Presidency 1980 - FTP Directory Listing

with the normal psychological developmentof the individual, causingschool attendance problemsand altering intellectual capabilitiesby increasing anxieties, failuresto concentrate and loss ofmemory and perception."The resolution then notes theabsence of legislation, the extensiveavailability of these substancesand their insignificantcost, and urges the government ofQuebec to adopt the following billto control their sale and use:"Any glue or cement containingtoluene, or any substance withsimilar toxic effect, must be labeled"poison" and the Ministry ofHealth and Welfare must certifythat such substances contain malodorousor sneeze-provoking ingredients.This applied also to gluesold as part of a model kit. Nopoison, as defined in the bill, canbe sold to anyone under the age of18."New Buffalo lawhits head shopsAs a result of a lobbying effortspearheaded by the Buffalo Anti-Drug Coalition, the Buffalo CountyLegislature unanimously passed abill April 17 aimed at cleaning up"head shops" and other retailers ofdrug-related paraphernalia.The Pauly bill, sponsored byCounty legislator Bill Pauly, willimpose legal penalties up to andincluding imprisonment for possessionof any item "adapted" foruse with drugs. Both the clerksand proprietors of outlets whichsell these items can be penalized.The bill passed by a vote of 20-0.Various liberal communitygroups attempted unsuccessfullyto have the bill watered down sothat only the sale of drug paraphernaliato. minors would be considereda criminal offense. At leastone local head shop has hired alawyer to strike down the bill. TheAmerican Civil Liberties Unionwill probably also oppose the bill,sources say.ADC newsInternationalDope, Inc., the book that built the international anti-drug coalitions, beingreviewed by economics commentator Webster Tarpley on Teleradiosole, one ofRome's largest television stations. The Italian edition of the book is about to bereleased by a Vatican-linked publishing house.Italy's Cossiga gov'ttarget of antidrug fightThe curreilt Italian government ofFrancesco Cossiga is a major assetof "Dope, Inc.," the internationaldrug running cartel. But it facesstrong opposition in the countryfrom the political antidrug movementthat successfully defeatedformer Health Minister Altissimo'splan for legalizing heroin inthe fall and winter of 1979-80.That movement, led by the ItalianAnti-Drug Coalition, is nowdetermined to block the marijuanadecriminalization legislationbacked by the Cossiga forces in thenational parliament, and makesure that the prodrug public officialsright up to the Prime Ministerhimself are quickly booted outof office.Approximately one year ago, thePartito Operaio Europeo (EuropeanLabpr Party, or POE) begancirculating a pamphlet titled "WhoFinances the Opium War," in Italy.The pamphlet drew materialfrom the American paperbackDope, Inc. which was used to buildthe Anti-Drug Coalition in theUnited States, and also identifyingthe political spokesmen of the drugmultinational within Italy.The ferment created by thepamphlet was so great that when,last September, the Liberal Partyhealth minister, Altissimo (thename means "very high" in Italian)presented his proposal to sellheroin to addicts in pharmacies,the immediate general public reactionwas so hostile that he wasforced to withdraw the plan aftera few weeks.Meanwhile, the National Anti-44 War on Drugs / July 1980