Subject: Assorted Stories from Alternet
From: Andrew Hund (axh69@po.cwru.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 06 2000 - 16:28:11 CST
TRAPPED BY THE SYSTEM: PAROLE IN AMERICA
Kelly Virella, AlterNet
Aggressive parole officers and stringent parole laws are
sending parolees back to jail in record numbers -- even for petty
crimes like writing bad checks.
http://www.alternet.org/
INDOOR POT FARMS TAX POWER GRID
J.A. Savage, AlterNet
As the drug war pushes marijuana growers indoors, they are
sucking countless precious kilowatts of electricity from an
already overtaxed power grid.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10154
ORPHANS OF THE DRUG WAR
Nell Bernstein, Salon
While politicians champion "family values," the
government-sponsored drug war wrenches kids away from their
parents and into foster homes.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10152
PHILIP MORRIS PUTS UP GOOD CITIZEN SMOKESCREEN
Lori Dorfman, AlterNet
Cigarette maker Philip Morris recently spent $2 million on
domestic violence programs nationally and $108 million on the
advertising campaign to tell us about it. Tobacco can't be
advertised on TV, but tobacco makers' token support of good
causes can.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10129
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