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To: Grainne who wrote (27120)	12/19/1998 12:11:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Well, I am spending my Saturday morning glued to the impeachment debate, although I should be Christmas shopping. For those of you who are NOT watching it, Representative Livingston, who was supposed to be the new speaker and whose adultery was revealed after Hustler publisher Larry Flynt offered a million dollars to every woman who could prove an affair with a high government official, has resigned, urging Clinton to do the same. It is a very interesting debate this morning, and I believe the Democrats are about to walk out in protest, at least for a moment, before the vote begins. Weren't we talking about marijuana here recently? My daughter had to do a report on an international news event, and chose to do one based on an article she read about how American military personnel are recruited, mostly in Tijauna bars, to smuggle drugs across the border from Mexico. I didn't have a chance to read it before she turned it in, but I did just find part of a draft in the trash, and thought this paragraph she wrote was interesting: "Recent studies reported by the NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) find that smoking marijuana alone increases your heartbeat by 29 beats per minute. Also, you can get lung cancer the same as if you were smoking cigarettes. In fact, scientists at the UCLA campus have discovered that smoking 1 to 3 joints a day has the same effects on your your lungs as smoking 15 cigarettes each day." I am happy that she is interested in the subject, and is doing her own research. I continue to stress to her that there are many drugs which are truly dangerous, and that marijuana is not one of those. But it is nice to realize that she is intrigued, and is thinking about all this. When she is gone, and I am old and my joints hurt, I definitely will be baking my medicinal marijuana into brownies or making blender drinks with it, after reading that research!!

To: Grainne who wrote (27120)	12/20/1998 1:43:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Christine, and all, Many thanks for all of the expressions on sympathy and concern from people on this thread... I know it seems that they can't do much, but they do mean a great deal. Even if it's people you've never met in the flesh, knowing that someone cares really does make a difference. Jenny was released yesterday, feeling much better, and went right back into the hospital this morning, with pretty much the same symptoms she was showing before. We had been warned that it could recur, and well briefed on how to handle it, so there was no great panic, but I'm not exactly happy about it. She will have to be watched closely for several months, apparently. So on it goes... I feel bad for Joey, who was not hurt at all; he's been loafing around hospital rooms way too long. At least now we have him set up with a computer, and he's with a few friends. Doesn't look like there'll be much of a Christmas, though. Haven't even really started unravelling the insurance and legal situations, which will take time. What doesn't help, especially in the latter realm, is that I have no memory of the accident at all. I remember driving - it was late at night and everyone else was sleeping, but I don't remember feeling especially tired - and then I remember standing on the side of the road flagging down help. My son tells me I climbed out of the car through the passenger seat, but I don't remember it. It's entirely possible that I just nodded out for a second - the local police also told me that that spot is notorious for serious crashes. No idea what actually happened, if I was actually asleep or just responded too slowly to some situation. Pretty grim, all round. First I've ever had, and I do hope the last. Take care, Steve