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Newsbrief:
Pipe
Bong
Found
in
Rural
Illinois
Mailbox
5/17/02
No, you were not inadvertently
redirected to the web site of online humor purveyors The Onion, and no,
this is not a typo. In the wake of "Smiley Face" mailbox bomber Luke
Helder, who last month detonated pipe bombs in rural mailboxes throughout
the Midwest, injuring six before he was arrested in Nevada, both residents
and local law enforcement appear to be a bit jumpy. Thus the call
to sheriff's deputies in Illinois' Sangamon County from a local woman who
spotted a mysterious tube in her mailbox Tuesday morning.
It took deputies and the
Illinois bomb squad two hours to determine that the multi-colored, tube-like
object with liquid in the bottom was that device instantly recognizable
to millions of college students: a bong. The device was successfully
extracted and no injuries, but the culprit remains at large. Beware
the Mad Bonger!
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Issue #237, 5/17/02
Medical Marijuana Wars Heat Up: Activists Announce Day of Direct Action Against DEA, Plan Emergency Response to Expected Raids | Anti-Drug Ads a Flop, Says Drug Czar, Please Give Us Money for More | MarijuanaInfo.org: New Medical Marijuana Web Site Provides Forum for Warring Views, In-Depth Exploration of Issue | Budget Crunch I: As Oklahoma Goes Broke, Drug War Fuels Ever-Increasing Prison Budgets | Budget Crunch II: Massachusetts Vote Imperils All of State's Methadone Clinics, Supporters Mobilizing | Prison Reform Advocates Blast 7 UP Commercial for Trivializing Prison Rape, Call for Boycott of Cadbury Schweppes Product | Newsbrief: Nevada Petition Drive to Legalize Marijuana Possession Underway | Newsbrief: Madison Suspends Raves at County Venue | Newsbrief: Barr Booed for Anti-Pot Remarks in Home District Event | Newsbrief: Canadian Mounties Follow US Lead, Discover Drug-Terror Connection | Newsbrief: Canada Prisons Propose Ignoring Inmate Cannabis Use | Newsbrief: Afghan Warlords Allied to US Growing Rich Off Opium Trade, Says Expert | Newsbrief: Dionne Warwick Busted for Marijuana at Airport Amidst Heightened Airline Security | Newsbrief: Pipe Bong Found in Rural Illinois Mailbox | Clarification from Dana Beal | Articles and Resources | The Reformer's Calendar
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