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Newsbrief:
Grateful
Dead
Reunion
Just
Like
Old
Days
--
Many
Arrested
8/16/02
11. Newsbrief:
Grateful Dead Reunion Just Like Old Days -- Many Arrested
Deadheads thronged to Wisconsin's
Alpine Valley outdoor concert venue on August 3 as the venerable touring
band reunited -- minus late guitarist Jerry Garcia -- for the first time
since Garcia's passing a decade ago. And while the music was reportedly
great, police actions during the concert brought back some less fondly
remembered vibes as well.
According to figures released
by the Walworth County Sheriff's Department, ten concertgoers were arrested
for possession of psychedelic mushrooms, 80 for state marijuana law violations,
and 269 more were given county citations for marijuana violations.
Police reportedly seized 51 pounds of pot, more than 7,000 doses of LSD,
8.8 grams of liquid LSD, 10 pounds of mushrooms, 82 grams of hash, nine
grams of heroin, six grams of cocaine and a tank of nitrous oxide.
With a standard $407 fine
for each county marijuana citation, Walworth County stands to add about
$110,000 to its coffers from the marijuana citations alone. Who said
those Deadheads would never contribute anything to society?
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Issue #250, 8/16/02
A Message to Our Readers: 250 Issues of The Week Online | US Seeks Civil Injunction Against Lakota Hemp Grower, Supporters Celebrate Successful Harvest | DRCNet Interview: Jack Cole, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition | Initiatives Heat Up I: Tumultuous Week in Nevada, Cops Flip-Flop on Endorsement, Resort to Bald-Faced Lies | Initiatives Heat Up II: Storm Clouds over Ohio | Initiatives Heat Up III: Michigan Governor Flails and Fails in Anti-Initiative Move | Initiatives Heat Up IV: DC "Treatment Not Jail" Initiative Makes November Ballot, Excludes Marijuana, Heroin, Psychedelics | Initiatives Heat Up V: Arizona to Vote on Marijuana Decrim, Much More | Initiatives Heat Up VI: DC Board of Elections Rejected Thousands of Valid Signatures, MPP Challenging | Newsbrief: Afghan Heroin Labs Reappear | Newsbrief: Grateful Dead Reunion Just Like Old Days -- Many Arrested | Newsbrief: NJ Bans Devices That Defeat Drug Tests | Newsbrief: East Europe Teens Catching Up to West in Drug Use | Newsbrief: DARE Axed in Cincy -- Dayton Next? | Newsbrief: Canada Judge Rips DEA Law Violations | Newsbrief: NORML Not Allowed at Indiana State Fair | Newsbrief: Infected Needles, Alcoholism Lead to Increased Liver Damage, Deaths in England, Study Finds | Legislative Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision | The Reformer's Calendar
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