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To: goldworldnet who wrote (478784)	3/26/2012 10:30:12 PM
From: FJB	7 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793841

Will Obama comment on Mississippi State murder? Mississippi State releases more details on Saturday homicide Dispatch Staff Report March 25, 2012 cdispatch.com UPDATE: An arrest has been made. PREVIOUSLY: A student was shot to death at a Mississippi State University residence hall late Saturday night, prompting campus-wide alerts as authorities searched for suspects who fled the scene. The university held a press conference Sunday morning at 10 a.m. to release more details. Bill Kibler, vice president of student affairs, stated the victim's name is John Sanderson, age 21, from Madison, MS. Sanderson is a first year student at MSU and transferred there from Holmes Community College. The 911 call was placed at 9:54 p.m. Saturday night, and police arrived at Evans Hall within minutes. The shooting occurred in a first floor dorm room. Sanderson was transported by ambulance to Oktibbeha County Hospital Regional Medical Center around 10:20 and was declared dead there at around 11:30 p.m. Evans Hall, which houses about 300 male students, has security cameras at each entrance. That video footage has been downloaded and turned over to police. Dorm residents have to go through three separate key card entrances before reaching a residence room. Three African American male suspects reportedly fled the scene in a blue Crown Victoria. Authorities believe the suspects fled the campus and probably the city of Starkville. Twenty four students from adjacent rooms were relocated after the shooting primarily to preserve the crime scene. A gun was recovered on campus but authorities did not say where it was found. As of mid-day Sunday, no arrests had been made. Kibler says the university cannot discuss the motive due to the ongoing investigation. University President Mark Keenum announced he believes the shooting was an isolated incident, and there's no indication of any danger to other students; however, university and Starkville residents were cautioned to be aware of an African American male looking for a ride to Jackson. Shortly after the shooting, the university began sending a series of text message alerts to students. University Police are heading the investigation with the help of Starkville Police, Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Department and Mississippi Highway Patrol. Read more: cdispatch.com

To: goldworldnet who wrote (478784)	3/27/2012 2:07:05 AM
From: MJ	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793841

Regarding cocaine and coca-cola-------I had a doctor to tell me that I should not drink coca-cola because it had chocolate in it and cocaine. I came home and got on the phone and called the corporate office----not the 800 number but the corporate. This is what I was told --------that the idea that coca cola had cocaine in it was a rumor that was started in the early days of coca-cola but was never true. Who knows?

To: goldworldnet who wrote (478784)	3/27/2012 2:15:44 AM
From: average joe	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793841

Cocaine was wrongly classified as a narcotic when in fact it is a stimulant like caffeine. "By the turn of the 20th century, the addictive properties of cocaine had become clear, and perceived problems with cocaine use began to capture public attention in the United States. The dangers of cocaine use became part of a moral panic that was tied to the dominant racial and social anxieties of the day. In 1903, the American Journal of Pharmacy stressed that most cocaine abusers were " bohemians, gamblers, high- and low-class prostitutes, night porters, bell boys, burglars, racketeers, pimps, and casual laborers." In 1914, Dr. Christopher Koch of Pennsylvania's State Pharmacy Board made the racial innuendo explicit, testifying that, “Most of the attacks upon the white women of the South are the direct result of a cocaine-crazed Negro brain." Mass media manufactured an epidemic of cocaine use among African Americans in the Southern United States to play upon racial prejudices of the era, though there is little evidence that such an epidemic actually took place. In the same year, the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act outlawed the sale and distribution of cocaine in the United States. This law incorrectly referred to cocaine as a narcotic, and the misclassification passed into popular culture. As stated above, cocaine is a stimulant, not a narcotic. Although technically illegal for purposes of distribution and use, the distribution, sale and use of cocaine was still legal for registered companies and individuals. Because of the misclassification of cocaine as a narcotic, the debate is still open on whether the government actually enforced these laws strictly. Cocaine was not considered a controlled substance in the United States until 1970, when it was listed in the Controlled Substances Act. Until that point, the use of cocaine was open and rarely prosecuted in the US due to the moral and physical debates commonly discussed." en.wikipedia.org