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Making drugs legal not a fix, say ex-users
A full discussion of selling Bad Azz heroin (named after a rap album) like Johnnie Walker scotch should include those who have copped a dime bag on the corner. I asked Felicia and two other recovering addicts at Man Alive's Lane Treatment Center on Maryland Avenue - Ronnie, 46, and Shari, 35 - about the pros and cons of legalization. This is their column. Their first point is that drug use is more than sticking a needle in your arm or a crack pipe in your mouth. "It ain't about the using," said one. "It's about the getting." Drugs are part of a way of life - robbery, gangs, prostitution - that would persist even if the delivery method changed, the women said. "Addiction is not just getting high," said Felicia, who like the other addicts isn't especially proud of her past and didn't want her last name used.
The battle of the badge
Since it first opened its doors on a fine October day in 1932, not much has interrupted the steady endeavour of staff and pupils at St Joseph's College. The only real threat to the highly successful, oversubscribed grammar school was the Nazis: at the onset of the Second World War, German bombs, intended for the nearby Michelin tyre factory, fell dangerously close. Your View: Should parents have more choice over their children's schools? Schools failing to nurture gifted children But this year, Roisin Maguire, the head teacher, fears council officials may succeed where the Luftwaffe failed. Despite being the best-performing school in Stoke-on-Trent, boasting buildings with regal facades, blossom trees and 20 acres of playing fields, St Joseph's has been earmarked for closure.
Hawthorne Heights cancels concerts after guitarist's death
Guitarist Casey Calvert, 26, was found dead Saturday on the band�s tour bus, which was parked outside of a club in Washington, D.C., the band was to play that night, according to United Press International. A posting on the band�s Web site reads: �At this time we�re not sure exactly what happened. � We can say with absolute certainty that he was not doing anything illegal.��
The Ohio emo band had kicked off a 28-city tour the night before in Detroit. All tickets for the Milwaukee gig are refundable at the point of purchase. -- Press-Gazette
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Future Stars on Display at World Juniors
Please note that the data is up to and including games played on Tuesday night and that our statistics for special teams effectiveness also take shorthanded goals into account. Each team's ranking from last week appears in parentheses. 1 DETROIT RED WINGS (1): Star defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom, a perennial Norris Trophy candidate and one of the finest rearguards in NHL history, signed a contract extension this week that ensures that he'll remain in Motown through the 2009�10 season. REC PTS GS GA PP% PK% 26�7�3 55 124 79 19.55% 85.63% 2 OTTAWA SENATORS (2): After enduring a bit of a cold stretch in which he lost four straight games, netminder Martin Gerber has heated up again, wining five of his last six starts and reemerging as the Sens' best option between the pipes.
PEDAL POWER: Nonprofit empowers adults, kids by helping them build and ...
To Maurice Potts, bicycles were simply large toys, good for just riding around the neighborhood, with no destination in mind. That was before the semi-retired doctor took a class two years ago to learn to build and repair bicycles at Back Alley Bikes, a nonprofit program in Detroit's Cass Corridor that teaches children and adults how to build their own bikes from scrap parts and do repairs. There, Potts discovered that for many inner-city residents who don't have access to cars and can't afford public transportation, bikes are a tool, a necessity. .
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