"house parties," Poway is holding parents
responsible legally and financially. The ordinance will
require parents to pay a hefty fine and pick up the law
enforcement tab if they get caught hosting a party. The
City of San Diego is poised to follow Poway's lead with
a similar ordinance.
ID# 6065
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"Alcohol Billboards Blight Neighborhood" (Everardo
F. Aguilar, Mid-City Neighbor, Oct. , 2002) --
I'm
sensitive about the environmental health of City
Heights, particularly when it comes to messages around
alcohol. As a community, City Heights has a high
incidence of alcohol use, particularly among its young
people. In addition to the obvious health threats of
alcohol abuse such as addiction and liver damage,
alcohol has many other health consequences. Alcohol
increases the risk of injury or death in car accidents.
Alcohol is a contributing Factor in domestic violence
and child abuse.
ID# 6064
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"University smoking policy could change" (Melinda
Walker, Daily Aztec, Oct. 24, 2002) --
University presidents now
have the authority to set stricter smoking regulations
on campuses. In September, the California State
University board of trustees approved a policy which
allows presidents to decide on smoking rules and
requires them to consider the views of faculty, staff
and students before changing smoking regulations. The
policy was a result of requests from various CSU
students to create more restrictive smoking policies.
ID# 6062
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"Panel OKs drug rehab center; foes may appeal" (Brian
Clark, The San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 19, 2002) --
The county Planning
Commission yesterday approved a residential drug
treatment and rehabilitation center in Warner Springs.
The Narconon center would be housed in a former motel
and two houses off state Route 79. It would serve up to
30 people ages 18 to 25, and they would be treated by a
staff of 15, three who would live at the center.
Patients would pay $22,000 to participate in a voluntary
six-month program.
ID# 6058
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"Welfare recipients in Michigan to be tested fro
drug use" (Associated Press, The San
Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 19, 2002) --
A federal appeals court
yesterday cleared the way for Michigan to test welfare
recipients for drug use. U.S. District Court Judge
Victoria Roberts halted a pilot drug-testing program in
1999 after a group of welfare recipients and the
American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan argued that
the testing is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of
the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday reversed
Roberts' decision, saying the testing program is based
on a legitimate need to ensure that public money is not
used for illegal purposes.
ID# 6054
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"Tobacco money has regained influence in state,
report says" (Louise Chu, The San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 17, 2002) --
Tobacco money in the state
Capitol is no longer the political taboo it once was,
says a report released yesterday by California Common
Cause. Political spending by the tobacco industry has
increased dramatically over the last five years, while
tobacco interests have enjoyed major legislative
victories, including a defeat of a proposed cigarette
tax increase.
ID# 6050
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"Board of supervisors says no to medical marijuana" (Travis
Bone, The Gay and Lesbian Times , Oct. 10, 2002) --
The county
of San Diego has finally decided to take a stand on
Medical Marijuana. Since the passage of Proposition 215
in 1996, which gave patients and caregivers the right to
use marijuana as medicine for the treatment of pain
associated with diseases ranging from AIDS and cancer to
glaucoma, the county, which runs public health programs
all over San Diego, has maintained a hands off approach
to the conflict between state and federal law. Under
federal law, marijuana is still considered a U.S.
Schedule I illegal substance.
ID# 6049
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"S.D. city panel OKs Medical pot rules" (Ray
Huard, The San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 17, 2002) --
Medical marijuana
guidelines that would allow sick people to keep up to 3
pounds of the drug and grow up to 72 plants for their
own use was approved by a San Diego City Council
committee yesterday. "I believe this is right. I
believe it's right for suffering people to have some
relief," said Councilman George Stevens. The
guidelines, adopted in a 4-1 vote by the Public Safety
and Neighborhood Services Committee, also would allow
caregivers who grow marijuana for up to six patients to
keep as much as 12 pounds of marijuana and grow as many
as 90 plants.
ID# 6048
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"2 New Poway laws would address drug, alcohol abuse" (Brian
Clark, The San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 17, 2002) --
The City Council has given
preliminary approval to ordinances aimed at reducing
drug use, drinking and drunken driving by young people.
Both measures were approved by the council on 4-0 votes
Tuesday night, with Betty Rexford absent. Advocates say
Poway would be the first city in the county to enact
laws requiring restaurant and bar employees to take
classes from the state Alcoholic Beverage Control
Department. Servers would be taught, among other things,
that they are required to cut off inebriated patrons.
ID# 6047
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"Task Force issues its cannabis proposals" (Ray
Huard, The San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 15, 2002) --
Sick people who use
marijuana under a doctor's advice could keep up to 3
pounds of the drug without fear of arrest from San Diego
police under guidelines proposed by a citizens task
force. The city's Medical Cannabis Task Force
recommendations also would allow patients to grow as
many as 72 marijuana plants for their own use.
ID# 6040
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"Regional DUI prevention project leaves its mark" (Dan
Tomsky, The Star News, Oct.11, 2002) --
High Intensity Prevention
Zone (HIPZ) partners are pleased to have had the
opportunity to collaboratively contribute to making
South Bay roadways safer since Oct. 2000. HIPZ directed
DUI prevention efforts in National City, Chula Vista and
the rest of the South Bay concluded on Sept. 30. As a
two years grant from the California Office of Traffic
Safety ends, so does HIPZ's contribution to preventing
underage drinking, public intoxication and
alcoholrelated traffic incidents.
ID# 6042
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"Proposed Substance Abuse Laws hailed by prevention
groups" (Andrea Moss, The North County
Times, Oct.16, 2002) --
Leaders of substance-abuse
prevention efforts hailed two draft ordinances related
to alcohol and drugs Tuesday, but told the Poway City
Council they would like to see one of the laws go even
further. The comments came during a council meeting at
which the panel gave its preliminary approval to the
proposed ordinances, designed to decrease drunken
driving and underage drinking. Each will be discussed
again before a final vote at the council's Oct. 29
meeting.
ID# 6041
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"Mountain Empire youth getting alcohol from home or
parties" ( The Alpine Sun, Sept. 26, 2002) --
According to a newly
released survey, students at Mountain Empire High School
are getting alcohol from home or at parties more
frequently. According
to the Mountain Empire High School Alcohol Survey
conducted in December 2001, 62 percent of male high
school juniors and 80 percent of male high school
seniors said they obtained alcohol from home or at
parties. Sixtysix percent of female high school juniors
and 60 percent of female high school seniors reported
they had also obtained alcohol from home or at parties.
ID# 6035
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"Stores' liquor licenses suspended" (The
North County Times, Oct. 4, 2002) --
The state Alcoholic
Beverage Control Department suspended the liquor sales
licenses Thursday of stores in Oceanside and Vista. The
licenses of a Circle K store on College Boulevard in
Oceanside and Palo Vista Liquor in Vista were suspended
because each business sold alcohol to minors twice
within three years, said Leslie Corona, a state
Alcoholic Beverage Control district supervisor for North
County.
ID# 6029
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"County Supervisors Oppose City's Pot Plan" (Luis
Monteagudo, The San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 3, 2002) --
County supervisors jumped
into the debate on medical marijuana Tuesday, voting to
oppose a city of San Diego program to give marijuana ID
cards to the sick. The Board of Supervisors voted to
send a letter to Mayor Dick Murphy and the San Diego
City Council expressing opposition to a proposed medical
marijuana program that would give identification cards
to registered medical marijuana patients.
ID# 6027
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"Local organizations crack down on parties" (Leslie
Hackett, The Daily Aztec, Oct. 2, 2002) --
Fifteen San Diego
organizations joined forces in an effort to crack down
on loud parties. While the majority of the project --
the SDSU College Area Party Plan -- took place during
the first two weekends of school, the University Police
Department at San Diego State has been continuing its
efforts to help keep problems in the College Area
community at a minimum. Law enforcement agents issued a
fair amount of arrests during the project.
ID# 6024
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"Smoke-free week off to slow start" (Adam
Kaye, The North County Times, Oct.2, 2002) --
Gray weather has made it
tough to tell if people are observing a voluntary
smoking ban this week at local beaches and parks.
"Since I've put the banner up, I haven't seen
anyone with a cigarette," said Del Mar Lifeguard
Chief Pat Vergne, "but today there's only four
people on the beach."
ID# 6022
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"County to city: No marijuana use" (Marty
Graham, The San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 2, 2002) --
County supervisors voted
4-1 Tuesday to ask the San Diego City Council to reject
a proposal that would allow medical marijuana users to
have up to three pounds of the illegal drug at a time.
Opponents, including members of the city's Cannabis Task
Force, decried the supervisors' vote, saying the
information presented by supervisors was inaccurate and
misleading.
ID# 6021
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"University Ranks No. 10 on Playboy's party list" (Jessica
Zisko, The Daily Aztec, Oct. 1st, 2002) --
After a 15-year break,
Playboy magazine's top 25 party school list is back on
the newsstands, and SDSU snatched the No. 10 spot. The
university checked in at No. 3 on the magazine's first
list, published in 1987. This year's rankings are based
on student write-ins. Playboy publicist Theresa
Hennessey said more than 1,500 students called, e-mailed
and wrote the magazine about why their schools should
make the list. The number of responses, interesting
student testimonials and Playboy's own research affected
the vote.
ID# 6018
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"Medical marijuana conflict intensifies" (Marisa
Taylor, The San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 1st, 2002) --
The dispute over medical
marijuana has turned into a war of words, providing yet
more proof of a deepening conflict between California
and the U.S. Justice Department over whether medical
marijuana providers should be left alone. Last month,
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer complained
about recent federal raids of California cannabis clubs
in a letter to U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and
Asa Hutchinson, chief of the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration.
ID# 6017
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