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Europe:
Russian
Official
Calls
for
Ban
on
Magazines
Over
Drug,
Sex
Content
7/7/06
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/443/russiamags.shtml
One of Russia's highest legal
officials is calling for three popular teen magazines to be shut down because
they promote an unhealthy interest in sex and drugs, the BBC
reported. The three magazines -- Molotok, Cool, and Cool Girl
-- insist they promote a responsible attitude toward both sex and drug
use among teenagers, but have been attacked before by social conservatives
for their alleged promotion of immorality.
Russian Deputy Prosecutor
General Sergei Fridinskiy joined the attack last week, when he complained
that the magazines exploit teens' interest in sex by publishing explicit
pictures and stories. He also charged the magazines carried erotic
mobile phone advertisements that encouraged teens to have sex early.
And he said the magazines promoted a drug-using lifestyle. Fridinskiy
called on the Russian state media regulator to shut down all three.
This is but the latest heavy-handed
effort by Russian drug war officials to stamp out the country's burgeoning
drug culture. Russian officials have also banned books, blocked marijuana
legalization protests, and stopped the sale of products containing cannabis
images. Now they're going after the teen mags.
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Issue #443
-- 7/7/06
Editorial:
Is
Ecstasy
a
Dangerous
Drug?
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Medical
Marijuana:
Five
Arrested,
13
Dispensaries
Raided
by
DEA
in
San
Diego
|
Feature:
Battle
Over
California's
Proposition
36
to
Head
to
Court
|
Feature:
Wisconsin
Drug
Reform
Activist
and
Senate
Candidate
Ben
Masel
Assaulted,
Arrested
By
Campus
Cops,
Plans
to
Sue
|
Sad
News:
Drug
Policy
Scholar
Lynn
Zimmer
Dead
at
59
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Vote
Hemp
Alert:
Proposed
North
Dakota
Hemp
Rules
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Australia:
Member
of
South
Australia
Parliament
Says
Raves
Safer
Than
Hotel
Bars,
Urges
Testing
Programs
for
Ecstasy
and
Other
Pills
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Europe:
Russian
Official
Calls
for
Ban
on
Magazines
Over
Drug,
Sex
Content
|
Harm
Reduction:
Delaware
Needle
Exchange
Bill
Passes
House,
Awaits
Governor's
Signature
|
Harm
Reduction:
Massachusetts
Governor
Vetoes
Needle
Sales
Bill
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Canadian
Senator
and
Former
Mayor
Roasts
UN
Anti-Drug
Chief
in
E-Mail
over
"World
Drug
Report"
|
Web
Scan:
Politicians
Who
Have
Used
Marijuana
Radio
Ad,
Tony
Papa
on
Dwight
Gooden,
VICS
Cannabinoid
Chronicles
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