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M ay 3, 1995 • T he P ortland O bserver
The “Anti-Prohibition Movement”
Tuesday, March 28; U S Su
preme Court hears the James Acton
case against random drug testing at
his high-school in Veroma. Oregon
The day before a mock court in
McLean, Va., found in the young
man's favor The high court w ill is
sue a ruling in June or July, could
have major impact on drug testing
policies and c iv il liberties.
Tuesday, M arch 28; hearing
on O regon House b ills HB325O
and
H B325I
( m a r iju a n a
re c rim in a lz a tio n ). Tw ice as many
people show -up in o p p o s itio n ,
than in fa vor A fte r ta k in g te s ti
m ony the b ills were ta ble d pend
ing a m o tio n to c o n tin u e , no fu
ture hearing date set.
The GOOD NEW S: Portland’ s
K A T U -T V "telep o ll” asked i f m ari
juana laws should be made tougher
About 70 percent o f over 20,000
voted total, were opposed
Wednesday, M arch 29; W il
lamette Week stuns every one, when
it prints a pot leaf on its cover, and
p ub lish es M aureen O ’ H ag an ’ s
smashing "Reefer madness” expose.
A ll about state legislators, the may
or. ch ie f Moose, and his Bureau's
topsy-turvy view on drugs.
For example. O'Hagan writes,
"Last year, 178 people in Oregon
died from the highly addictive drug
(heroin), up from 100 in 1992.”
Meanwhile Drugs & Vice command
er, Capt. Bob Brooks, says, “ In my
opinion marijuana is a larger prob
lem (than heroin)...”
Sources tell me. copies o f the
news weekly were hard to find by
Saturday, and were highly sought
after for framing Hmm?
Saturday, A p ril I; Measure I I
takes effect with tough, mandatory
sentences for violent offenders, in
cluding juveniles. What can I say?
Doonehury cuts to the quick A scene
from any public school cafeteria: a
dark skinned young man ask: "Please,
sir - I'd like some more ketchup."
And from behind the counter the
caption reads, “ Sorry, kid. we're
GEORGES AUTO
DVD Officers Seize 3 /4 Pound Of
Heroin, Child Neglect Charged
building a new prison." Enough said
Thursday, A p ril 6: the A B C -T V
network broadcast ajournalistic tour-
de-force, "Searching For Solutions.”
An in depth look at legal marijuana,
"harm reduction" and heroin mainte
nance programs in Holland and En
gland. Several anti-prohibition per
spectives from a U S . judge, mayor
and police c h ie f Ever the zealous
spokesman for the war on drugs,
W illiam Bennett claims 40-50 m il
lion new "heavy drug users” should
legalization come to pass.
Unfortunately, M r Bennett o f
fers no studies or data to back up his
alarmist speculations.
K A T U -T V runs a "telepoll” ask
ing i f some drugs should be legal
ized. The poll was announced about
10:30 P M ., h a lf-w a y th ro u g h
“ Searching..." By 11:30 P.M.. 80
percent o f over 8.000 votes said
"Y e s!” The talking heads went mute
at the fade to black
6600 Block Of N Seneca Ave.
Officers from the Portland Po
lice Bureau's Drug and Vice D iv i
sion seized more than three quarters
o f a pound o f tar heroin worth $51,000
during a Wednesday morning search
warrant at a North Portland resi
dence. Six grams ofcocaine, a pistol,
and $7500 in cash were also found.
Two small children were present in
the home at the time o f the warrant
service, and were taken into protec
tive custody.
The residents o f the home,
Sam uel H erna n de z, 38, A n na
Hernandez, 36, and Giovanny Pena-
Rodrigues, 24, were arrested and
charged w ith four counts o f Posses
sion and D istribution o f Controlled
Substances (Heroin and Cocaine).
Samuel and Anna Hernandez
were also charged w ith C hild Ne
glect after the couple’ s tw o girls,
aged 18 months and 3 1 /2 years, were
found on the premises. They were
taken into the custody o f the C h il
dren’s Services Division.
The adults were lodged at the
Justice Center Jail Bail for Samuel
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD.
TO:
7636 N. NEWALL AVE.
Hernandez was set at
each. B a il fo r Pena-
is $95,000. An initial ar
was held on Thursday,
A p ril 27th.
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