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To: faqsnlojiks who wrote (9745)	7/27/2006 10:17:34 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

Feds Warn Of Marijuana-Filled Gumballs Gumballs Called 'Greenades' POSTED: 8:00 am EDT July 27, 2006 ELLICOTT CITY, Md. -- Authorities aren't happy about yellow, smiley face gumballs. The federal Drug Enforcement Agency is warning about so-called "Greenades," which are marijuana-containing gumballs. Survey: Used Drugs? The DEA is issuing an intelligence bulletin about the pot candies to police departments across the country. The smiley face gumballs were first discovered at a Howard County, Md., high school in January. Police charged three 17-year-old students after a teacher alerted a school resource officer. She told the officer that she saw a student give a plastic bag that the teacher believed contained drugs to another student. The officer seized the bag, which contained two "candy balls," police said. The gumballs came wrapped in colorful tin foil labeled as "Greenades" with a marijuana leaf on the wrapper and detailed instructions for use. Instructions on the foil told users to chew for 30 minutes to 1 hour "before you would like receive your high" and to "chew for as long as possible, then swallow." Officers charged two students with distribution of drugs on school property and a third with possession of marijuana. The federal Drug Enforcement Agency recently released an intelligence bulletin about the "greenades." Each gumball contained approximately one gram of marijuana, and the total net mass of the two gumballs was 17.5 grams. If a toddler were to ingest the amount of THC, the active chemical in marijuana, in one gram of high grade marijuana it could produce harmful effects, according to PRWeb. "The way drugs are being marketed and packaged these days to encourage kids to buy and use them is getting pretty sophisticated. The purpose, of course, is to create future clientele for drugs and what better-targeted market for a pusher than kids. They are young, experimental by nature and have the money to buy it. If they try it and like it, they could end up being a permanent customer that one day ends up in our rehabilitation facility, in jail or dead," J.T. Daily, Director of Drug Education for Narconon Arrowhead, one of the country’s leading drug rehabilitation and education centers, told PRWeb.

To: faqsnlojiks who wrote (9745)	7/27/2006 10:19:26 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14758

If you live for pleasure carelessly, you assume the risks a careless lifestyle brings. I'm not for the government stepping in where people assume the risks voluntarily. People should be allowed to engage in risky activities. I love pleasure, but I also love safety. Not everyone is like me- and I'm ok with that. If they end up unhappy because they have made bad decisions, I'm sorry for them.

To: faqsnlojiks who wrote (9745)	7/27/2006 10:29:31 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

You are missing E's whole point. Your scenario again involves consent. (And in this case, some rather irresponsible risk- taking if you are having unprotected sex with someone you met that night in a bar). Coming up with all kinds of odd occurrences (parachutists dropping on your head, AIDS from consensual act with stranger) really doesn't have anything to do with protecting the public from something they can't control- like smoking in the workplace or airports. (I am actually not on the side of the government banning smoking in places where people have the option of entering or not. I agree with it in the workplace, but where market forces could take care of a problem, I prefer not to see the govt. intervene.)