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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1982
Page
7
A critical assessment argues head shops and the drug paraphernalia trade serve to normalise and enable illicit drug consumption. It highlights youth-targeted messaging, availability of drug culture literature, potent marijuana with higher THC, and devices for distribution, concealment, and administration of illegal drugs.
Cedar Rapids officer Robert R. Joice exposes head shops selling butyl nitrite inhalants under names like F Bullet and Locker Room, glorifying drug use. He notes legal loopholes and media influence, citing proliferation of adolescent drug use and the spread of a permissive message. Joice, a former undercover agent with the Metro Narcotics Unit, is pursuing advanced degrees at ISU and the University of Iowa.
The Gazette argues Illinois ERA supporters seek to bend rules, while noting the Legislature has not set proper amending procedures under the U.S. Constitution. It details a history from 1971 to 1975 when lawmakers operated under the three fifths rule from the 1970 constitutional convention and says the Legislature can change its own rules by majority vote.
A reader notes how punctuation shifts meaning in sentences about road widening and murder clues. The piece discusses Illinois legislative rules, ERA efforts, and editorials reflecting on the Gazette's stance and the 1975 to 1981 rule changes.
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