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Newsbrief:
Eleven
House
Pages
Fired
for
Marijuana
Use
--
NORML
Offers
Them
Jobs
5/3/02
Eleven teens working as pages
in the US House of Representatives have been fired from their jobs after
being caught using marijuana, the Capitol Hill tipsheet Roll Call reported
Wednesday.
"The trouble started when
one female page whose family lives in the Washington, DC, area brought
several other pages to the family home unsupervised," wrote Roll Call's
Ed Henry. "The pages involved allegedly smoked marijuana in the basement
of the house." The female paged then allegedly "brought some drugs
back to the House page dorm on Capitol Hill, where her roommate turned
her in to authorities. That led to everyone involved being disciplined."
Roll Call reported that all
eleven pages were sponsored by Republican House members.
On Wednesday afternoon, the
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (http://www.norml.org)
issued a news release offering jobs to the newly unemployed teens.
"If they're good enough to serve as congressional pages and their proclivity
is to smoke marijuana," said NORML Foundation executive director Allen
St. Pierre, "then they sound like intern material to us!"
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Issue #235, 5/3/02
Editorial: Return of the Drug Czars | Former British Drug Policy Head Says Legalize it All | Thai Police Death Squads Accused of Killing Drug Dealers | South Dakota Amendment Would Give Criminal Defendants Right to Argue Merits, Applicability and Validity of Laws | Summer Concert Bust Season Gets Early Start in Alabama -- Rockers Can Take Steps to Protect Themselves, Say Advocates | It's National Drug Court Month -- Do You Know What You're Getting for Your Money? The Government Doesn't, Says GAO | Newsbrief: Washington Says Colombian Military Meets Human Rights Conditions, Frees More Money | Newsbrief: Japan to Outlaw Magic Mushrooms, Loophole Slams Shut | Newsbrief: China Faces Plague of Yuppie Dopers as Disposable Income in Cities Rises | Newsbrief: Prospects Dimming For Vermont Medical Marijuana Bill | Newsbrief: Italian Legislative Body Asks for Medical Marijuana | Newsbrief: BC Marijuana Party Head to Run for Vancouver Mayor | Newsbrief: Eleven House Pages Fired for Marijuana Use -- NORML Offers Them Jobs | Newsbrief: Connecticut Carpenters Strike Over Wages, Drug Testing | Web Scan: De Greiff, Blumenson, Weitzel, GAO, Canada | Errata: Drug War Race | The Reformer's Calendar
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