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   From: pxhxz@cadence.com   
      
   In article <419B0D23.4030009@columbia-center.org> clore@columbia-center.org   
   writes:   
      
   >Here is an excerpt from today's report from Brazil's largest   
   >daily newspaper:   
   >   
   >"Policy proposal considers drug consumption as a public   
   >health problem, and no longer one for the police. The   
   >government wants to create centers for drug use."   
   >   
   >"By Luciana Constantino and Luri Dantas Folha de São Paulo   
   >-- Brasília Bureau   
   >   
   >"After a series of internal disagreements about drug policy,   
   >the federal government is preparing a realignment of   
   >national policy to define drug consumption as a public   
   >health problem, and not one for the police as it is today.   
   >   
   >"There will be a presidential order creating rules for   
   >treating drug dependents, with emphasis on Harm Reduction . . ."   
      
   Yet another indication that the rest of the world is more sane w/r/t "drugs"   
   than the United States of America.   
      
   -Pete Zakel   
    (phz@seeheader.nospam)   
      
   "You don't sew with a fork, so I see no reason to eat with knitting needles."   
      
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